NEW YORK โ Three railroad workers have been suspended for turning a storage room under New York's Grand Central Terminal into an unauthorized โman caveโ with a television, a refrigerator, a microwave and a futon couch, officials said Thursday.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority investigation found that managers at Metro-North Railroad were unaware of the hideaway beneath Track 114.
"Many a New Yorker has fantasized about kicking back with a cold beer in a prime piece of Manhattan real estate โ especially one this close to good transportation,โ MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny said in a news release.
โBut few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal.โThree Metro-North employees โ a wireman, a carpenter foreman and an electrical foreman โ were suspended without pay pending disciplinary hearings.
Railroad officials said the space presented a fire hazard because rescue workers would have had difficulty accessing an unmapped room.