Schumer wants transit workers to be screened

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer wants federal officials to move faster to require mass transit employees nationwide be screened through federal terrorism watch lists.
Schumer wants the Department of Homeland Security to enforce a recommendation made nearly a decade ago that transit agency employees be cross-checked just like Transportation of Security Administration (TSA) workers.
Records show the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA have an action pending to requ