A rider captured the bus brawl on video. It shows the driver cursing out the teen, then wrestling with him on board a Q112 bus in Jamaica, Queens.
The bus was winding its way through Queens when it came to a grinding halt.
In the cellphone video currently under review by the MTA, 16-year old Kobe Vaughn is in a shouting match with the driver after he allegedly refused to pay the fare.
At one point the teen, who is African-American, shouts racist taunts at the middle-aged driver, who is also African-American.
Finally, the teen appears to shove the driver. When the driver shoves back, there is a brief struggle before the teen gets off the bus.
"Operating a bus on the streets of New York is a stressful job," said the union president. "This driver has 25 years of service to the working families of New York. He's a military veteran working on Veterans Day and now he's facing termination. We intend to vigorously defend his livelihood."