MTA Hero: Maintenance Supervisor Chaitram Somaroo ensures NYC Transit projects get finished

Wednesday, May 8, 2024
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- This week's MTA Hero is Chaitram Somaroo.

Somaroo is a Maintenance Supervisor with New York City Transit. He works out of the Bedford shop in Brooklyn but can usually be found out in the field.
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Somaroo oversees the completion of projects to ensure all materials are available and inspections fulfilled, supervising a team of more than 50 people.

Even after 30 years on the job, Somaroo says he looks forward to coming into work and seeing projects from start to finish.
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He was recently spotted at an MTA press event in Queens celebrating Guyanese culture at Ozone Park, where he was dancing and letting his personality shine.

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