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Published on: 12/19/2005
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Michael Byrne of Hillsdale usually takes the train to New York's Penn Station, then two subway lines to Sunnyside, Queens, where he works as the chief financial officer of a not-for-profit home health agency.
"The traffic is probably going to be horrendous," Byrne said."I was ready to do this on Friday.It's really a pain in the neck.It's hard enough to come here as it is."
If there's a subway strike Tuesday, Byrne said he will drive to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, pick up a colleague, then navigate through the Bronx to Queens.
But he's more worried about his agency's ill, homebound clients, who depend on nurses and home health aides who travel by subway.
"Some people are so far away in the depths of Brooklyn or Queens," he said.Using agency vehicles, health workers will be able to visit about 25 percent of their 900 clients, Byrne said.