Staten Island Ferry Pilot Suspended Without Pay
The pilot of the Staten Island ferry that crashed into a pier last month, killing 10 people, was suspended without pay after he failed to provide a timetable to meet with investigators.
Richard Smith’s lawyers said he was still hospitalized and they didn’t know when he would be able to talk to investigators from the city Department of Transportation and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Smith was at the controls Oct. 15 when the ferry crashed into a pier on Staten Island. He fled and later attempted suicide.
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