Upon Further Review

Well, it seems as though the investigation into what caused the fire that took out the A/C lines at Chambers Street has turned up some interesting information. Apparently, investigators can't locate the vagrant who supposedly set a fire that spread to the relay room. Instead, investigators have found out that a MTA repair crew may have accidentally caused the fire, and then MTA workers were unable to give firefighters access to the relay room in a timely fashion. Officially, investigators have yet to pin down the cause.

In other words, the earlier stories about this being the fault of a vagrant may not be correct and that the MTA may be passing the blame onto others when it should be shouldering the blame for this fiasco. That isn't to say that the security of the subway system shouldn't be improved so as to prevent illegal access to sensitive areas or that relay systems be protected with fire suppression equipment. What it does say is that the MTA has serious administrative issues and that a change in leadership may be warranted.