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MTA Meeting Evacuated in the Middle of Chairman Jay Walder's Testimony

By DNAinfo Staff on January 7, 2010 1:15pm  | Updated on January 7, 2010 1:10pm

MTA Chairman Jay Walder answers questions from the press after the board's approval of a budget with sweeping cuts to service last year. On Thursday, a state Assembly hearing where Walder was testifying was briefly evacuated by a fire scare.
MTA Chairman Jay Walder answers questions from the press after the board's approval of a budget with sweeping cuts to service last year. On Thursday, a state Assembly hearing where Walder was testifying was briefly evacuated by a fire scare.
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Gabriela Resto-Montero

MUNICIPAL DISTRICT — Chairman Jay Walder's testimony at a state assembly hearing about impending subway cuts was interrupted Thursday when the building was briefly evacuated

As Walder answered a question about cost sharing with Connecticut on Metro-North's New Haven line at 250 Broadway, which houses city and state government agencies, an alarm went off and the building evacuated.

Shortly after 12:30 p.m., Walder returned and the meeting resumed.

The FDNY said the scare was caused by a smoking electrical motor, and that the situation was under control within minutes.