The Private Transportation Corp, which operates the city's public B110 bus under a franchise arrangement, has come under criticism following publicity about its practice of making women give up their seats in the front to promote Hasidic customs of gender separation.
New York City's Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Gastel said the agency's executive director Anne Koenig has asked the company to respond to the allegations and was waiting to hear back.
"Please be advised that a practice of requiring women to ride in the back ... would constitute a direct ********* of your franchise agreement and may lead to termination of that agreement," Koenig wrote.
If such a ********* is found, the franchise could be revoked, the DOT said in a statement.
The Private Transportation Corp declined comment.
