NEW YORK — A video that appears to show young people operating an above-ground subway train while a transit worker stands by has drawn the ire of New York City transit leaders, who said Wednesday that an investigation is under way.

The video posted to TikTok first shows one boy sitting at the controls, at one point honking the horn as the employee stands off to the side.

“Go,” the man calmly tells him as the train passes an empty platform during the daytime ride. “Go, go, go it's green.”

Later, a second boy wearing an orange safety vest, is in the driver's seat while the employee holds a coffee cup in one hand and taps on his cellphone with the other. Both boys appear to be in their teens.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority did not respond to questions about when the video was t

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