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However, there is now dispute over whether the 266 workers laid off from those positions must now be re-hired.

According to the ruling, the MTA must restaff more than 40 booths that it shut down earlier this year. They will also be required to hold public hearings on the matter.

The Transit Workers Union is calling this latest decision a victory for both its members and straphangers.

"They don't have enough manpower right now with the station agents to cover the booths they have. They're scrambling, they're robbing from Peter to pay Paul right now they simply don't have the resources to cover the existing booths. So there is no doubt when we win this the station agents who were laid off are gonna come back to work, they have no choice," said TWU Local 100 President John Samuelson.

"We hope that the public is going to turn out and speak at these hearings and make the MTA and the Transit Authority know that they're not happy with the lack of safety that these closings is going to create," said TWU Attorney Arthur Schwartz.

Many riders who spoke with NY1 applauded the judges ruling Tuesday and say the more agents the better.

"Were paying enough money to be on these trains. They should be able to afford having someone look over us when were down in these subways," said one straphanger.

"Especially in this area there's a lot of tourists people don't know where they're going, they need to ask questions, who do they turn to now?" said another.

Just last week, a judge threw out the MTA's plan for further layoffs, saying the agency needed to hold public hearings first.

The agency says it plans to file an appeal first thing Wednesday morning.