NYC subway fare-evasion arrests skyrocketed 132% in 2023, reflecting the NYPD's increased commitment to tackling turnstile jumpers. And as law enforcement increased, so did the number of guns and ...

Teenagers jump turnstiles at a subway entrance December 1, 2023 in New York City. A recent report found that the Metropolitan Transit Authority lost $690 million to fare evasion in 2022.

NYPD overtime pay for extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million this year, Gothamist reported last week, and fare evasion arrests went up 210%.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to track fare evasion in New York City subways, the Metropolitan Transit Authority confirmed Friday. The MTA’s May 2023 report on fare evasion notes that ...

Fare evasion drops on New York City subways and buses, MTA says. Fare beating on city subways fell by 26% between June and December, with about 10% of subway riders not paying their fares.

To tackle fare evasion on buses, which has been significantly higher than on the subways, the MTA announced plans to test a “proof of payment system” after fully transitioning to the OMNY tap ...

Earlier this year, Mayor Adams announced that hundreds of additional NYPD officers would be sent to the subway system to address fare evasion. More recently, New York City’s bus system has also faced ...

The fare evasion epidemic is a direct consequence of this “subway-flation.” New Methods of Fare Policing The MTA’s surveillance has not gone full 1984 , assigning social credit scores to ...

The Metropolitan Transit Authority has rolled out its latest effort to combat fare evasion — this time installing spikes on turnstiles. The Post spotted workers installing the aggressive-looking ...

A Queens subway station has become the latest hotspot for fare evasion as the MTA continues to battle the revenue-losing scourge throughout the city’s transit system. During amNewYork Metro’s ...

The fare gates are expected to be installed at 20 more stations in 2026 and 150 subway stations in total by 2029, MTA officials said Monday. The new gates are meant to curb fare evasion ...