There are consequences for their crime. I want people to know that they have to stop assaulting city workers,” Reid said.

Subway ‘spikes’ were seen on the turnstile handrails at the Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station. The MTA says fare evasion costs the agency around $500 million a year. Meanwhile, New York Gov ...

Other stations later got turnstile shields, as well as security guards manning the emergency gates. The MTA says these efforts led to a 30% drop in fare evasion over the last few months.

The MTA slapped new metal shields atop a row of turnstiles at a Manhattan subway station in their latest effort to curb fare evasion -- but at least one law-breaking rider Wednesday night hopped ...

New Yorkers should expect new turnstiles at 20 subway stations by the end of the year, MTA officials said Monday — with another 20 coming in 2026.. The update is the latest in a yearslong plan ...

The 36-year-old man was stabbed in his left and right shoulder after he got into a dispute with another man on the uptown train platform at the 125th Street Station near West 125th St. and St.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Turnstile “fins” may be coming to a subway station near you as part of the MTA’s push to stop fare evaders. The vertical, metal “fins,” as they’re called, have ...

NYC fare evader vaults over MTA’s new turnstile spikes at subway station less than 36 hours after installation: ‘Don’t give a f–k’ Nicholas McEntyre January 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced a new $77 million plan to clamp down on subway crime, while the MTA has also begun installing spikes on some of its turnstiles to stop fare evaders.

Maybe they should try something else. New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers—and they don’t seem to be ...