A teenager found unconscious on top of a New York City subway train has died. New York City Police were called to the Queensboro Plaza Subway Station at 2:47 a.m. on Friday and discovered the ...

They were able to force down subway fare evasion by 26% between 2022 and 2024 through a number ... then everybody runs for the MetroLink platform and that's where the shooting happens or that's where ...

In contrast, local and Select Bus Service fare evasion has grown steadily since 2021. It hit its peak in the beginning of 2024 at 49.4%, but dropped to 44% in the beginning of 2025, according to data.

Nearly half of all local bus riders skipped out on the $2.90 fare last summer — a staggering 49.4% — but that figure has gradually begun to recede after the MTA implemented several measures to ...

In 2023, NYPD issued more than 100,000 fare evasion tickets, and arrests have "more than doubled" during Adams' administration. Meanwhile, police raids have become increasingly common.

The MTA said it lost $285 million in subway fares due to fare evasion in 2022. "Fares and tolls account for a significant proportion of the MTA's annual budget revenue — almost $7 billion a year.

The MTA’s budgetary woes will not be solved by issuing fare evasion tickets in neighborhoods like Brownsville, where one in three residents live in poverty, especially when overtime pay for NYPD ...

When compared to the start of the year, summons for fare evasion have increased by 16 percent, with four out of every five summonses made to people of color. Meanwhile, arrests for fare evasion have ...

New York City Police fired shots in a Brooklyn subway station while pursuing a person they suspected of fare evasion, injuring the man along with an NYPD officer and two bystanders. Around 3 p.m.

NYC: "F*** The NYPD" – Protesters shout as they Jump Subway Turnstiles EN MASS at Union Square to protest police shooting on a subway in Brooklyn, that left a fare evader in critical condition ...

More police officers, soldiers and enforcement agents have surged into the subway, but fare evasion has only increased.

According to Chief of Transit Michael Kemper, fare evasion stops have helped to recover nearly 500 knives in the transit system this year. Nearly 50 guns have been taken out of the system so far ...