4 shot after police open fire on knife-wielding subway fare evader, NYPD says. Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said.

The MTA, meanwhile, has stepped up efforts to curb fare evasion at emergency exit gates, and is increasingly relying on private security guards (who are unarmed) alongside NYPD officers to deter ...

The enforcement of subway fare evasion turned bloody on Sunday in a neighborhood where many people can’t afford basic needs, much less the cost to ride the train every day.

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 ...

No New Jails NYC, a former grassroots campaign to close the Rikers Island jail complex, echoes this, calling for removing all NYPD officers from the MTA and decriminalizing fare evasion to "pay ...

Brooklyn, N.Y. (PIX11) – Protesters rallied in front of a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday to call for free public transportation after NYPD officers shot a man accused of evading the $2.90 fare.

NEW YORK -- A confrontation with a man skipping subway fare ended with a police officer, the suspect and two innocent bystanders shot in New York City. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday. Two ...

Now the subway’s crawling with fare-evaders! Rule-breaking riders are making a mockery of the MTA’s latest attempt to stop fare evaders by easily ducking under or hopping over turnstiles that ...