Fare evasion is not a victimless crime, police and MTA officials have repeatedly asserted in recent years. Last week's Brooklyn subway shooting, the NYPD
Transit crime has become the loudest talking point in the Big Apple in 2024, here is how police say they are attempting to take the bowels of the city back. When a gunman entered the New York subway system on Thursday by slipping through an emergency gate at the Nostrand Avenue Station before later being shot in the head with his own gun aboard a Northbound A train, police brass cited the incident as one of the main reasons why they have been zeroing in on fare evaders.
But mere moments before the 36-year-old man wound up shot before a crowd of terrified passengers on board the Manhattan-bound A train at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets, police brass said, he managed to enter the subway system by slipping through an emergency exit gate at the Nostrand Avenue station — thus avoiding the required $2.90.
While the A train shooting unfolded in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, amNewYork Metro was in the Bronx following along a series of plain clothed police operations led by Waki. Taking place at the Hunts Point station, police in civilian clothing pounced as one person after another chose to sneak through the emergency gate or to hop the turnstiles themselves.Photo by Dean Moses
“Those are the people we show empathy to. People that carry guns, knives — that have warrants after we run their name for hopping the turnstile, guess what, they get no empathy,” Deputy Commissioner Daughtry said at a recent press conference.Photo by Dean Moses Commanding Officer of Transit District 12 Alexander Shopiro says these are just minor offenses compared to what they have seen this year already.
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