To fund MTA’s $68B rebuild plan, nab fare-beaters, squeeze riders, taxpayers: watchdog
New York officials must seriously crack down on getting fares to fund the MTA's newly proposed $68.4 billion, five-year capital plan recommended by a new report released Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul will also need to scrap her $3 billion “inflebate” check program to New York taxpayers proposed in her executive budget plan, dedicating the state's […]
NYPD floods subways with 800 more cops to target fare-beaters
The NYPD will add 800 officers over the next five days to hunt down fare violators, claiming the move will curb more violent crime as it continues to attack quality-of-life issues. They plan to bomb the subway. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said the department’s new “Operation Fare Play” comes a day after a […]