Jumping the Subway Turnstile Is Getting Expensive. By Joe Coscarelli. Jan. 24, 2012. save d. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later ...

Two Brooklyn lawmakers have announced plans to introduce legislation to decriminalize subway turnstile jumping, making it punishable with a fine of $100 rather than resulting in arrest.But this ...

As it is, the penalties for turnstile jumping disproportionately affect non-white New Yorkers. In 2015, 29,198 arrests were made for fare beating—and 92 percent of those arrested were non-white ...

While the video shows a diverse cross-section of New Yorkers refusing to pay their $2.75 subway fare, either by jumping a turnstile, walking through an open emergency door, or slipping, however ...

MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News Wed, February 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM UTC ...

Across the city, neighborhoods with the most turnstile arrests per subway card swipe tend to be predominantly black or Hispanic. In September of 1979, the New York City subway was the most ...

A 28-year-old man died when he jumped a subway turnstile at the the Forest Hills-71st Avenue station in Queens on Sunday and struck his head on the floor, cops said.

An unidentified subway rider wasn’t fazed by the visible spikes at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station, jumping right over them. Sporting a Rick and Morty sweatshirt, he carefully placed ...

New York New York City to deploy 800 officers in effort to combat fare evasion in subway system There have been more than 1,700 arrests for turnstile-jumping so far this year, NY data shows ...

A man caught jumping the turnstile at an East Harlem subway station pepper-sprayed NYPD cops moving in to arrest him early Wednesday, cops said.. The would-be fare beater had just jumped the ...