The New York State Senate passed a bill yesterday that will raise the maximum penalty for subway fare evasion from $100 to $500, as well as double the fine for not paying from $50 to $100. A ...

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 ...

Turnstile jumping will no longer carry with it the threat of a Class A misdemeanor, if two Brooklyn lawmakers have their way. On the heels of Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s decision ...

For New York City police, turnstile jumping has long been much more than a class A misdemeanor. The strict policing of people evading the fare on public transit was justified as an all-purpose ...

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 ...

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.

The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping and to scofflaws entering thorough the emergency fire exit gates.

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 ...

New York City is escalating efforts to combat fare evasion in its subway system by deploying 800 police officers to monitor turnstiles, according to officials.

Riders navigated the latest obstacle installed by the MTA at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station by just jumping over them.