MTA Chairman Joe Lhota on Monday sent a letter to Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. to “strenuously protest” his office’s “unilateral decision” to stop prosecuting turnstile jumpers, The Post ...

The MTA has made changes to 1,400 turnstiles at more than 100 stations to help prevent “back-cocking” — the fare evasion method of pulling back a turnstile and […] News Today's news ...

MTA will install turnstile technology as part of plan to prevent fare evasion. ... The MTA has also made systemwide turnstile modifications, ... (leading to a 60% decrease in turnstile jumping, ...

The MTA’s already rolled out guards as part of a pilot to try and stop turnstile jumping, but they’re looking for other ways to stop the practice. More MTA fare hikes feared, facing post ...

The Post spotted workers installing the aggressive-looking apparatus Wednesday along the turnstile handrails at the 59th St./Lexington Ave. stop, which services the N, R, W, 4, 5 and 6 lines.

MTA unveils turnstile redesigns to 'stop the bleed' from fare evasion. Thursday, May 18, 2023. Top officials at the MTA demonstrated three high-tech subway turnstile designs that are more ...

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.

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed spikes at subway stations to stop turnstile jumpers—and they don’t seem to be working, the New York Post reports.

Jumping the turnstile will get you a fine. But for a down-on-his-luck Staten Island man, it also got him a job thanks to the care shown by two MTA police officers.

The MTA has made changes to 1,400 turnstiles at more than 100 stations to help prevent “back-cocking” — the fare evasion method of pulling back a turnstile and sneaking through.