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 ...

The NYC subway loses money to turnstile jumping, ... turnstile jumping is a civil infraction—akin to a parking ticket—that carries a $100 fine and does not otherwise involve the criminal ...

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 ...

NYPD: Turnstile Jump Leads to Gun Arrest Officers saw the man jump over a turnstile and board a Franklin Avenue Shuttle train in Brooklyn Published October 20, 2013 • Updated on October 21, 2013 ...

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 ...

Enforcement of turnstile jumping in New York City has plummeted since last year, but the numbers show that black and Latino straphangers are still more likely to get arrested for the crime. Of 5,00… ...

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.

Horrifying footage shows the moment a New York man attempted to jump over a subway turnstile and ended up falling and breaking his neck fatally. Christopher De La Cruz, 28, was pronounced dead ...