MTA Chairman Janno Lieber

The MTA plans to spend more than $35 million to hire 1,000 security guards to watch emergency exit gates so they are not opened from inside, allowing fare evaders to enter. When the MTA studied the topic in 2022, it found it lost nearly $300 million a year to subway fare evaders.

The MTA plans to spend more than $35 million to hire 1,000 security guards to watch emergency exit gates so they are not opened from inside, allowing fare evaders to enter. When the MTA studied the topic in 2022, it found it lost nearly $300 million a year to subway fare evaders. ( Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

MTA Trying to Shut Down the ‘Superhighway of Fare Evasion’ in Subways

Subway station emergency-exit gates have been dubbed “the superhighway of fare evasion” by MTA CEO Janno Lieber, who hopes...

10 May 2025 | 02:57

Fare evasion costs the MTA $700 million a year, and the MTA says the problem is worst on buses where an estimated 40 percent skip out on paying the fare.

Fare evasion costs the MTA $700 million a year, and the MTA says the problem is worst on buses where an estimated 40 percent skip out on paying the fare. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

MTA Gets Full Funding as Hochul Finalizes Budget, but It Counts on Feds Paying All of Penn Costs

April 28 saw an early-evening update from Gov. Kathy Hochul about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and it was the...

03 May 2025 | 09:40

Some state and local officials were coming up with plans on how to spend the money that the MTA could save now that the federal government is taking over the rebuilding of Penn Station. But the Trump administration is now saying they don’t plan to foot the entire bill.

Some state and local officials were coming up with plans on how to spend the money that the MTA could save now that the federal government is taking over the rebuilding of Penn Station. But the Trump administration is now saying they don’t plan to foot the entire bill. ( Photo: MTA)

Not So Fast: Trump Admin Says It’s Not Footing Entire Cost to Renovate Penn Station

When the Trump administration seized control of plans to renovate Penn Station, Gov. Hochul said New Yorkers had won a major...

28 Apr 2025 | 12:20

Mayor Eric Adams shakes hands with the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy before embarking on a two stop subway “tour” on the B Line on April 4. Duffy, who had earlier called the subway system a “shithole” apparently did not change his tune after the ride with hizzoner.

Mayor Eric Adams shakes hands with the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy before embarking on a two stop subway “tour” on the B Line on April 4. Duffy, who had earlier called the subway system a “shithole” apparently did not change his tune after the ride with hizzoner. ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)

MTA’s Lieber Vs Trump’s Transport Sec Duffy

On April 4, US Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, rode our subway system on a mysterious ride with Mayor Eric Adams,...

17 Apr 2025 | 03:18