New York’s subway system is hemorrhaging money. Fare evasion costs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) an estimated $700 million annually, yet the problem persists despite costly attempts to curb it.
Governor Kathy Hochul’s handpicked MTA chairman, Janno Lieber, signed a $35 million contract with Pennsylvania-based Allied Universal in 2022 to deploy security guards across the city’s transit system. But recent videos reveal a disturbing reality: these guards are caught on camera holding doors open for fare evaders instead of stopping them.
At a tense budget hearing on Tuesday, State Senator Mario Mattera, a Long Island Republican, confronted Lieber over the contract and the guards’ behavior. Mattera cited New York Post footage showing riders bypassing the $2.90 subway fare with the guards’ silent approval.
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