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MTA Rolls Out More Rented Guards to Beat Fare Evasion

A private security worker keeps watch over he turnstiles at the 1 train's South Ferry station, Aug. 8, 2024.

The MTA has doubled the ranks of private security guards posted near subway station emergency exits that officials call the “superhighway of fare evasion.” Budget documents show that the MTA expects to spend more than $35 million through next year on increasing to 1,000 the number of unarmed security guards whose mere presence at the […]

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