News — Criminalizing Poverty

Criminalizing Poverty: The MTA’s False Fare Evasion Narrative

"The MTA has been pushing a false fare evasion narrative. The narrative goes like this: fare evasion is on the rise, and there is no excuse for it. Fare evasion is costing the MTA inordinate amounts of money. The “problem” of fare evasion can be policed away..."

Criminalizing Poverty: Policing Poverty at the Turnstile

The MTA and the NYPD are doubling down on discriminatory enforcement against fare evaders with a costly ad campaign and a flood of new police officers. But no amount of police can address economic need.