N.Y. Deploys 500 Officers to Deter Fare Beaters, Worker Assaults

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered 500 police and other law enforcement officers to deal with increasing incidents of assaults on transit workers and fare evasion on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s subways and buses.

The new patrols will include 200 New York City police officers, paid for with city funds, 200 MTA officers and 100 bridge and tunnel officers. The agency will use video cameras at some subway gates to support the increase in personnel, although authorities are not sure how they can best be employed, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said.

Anyone committing an assault on a transit worker ...