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The liberal mayor de Blasio trying to undo all the hard work the previous mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg did to clean up the city. The latest now is to not even catch or ticket subway turnstile jumpers.
They’re going to turn the subway into a filthy, stench-filled homeless and vagrant camp, turning off regular riders.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen Friedman said this policy shift “marks the next step in our ongoing work to reduce inequality and unnecessary incarceration by ending the prosecution of low-level, non-violent offenses and offenders that do not post a risk to public safety or belong in our criminal courts.”
In other words, NYC aims to be a scofflaw sanctuary city.
They can point cameras at the turn-styles and send tickets in the mail using facial recognition. Though, maybe that would eventuality be defeated by masks. Though, there are also cameras outside and how long does someone what to cover their face for a subway fare?
The issue is with the homeless and the professional beggars (not necessarily the same people). Its already pretty bad down there. I can't imagine it being worse.
The liberal mayor de Blasio trying to undo all the hard work the previous mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg did to clean up the city. The latest now is to not even catch or ticket subway turnstile jumpers.
They’re going to turn the subway into a filthy, stench-filled homeless and vagrant camp, turning off regular riders.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen Friedman said this policy shift “marks the next step in our ongoing work to reduce inequality and unnecessary incarceration by ending the prosecution of low-level, non-violent offenses and offenders that do not post a risk to public safety or belong in our criminal courts.” [emphasis mine]
And there you have it. It doesn't fit the narrative of the OPOC (Oppressed People of Color) that certain groups are evading the fare in numbers exceeding their proportion of the population, so therefore enforcement must be dropped in order to avoid embarrassment. Because "inequality" (brought about by the OPOC themselves) is far more of a pressing concern than enforcing the law!
With the inevitable drop in fare revenue and citation receipts to come, we'll soon be seeing deBlasio begging the state and federal governments for more operating subsidies to make up the difference. I hope they both tell him to take a long walk off a short platform.
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