NYC subway fare jumpers easily beat anti-theft ‘fins’ as MTA spends $7.3M to bring program to nearly every station

Stand clear of the closing snorts!

The MTA will dish out $7.3 million to expand its anti-fare evasion gadgets to nearly every subway station in the five boroughs — even though rule breakers have been laughing their way right past them.

The MTA signed off this week on a deal with Boyce Technologies to add more fare‑evasion “sleeves” and vertical “fins” at subway entrances, ultimately bringing the hardware to 456 of the city’s 472 stations by January.

But straphangers doing the right thing say jumpers are easily bypassing the jagged metal “fins” that are designed to stop people from jumping or using the turnstile housing as a launch point. And the thieves are getting by the “sleeves” that are fitted over the arm of the turnstile to prevent riders from sneaking through…

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