MTA’s $7.3M ‘fins’ are a joke — and yet another gift to fare beaters. There’s only one way to stop them

Fare beaters are laughing at the MTA — again.

They’re thumbing their noses and planting a “kick me” sign as they easily bypass turnstiles affixed with thingamajigs intended to prevent such antisocial behavior.

Meanwhile, the agency continues to throw millions of taxpayer dollars on useless contraptions that don’t work.

This week, the MTA signed off on a deal with Boyce Technologies to add more fare evasion “sleeves” and those high vertical “fins” at the subway entrances. By January, 456 of the city’s 472 subway stations will be outfitted with these useless hunks of plastic and metal…

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