A report that state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released last week confirms what we already knew: Fare evasion doesn’t just cost the MTA hundreds of millions of dollars — it costs you, the average New Yorker, a bundle, too.
Every time someone hops the turnstile, sneaks through the emergency gate, or squeezes through the back door of a crowded bus without paying the fare, you, the average New Yorker, get taken for a ride, along with the MTA.