{"id":32698,"date":"2022-06-01T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mta-selectively-edited-footage-of-latte-sipping-farebeater\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:04:08","slug":"mta-selectively-edited-footage-of-latte-sipping-farebeater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mta-selectively-edited-footage-of-latte-sipping-farebeater\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA selectively edited footage of &#8216;latte-sipping&#8217; farebeater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A video that claims to show a \u201clatte-sipping\u201d Yuppy committing fare evasion by sneaking under a turnstile was selectively edited by the MTA&#8217;s communications team. <\/p>\n<p>According to a full clip of the incident obtained by The Post, the customer made at least one attempt to swipe her MetroCard before being forced to crawl under the turnstile.<\/p>\n<p>The short clip has been repeatedly referenced by MTA leaders to claim that ordinary commuters also take part in illegal and antisocial behavior on the train.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have countless images of people in designer clothes, carrying $ 7 lattes, waltzing through emergency gates at Wall Street or on the Upper East Side,\u201d MTA CEO Janno Lieber claimed during an April 26 speech to the Association for a Better New York.<\/p>\n<p>Lieber, an appointee of Gov.  Kathy Hochul, echoed the claim again the next day when he told the MTA board what &#8220;honest and hardworking New Yorkers&#8221; were telling him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are outraged and demoralized when they see people who are better off, as I say, carrying $ 7 lattes &#8211; and we have this on video &#8211; waltzing through the emergency exit gates,\u201d Lieber said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>The MTA has been using an edited video of a woman ducking under the turnstile holding a coffee drink as an example of fare-evaders. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to a Post reporter questioning whether such a video exists, MTA Communications Director <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timmintonNY\/status\/1519804017492348928\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Minton tweeted<\/a> a 7-second cut of footage dated Nov. 2018 of what he described as a \u201clatte-carrying [rider] ducking their fare share like this one. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The edit showed the unnamed woman, who is holding a coffee cup, crawling under the turnstile and into the station. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>But a longer, 14-second cut of the video &#8211; which the MTA shared on Tuesday in response to an inquiry from The Post &#8211; showed the alleged thief clearly attempting to swipe her MetroCard before ducking under the turnstile.<\/p>\n<p>An MTA spokesman declined to share additional footage from the woman&#8217;s turnstile experience &#8211; making it impossible to determine how many times she attempted to swipe.<\/p>\n<p>Faulty &#8220;swipes&#8221; are a mainstay of the NYC subway experience dating back to the introduction of the MetroCard in the late 1990s. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-023.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woman ducks under turnstile\" class=\"wp-image-22496013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-023.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-023.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-023.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The Post discovered a longer video showing the woman attempting to swipe her card prior to ducking the fare. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Straphangers often find themselves unable to swipe in because the turnstile read their payment, but did not let them enter.  Time-based MetroCards require riders to wait 18 minutes after a swipe before they can attempt to enter the system again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiders aren&#8217;t to blame for the flaws of the transit system, at least not at the turnstile,\u201d said Riders Alliance spokesman Danny Pearlstein. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From broken vending machines, to bent swipes and faulty readers, the MTA has always had issues with the MetroCard.  The focus should be improving focus to win back riders, not playing the blame game. &#8220;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-024.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woman ducks under turnstile\" class=\"wp-image-22496015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/subway-fare-evader-024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Some commuters have reported issues with the turnstiles when attempting to swipe their card.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The MTA claims to have lost $ 119 million in revenue to fare evasion so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>An agency rep declined to comment on why it selectively edited the four-year-old clip.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video that claims to show a \u201clatte-sipping\u201d Yuppy committing fare evasion by sneaking under a turnstile was selectively edited by the MTA&#8217;s communications team. 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