flyingsheep@lemmyhub.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.comexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1910arrow-down128cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldusauthoritarianism@lemmy.worldconservative@lemm.ee
arrow-up1882arrow-down1external-linkThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.comflyingsheep@lemmyhub.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square138fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldusauthoritarianism@lemmy.worldconservative@lemm.ee
minus-squarecogman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·11 months agoCool, so the city paid for 4 people to sit and watch a turnstile for who knows how long to prevent, what, $100, $1000 in lost revenue? It costs them $50/hr per cop (roughly). Is the argument really that this squad is stopping more than 60 people every hour from skipping fares?
Cool, so the city paid for 4 people to sit and watch a turnstile for who knows how long to prevent, what, $100, $1000 in lost revenue?
It costs them $50/hr per cop (roughly). Is the argument really that this squad is stopping more than 60 people every hour from skipping fares?