Overview
- The MTA inspector general’s report published Thursday says a contracted gate guard accepted cash and used a student OMNY card to grant entry at the Eighth Avenue N-line station in Brooklyn.
- Surveillance video showed at least five cash-for-entry incidents between July 14 and July 18, 2025, after a rider’s complaint set off the investigation.
- The guard, hired on June 3, 2024, told investigators she had no training and first claimed she used her own card before saying she found a student card.
- NYC Transit barred the worker from all MTA property, and the inspector general said the conduct likely constituted petit larceny but did not seek criminal charges because the amount was small.
- Transit officials said they are tightening oversight of the security contractor, as the subway has been cashless since April 2020 through OMNY or bank cards and the MTA cites about $900 million in annual fare losses.