{"id":419580,"date":"2022-03-22T02:27:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mayor-adams-says-turnstile-jumpers-should-be-prosecuted\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T02:27:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:27:12","slug":"mayor-adams-says-turnstile-jumpers-should-be-prosecuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mayor-adams-says-turnstile-jumpers-should-be-prosecuted\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mayor Adams says turnstile jumpers should be prosecuted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278146941ce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a278146941ce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mayor-adams-says-turnstile-jumpers-should-be-prosecuted\/#%E2%80%9CMayor_Adams_says_turnstile_jumpers_should_be_prosecuted%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mayor Adams says turnstile jumpers should be prosecuted&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMayor_Adams_says_turnstile_jumpers_should_be_prosecuted%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mayor Adams says turnstile jumpers should be prosecuted&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>New York City\u2019s district attorneys should go back to prosecuting people who commit subway fare evasion, Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to, it\u2019s a crime. It\u2019s a crime,\u201d Adams said during a press conference in the Bronx with NYPD leadership in response to a  question about controversial soft-on-crime DAs in Brooklyn and Manhattan\u2019s Alvin Bragg who have opted not to prosecute fare beaters.<\/p>\n<p>Adams said prosecutors\u2019 soft touch on turnstile jumpers has fed into increased subway crime rates in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we start saying it\u2019s alright for you to jump the turnstile, we are creating an environment where any and everything goes,\u201d the mayor warned. \u201cIt\u2019s a crime. Now, you could defer prosecution, you could people in programs, you could do all sorts of things, but let\u2019s not ignore it, and that\u2019s what\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening to our subway system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said prosecutors declining to press charges against fare beaters \u201csent the wrong message.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-21607378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Eric Adams in the Bronx Monday to share the accomplishments of the NYPD\u2019s new anti-gun squad.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mayor Eric Adams<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rev. Jesse Jackson\" class=\"wp-image-21607379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rev. Jesse Jackson at the 25th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit at Sheraton Times Square on Monday, March 21, 2022 in New York, N.Y. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe allow people to jump over the turnstile and not pay their fare and not prosecute. We sent the wrong message,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adams appeared in the Bronx Monday to share the accomplishments of the NYPD\u2019s new anti-gun squad, which launched last Monday after a\u00a0slight delay.<\/p>\n<p>The new anti-gun teams \u2014 which replaced controversial plainclothes anti-crime teams that were disbanded in 2020 \u2014 nabbed 31 people in their first six days on the streets, and recovered 10 illegal guns. Other arrests were for \u00a0drug sale or possession, forgery, suspended or revoked driver\u2019s licenses, reckless endangerment. felony assault, criminal possession of a knife and criminal trespass, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NY Turnstiles\" class=\"wp-image-21607391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams believes the soft approach on turnstile jumpers has fed into increased subway crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">DCPI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"NY turnstiles\" class=\"wp-image-21607394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/turnstiles-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The turnstile jumpers avoid paying subway fare to catch a free ride.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGoing deeper of the 31 total arrests made in the last six days by the women and men of our neighborhood safety teams \u2014 61 percent of those arrested have been previously arrested most for major felony, 39 percent have a history of narcotics related arrests, 26 percent have a link to gangs or crews and 23 percent or more are on parole or probation,\u201d Sewell said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how the NYPD is reducing and working to eradicate gun violence across the city.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Adams called the first week\u2019s haul \u201ca success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to allow all the naysayers that don\u2019t believe we can do our job correctly and legally to get in a way of keeping people safe,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to put violent people away. We\u2019re going to remove the guns off our street.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-21607376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-1-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams shakes hands with officers on their accomplishments.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mayor Eric Adams<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-21607387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/eric-adams-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Adams wants the turnstile jumpers to be held accountable for their actions.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the state\u2019s controversial bail laws, Adams said he welcomed Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s proposal to make more crimes\u00a0bail eligible, but that its fate was out of his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave my blueprint to Albany. I don\u2019t control Albany. I\u2019m happy to see the governor has embraced some of the things that I raised in the blueprint.. but they have to make a determination. I have to deal with things that are within my span of control,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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