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NY MTA Ad Campaign Promotes ‘Transit Watch’ |
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has begun promoting—through ads on board its buses and subway trains—a program that offers rewards of up to $2,000 to public transit riders or others who offer details to police after witnessing a crime against a public transit system employee. Information about the program is also available here.
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo introduced the Transit Watch program earlier this year, following a joint conference convened by the MTA and the Transport Workers Union Local 100 to address an increase in the number of assaults on agency personnel. Assaulting an MTA employee is a Class D felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Customers who see a crime take place are asked to call the NYPD’s CrimeStoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS. All calls are kept strictly confidential, and you need not provide your name.
Transit Watch falls under a national program administered by FTA and made possible by the New York City Police Foundation. |
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