Subway crime down as NYPD steps up efforts against litterbugs

The NYPD is squashing litterbugs. Police this year have ticketed 268 subway riders for littering — and arrested another 94 litterers for more serious offenses, such as skipping court dates, police said Monday. The enforcement stemmed from a suggestion MTA board member Charles Moerdler made to the police Transit Bureau last month to crack down on litterers because trash is fodder for track fires that delay trains. “It's something we are taking an enhanced look at," Transit Bureau Chief Joseph Fox told the MTA board at its monthly meeting Monday in Manhattan. Board member Andrew Albert, head of the NYC Transit Riders Council, applauded the litterbug sweep.

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