$100-an-hour private MTA subway guards are holding doors open for fare-beaters, sleeping on the job -
Chris Harris and
Helayne Seidman Private security guards
hired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to staff subway stations, and act as deterrents to would-be turnstile hoppers, have
instead been lending a helping hand to the Big Apple fare-beaters...
- Several commuters could be seen walking up to the gate and exchanging words with the guard, who then let them in...
- At the Herald Square station, three armed guards are supposed to maintain a presence close to the MetroCard machines between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. However, on multiple visits to the station over the last three weeks, The Post never once saw an armed guard at that station.
- And at the West 96th Street station, The Post spotted two armed Allied guards who spent the first hour of their shifts outside the station, smoking — one a cigarette, the other a cigar. They were also seen stepping away several times for coffee...
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