NEW YORK - The city is still reeling from Michelle Alyssa Go’s death, sending shock waves across all five boroughs and bringing elevated attention to the state of crime across the transit system.
At least fifty-six New Yorkers have been pushed onto subway tracks over the past two years.
Subway crimes have more than doubled, so far, this year, compared with the same time last year.
According to MTA board member Andrew Albert, another major issue is turnstile jumping.
"99.99% of people that are committing crimes in the subways did not pay their fare. If we can stop that at the turnstiles, we've not only helped the MTA bottom line, but we've stopped crime in its tracks," he explains.
At the same exact Times Square station where Go, 40, was killed, Fox 5’s cameras recorded countless cases of people jumping and crawling their way through the turnstiles.
NYPD Crime Stoppers videos also demonstrate how subway crime suspects typically enter the system.
"We need floor to ceiling glass, like the air train and like some systems in Europe have, where you cannot enter if you haven't paid your fare," Albert adds.