The chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority defended its much-mocked new subway gates and emergency-exit timers as the authority estimates losing $690 million to fare jumpers.
The emergency gate is also what separates the encampment ... abandoning stolen cars in front of the emergency exit to dismantle them for parts or store drugs. "They're stolen, they bring them ...
A Southwest Airlines passenger was taken to the hospital on Sunday night after he opened the emergency exit of the aircraft ... it was still stationed at its gate before takeoff.