There are definitely perks to being over 65, most notably the fact that things suddenly get cheaper. For instance, the subway. Once you hit the magic number you are entitled to a Reduced-Fare MetroCard from the MTA that even has a picture of you on the back! But those special cards carry with them some special problems, as well. Just ask Wilford Brimley look-a-like Bill Rapp, who the Daily News reports has of late become a septuagenarian scofflaw since the MTA hasn't acted fast enough for his liking. more ›

For your viewing pleasure, here is a group of rowdy teenagers resisting arrest in the 2/3 subway station at 125th Street. According to the witness who posted the video on YouTube, Frank Harts, the "girls jumps NYC Subway gate to avoid fare. When cops try to arrest them.... this is what happens." What "happens" is utter pandemonium, as Animal New York aptly describes it. Simply put, these young ladies are NOT HAVING IT. Don't miss the 1:40 mark, where one teenager swings her bag and smacks a cop right in the face. more ›

With station agents removed from many subway entrances, small-time crooks have been filling the void. Their scam is simple: they vandalize the MetroCard vending machine, then sell swipes to commuters who don't want to bother going around to another entrance with a functional machine. Hey, it's a living, and it sure beats token sucking. And the city profits too, because cops are writing lots of summonses to riders who, instead of buying a swipe, jump the turnstile instead. more ›

Adding to yesterday's report that fare beaters in the city's subway system have been vastly undercounted, the News wrote today that cops have gone soft on the crime. Only about 87,000 turnstile hoppers and emergency gate crashers were ticketed or arrested in 2009, the lowest number in five years. The police explain the drop, saying they're cracking down on big-time perpetrators, in lieu of handing out lots of little fines. "The department focused on the arrest of more serious offenders," said Sgt. Carlos Nieves, not explaining what constitutes a "serious offender." more ›

Just as it prepares to fire hundreds of subway booth agents, the MTA has announced new high figures for turnstile-jumping and fare flouting by other means. Commuters who ride without MetroCards cost the transit system about $27 million last year, according to the Daily News, up from a previous calculation of $7 million. "The MTA's only going to make jumping the turnstile more inviting by slashing scores of clerks from subway station entrances," Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign warned, but the MTA says the big statistical jump is misleading. more ›

Lieutenant Gary Abrahall, who wounded a man who shot two police officers and fired upon him on Tuesday, said he wasn't a hero, "The two cops that took the bullets, they're the heroes." He added that Raul Nunez, armed with an officer's gun, "was coming full steam. Right at me. Popping off rounds ... . He obviously knew I was the police." more ›

Shortly after 5 p.m., during the rush hour commute at the 21st Street and 41st Avenue subway station in Queens, two plainclothes police officers were shot while struggling with a man illegally using a student Metrocard. more ›