MTA To Begin Tracking Repeat Subway Offenders

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin tracking repeat offenders on its property, officials said.

As WCBS 880's Myles Miller reported, a report found that nearly 30 percent of people suspected of pickpocketing and stealing from riders had at least one major felony arrest in the subway.

MTA lawyers work with the city's five district attorneys to track the various cases' progress. But MTA Board member Charles Moerdler said that does not go far enough.

"Recommend to the district attorneys at least on an interim basis that they establish a transit part where they will pay particular attention to these cases," Moerdler said.

Moerdler called upon the New York state court system to create a special transit crime court, instead of handling the cases alongside violations such as open bottles of alcohol and public urination.

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