The MTA pulled more than 300 of them earlier this month after two cars separated on an A train in Manhattan. A panel of experts is looking into recurring issues with the R-179 fleet.

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Transit officials have griped about fare evasion for decades, but until now never moved to fundamentally redesign the city's subway turnstiles.

The new fare gates feature elements that make it much harder for subway riders to jump over the turnstiles and avoiding paying.

This isn’t hard." However, MTA officials pushed back on his claims, pointing to newly released NYPD data showing subway crime is down by 24% year-over-year, while felony assaults are down 4.4%.

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The federal government will pull funding from the MTA if it doesn’t reduce crime and fare evasion in the subway system, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a letter on Tuesday.

The MTA estimates it loses around $285 million a year to fare evasion in the subway system — due both to turnstile jumping and to scofflaws entering thorough the emergency fire exit gates.