NEW YORK -- The MTA is deploying so-called "Eagle Teams" in the agency's latest effort to crack down on bus fare evasion. "These are revenue fare enforcement agents. Unarmed, they are not armed ...

The MTA's beefed up EAGLE teams have arrived to enforce the fares and keep a watchful eye on the community. EAGLE stands for Evasion and Graffiti Lawlessness Eradication. These MTA officers are ...

The enforcement is being carried out by members of the city's Eagle Team. There are only 200 members currently, according to the MTA. They are increasingly responsible for issuing summonses ...

NY1 has learned the transit agency is dispatching a special anti-vandal squad called the Eagle Team, which stands for Evasion And Graffiti Lawlessness Eradication, to train yards and to rail spurs ...

in Starrett City about 6:20 a.m. when six members of the MTA’s Eagle Team ... backpack and fired at the Eagle Team members waiting at the stop nearby. One inspector dropped to the ground ...

EAGLE team members walked up and down bus aisles, letting riders know a fare is required to hop on and that enforcement will be increased. The MTA says this summer, 48% of bus riders are not paying.

Nearly half of MTA bus ... An Eagle Team member (or police officer) could just board a bus and ask, say, every fourth passenger to tap his card against a hand-held inspection machine to prove ...

MANHATTAN (PIX11) — The MTA’s Eagle Team is out fighting fare evasion in New York City despite a direct threat to their safety earlier Tuesday. City leaders said a top priority in this ...

The transit authority employs retired police officers to patrol buses in what it calls the Eagle Team program ... kiosks and hold onto receipts for inspection. Bus drivers are advised to avoid ...

The Inspector General’s Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has hired a new special counsel ... region’s public transit system, and be part of a dynamic team that is helping ...

Deputy Chief Ralph Misiti, who works in the same security department, is also being probed by the inspector general for similar acts of favoritism, according to transit sources said. A spokesman ...