Transit & Streets Active Updated Oct 30, 2026
The bus fare squads
MTA chair Janno Lieber pulled the unarmed EAGLE bus fare inspection teams off the street after video showed agents pinning a Brownsville school dean to a B14 bus shelter. The teams were central to his plan for handheld OMNY fare checks, and the fight is over whether fare enforcement on buses can resume safely.
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Oct 29, 2026 Latest
Gothamist reported that the NYPD says it "has no plans to assist" with bus fare enforcement while the MTA's roughly 350 suspended EAGLE agents are off the street, leaving no one checking bus fares.
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Oct 28, 2026
NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow said he expects the probe into the EAGLE agents' altercations with riders to wrap mid to late next week, and the teams stay suspended until then, Bronx Times reported.
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Oct 27, 2026
The City Council's 23-member Progressive Caucus asked the MTA to scrap its EAGLE bus fare teams permanently after violent clashes with riders, Bronx Times reported. NYC Transit president Demetrius Crichlow said the system still needs some form of proof of payment.
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Oct 23, 2026
MTA chair Janno Lieber ordered the EAGLE fare teams out of the field until investigations finish, after video showed agents pinning Brownsville school dean Kyle Taylor to a B14 bus shelter on Oct. 6. Lieber also revealed a second, months-old confrontation and asked security chief Michael Kemper to review how the teams operate, and El Diario reported Taylor has begun a $25 million claim.
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