Judges are allowed to prohibit people who attack MTA workers or commit sex crimes on transit from riding the rails as a term of probation or conditional discharge.
The 2020 law lets judges prevent people who attack MTA workers or commit sex crimes on transit from getting back on trains as a term of probation or conditional discharge.The law hasn’t been used to ban Frank Abrokwa, who allegedly attacked a woman at a subway station with his own feces.
, including two other attacks on the transit system. “That guy had 19 priors, had attacked subway riders and actually had a hate crime attack as one of them.” In a statement, MTA spokesperson Aaron Donovan said, “The transit system should be for those who are using it for transportation. We hope that judges and prosecutors will use all the tools available to keep the system safe, especially from recidivist criminals.”Abrokwa has a long history of arrests including two others in the transit system.Union leaders, meanwhile, believe the threat of consequences for reentering the system would deter assailants from striking again.
“We will gladly plaster their photos throughout the system and call the cops if we see them entering their home station or boarding their local bus,” TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano said. “If a ban, or the threat of a ban, deters even just one assault against a transit worker, one attack against a rider, then it’s worth it.”
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