they can’t fix the system or the trains but they have the money for this fohhh
so how much they going to be spending on someone to monitor all of those cameras
and how expensive facial recognition will be, upkeeping all of that, buying and upkeeping a server to store and process all that footage
and of course, cost of replacing those cameras about once a month because theyre fairly easy to damage, spraypaint, or encase in expanding insulation foam
I swear to FUCK I went into a station the other day and like 40 people were in line at ONE card machine because the THREE OTHERS were all broken and people were jumping the turnstiles to get to their fucking jobs.
But no. No, we TOTALLY have the fucking money for this.
It has never been about fixing what is broken. It has ALWAYS been about criminalizing the poor and people of color at any given opportunity.
Fuck you, NYC.