By David Brand

More than 60 percent of people arrested for fare evasion in the second quarter of the year were black or African-American, according to the most recent fare evasion data published by the NYPD. Another 25 percent were listed as “Hispanic.”

Black and African-American people accounted for 414 of the 682 people arrested from April 1 to June 30, while Latinx/Hispanic people accounted for 175 arrests. City law requires the NYPD to publish the fare evasion arrest data every quarter.

“The city continues to arrest black and brown people for fare evasion at rates that are grossly disproportionate when compared to rates of white people,” said Councilmember Rory Lancman, who last year sued the NYPD to obtain the fare evasion data under city law. Lancman sponsored the 2017 bill mandating the reports.

The NYPD publishes the racial, age and gender breakdown of the 10 stations with the highest arrest totals. Seven of those stations are located in Brooklyn, two are in the Bronx and one is in Manhattan at 125th Street.