Graffiti artists attacked several cars on an M train, completely overflowing them from top to bottom with colored labels and doing tens of thousands of dollars in property damage, the MTA said Wednesday.
The video posted on Instagram on Monday shows the subway train, with cartoon-like characters and depictions of a skyline exposed through a brick wall, stretching down the tracks of an unspecified elevated Big station. Apple
Officials discovered the vandalism around 6:50 a.m. Monday, according to the MTA.
According to the traffic agency, the vandals crashed into the train in the so-called Queens settlement area, near Forest Hills-71st Avenue Station, which corresponds to the NYPD patrol to patrol, noting that the incident was reported to the police department. .
The graffiti train has been withdrawn from service.
“Vandalism costs New Yorkers: deprives customers of the service while cleaning cars, requires traffic workers to rub graffiti instead of overseeing their usual functions, and costs taxpayers money that could be used to improve the service.” , said MTA spokesman Shams Tarek. The Post in a statement.
“We are cooperating with the NYPD in the investigation of this latest case of offenders causing tens of thousands of dollars in damages and we will seek restitution from anyone found guilty.”