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The charge was later dropped after he participated in Project Reset, a diversion program, which required him to take an online course.

New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal tells Out that these arrests "harken back to the dark days of trapping gay men and other members of the community in public spaces like restrooms. And as he was being escorted out of the bathroom in handcuffs, he says he told the officer that the cuffs were tight and asked for them to be loosened a bit.

Amtrak officers are using Sniffies and otherwise approaching people in the men's Amtrak bathroom at Penn Statuon and charging them with lewdness sniffies NYC civilrightawyer amtrak pennstation. David was booked and charged with public lewdness.

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A surge of public lewdness arrests inside a Penn Station bathroom by Amtrak Police has rattled the LGBTQ community and landed at least one person in ICE custody, THE CITY has learned. Be safe!! See on Instagram. In response, the officer tightened them even more.

He covers internet culture and entertainment, including television, movies, music, and more. Privacy Policy Terms of Use. Crime & Justice Gay sex sting in public toilet results in arrests One man says he was arrested just for wearing a Pride bracelet in the restroom and was called a slur by cops.

All Rights reserved. Hoylman, a gay elected official living in NYC and the Democratic nominee in the race for Manhattan's borough president, confirmed to Out that Harris agreed to meet, and they are in the process of setting up that meeting.

He says he stopped into the bathroom after returning from visiting a friend in New Jersey. One of the arrested, David who prefers to not have his name included in this storytells Out about his harrowing experience being handcuffed and arrested while trying to use the Penn Station restroom in June.

Senator Hoylman and his colleagues, U. Representative Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Liz Krueger, and Assembly Member Tony Simone, co-authored a letter Friday to Roger Harris, the president of Amtrak, demanding that the sting operations cease and that he meet with the elected officials to discuss a plan moving forward.

A gay elected official is sounding the alarm that a string of arrests at a New York City cruising site revives "the dark days" of queer entrapment. Out reached out to Mamdani's team but did not immediately hear back.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The Amtrak Police Department's targeting of a Penn Station cruising site has prompted outcry from the New York region's out elected leaders.

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Last week, The City broke the news that the Amtrak Police Department — a federal police force that operates outside New York City's sanctuary city laws — had targeted a Penn Station bathroom in arrests for public lewdness. The bathroom was listed as a "hotspot" on Sniffiesa map-based digital platform for queer hookups.

Sign up today for our free newsletter. These enforcement efforts have led to over arrests since June 1, an Amtrak representative confirmed to Out. And The Gothamist reports that at least 20 men have been taken into ICE custody as a result of the crackdown.

Activists have slammed a surge in arrests at a known gay cruising spot in New York City. It was a rather frightening callback to a period that we thought had long passed in queer American history. Email Newsletter Subscribe Subscriber Services.

Over men have been arrested at the men’s public restrooms in Penn Station since June, in a police.