By Yepoka Yeebo
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Nearly 1,000 broken subway security cameras are now working thanks to a $22 million rush repair job, but one-fourth of the 4,313 cameras on the whole subway system still remain offline, the MTA said on Wednesday.
The broken cameras had politicians fuming after a report revealed that the MTA had spent $21.3 million on a network of security cameras, most of which didn't work.
MTA repairmen worked steadily to repair the cameras after Gov. David Paterson called every broken camera "a grim invitation to crime in the subway," AM New York reported.
Now, more than 900 fare control cameras are watching over turnstiles at 31 stations around the city, according to an MTA spokesman. The only cameras of this kind still not working are at the 7th Avenue stop on the E line.
Plans to fix the remaining cameras are still being made, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz told DNAinfo.com.
