Overview

• The MTA says security and body-worn camera video shows Alex O’Keefe with both legs across an adjacent seat after a conductor’s complaint.
• Officers handcuffed and removed O’Keefe at the Fordham Metro-North station on Thursday after he refused to exit the New Haven–bound train.
• He received a summons for disorderly conduct, was not formally arrested, and was allowed to board the next train, according to the agency.
• O’Keefe, who is Black, alleges he was singled out after an “old white woman” complained, and videos of the incident have gone viral on Instagram and TikTok.
• MTA Chair Janno Lieber urged riders to keep feet off seats and said the agency would review the video as officials noted the train was delayed about six minutes.