Hello, is Seymour Butz there? A damning new probe shows the cash-strapped MTA dropped a mind-boggling $250 million on an emergency subway intercom system where 50% of the calls are pranks — and ...

The vast majority of calls through the MTA’s ubiquitous blue-light Help Point intercom system aren’t from riders seeking assistance — they’re prank callers and transit workers performing checks, ...

Half the calls made through subway station intercoms that allow riders to report an emergency or seek information were deemed as pranks during a six-month time frame in 2023, according to an audit ...

Prank callers are jamming up the lines on the "Help Point" intercom boxes inside New York City subway stations, according to a report published on Tuesday by the MTA inspector general’s office. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) – Prank calls have plagued ...