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Last week, The City broke the news that the. David was booked and charged with public lewdness. 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.

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. 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.

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In response, the officer tightened them even more. 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.

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

The bathroom was listed as a "hotspot" on Sniffiesa map-based digital platform for queer hookups. 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.

It was a busted frightening callback to a period that we thought had long passed in queer American history. 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.

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.

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The surge in arrests by the Amtrak Police, gay national police force who are not bound by city sanctuary protections, kicked off in June, targeting a Penn Station bathroom listed on Sniffies, a popular cruising site and app used for gay hookups.

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. He says he stopped into the bathroom after returning from visiting a friend in New Jersey.

Out reached out to Mamdani's team but did not immediately hear back. All Rights reserved. Be safe!! Email Newsletter Subscribe Subscriber Services. 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 busted of setting up that meeting.

He covers internet culture and entertainment, including television, movies, music, and more. Sign up today for our free newsletter. 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.

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.