Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, who heads the City Council's newly formed Committee on the Justice System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by
issuing an MTA
civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.»
Required by law includes, but is not limited to, court orders and court - ordered warrants; subpoenas or
summons issued by a court, grand jury, a governmental or tribal inspector general, or an administrative body authorized to require the production of information; a
civil or an authorized investigative demand; Medicare conditions of participation with respect to health care providers participating in the program; and statutes or regulations that require the production of information, including statutes or regulations that require such information if payment is sought under a government program providing public benefits.