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Amtrak Police Crackdown on Bathroom Lewdness Sparks Controversy

9/28/2025

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Since June, Amtrak Police have arrested over 200 people for lewdness at Penn Station's bathroom, with 20 immigrants taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
Undercover officers monitor the bathroom, targeting men using Sniffies apps.
Manhattan lawmakers call crackdown discriminatory and Stonewall-era policing, urging Amtrak to halt; they note Amtrak Police are not bound by New York sanctuary laws.

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Story summary

Since June, Amtrak Police have arrested over 200 people for lewdness at Penn Station's bathroom, with 20 immigrants taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
Undercover officers monitor the bathroom, targeting men using Sniffies apps.
Manhattan lawmakers call crackdown discriminatory and Stonewall-era policing, urging Amtrak to halt; they note Amtrak Police are not bound by New York sanctuary laws.