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

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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. David was booked and charged with public lewdness.

Naturally, the gays are often looking for mischief. It was a rather frightening callback to a period that we thought had long passed in queer American history. 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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Sniffies article from The New Yorker causes online uproar—here's why. From iconic parks to hidden spots, the city offers a range of places where locals and visitors alike can. 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.

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.

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. In response, the officer tightened them even more.

The charge was later dropped after he participated in Project Reset, a diversion program, which required him to take an online course. Sniffies now allows all users to explore cruising opportunities across the globe. The bathroom was listed as a "hotspot" on Sniffies, a map-based digital platform for queer hookups.

Out reached out to Sniffies but did not immediately hear back in a request for comment. The GayMapper interactive gay map of New York City helps you navigate around this big city whilst you are on the move. 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 process of setting up that meeting.

Out reached out to Mamdani's team but did not immediately hear back. 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.