Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams and MTA chairman Janno Lieber are demanding that makers of a popular subway surfing video game make substantial changes to it or pull it from the market.
published in August about the real subway surfing trend that mentions the game.
Mayor Adams and MTA CEO Janno Lieber have sent a letter with Gov. Kathy Hochul to the makers of the “Subway Surfers” app to demand the game be changed or taken down from the Apple and Google app stores.The popular game features characters running on top of trains and tracks.Twitter When asked what the game, which doesn’t directly involve subway surfing, had to do with the issue, MTA Communications Director Tim Minton said: “We agree with the mayor and governor and are thrilled they are pushing back on social media and online games that glorify this dangerous and deadly behavior.”
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