Jazz Ajilo is known for playing sax with a band of cartoon cats at the 34th Street Herald Square station.
He posted a video of the arrest his YouTube page.
The NYPD said he was only arrested after repeated warnings and after refusing to show ID.
Mayor Eric Adams says the subway system is out of control and he was elected to fix it.
“It’s not a place of disorder. It’s not a place where you want to do whatever you want to do as a passenger. Transit has rules and my officers and my officers. you’ll do it professionally and politely. So I’m” I’m proud of those officers. They do not abuse, do not scold others. It took them a long time to get to the point where we now have to act,” Adams said.
Jazz Ajilo said he has been performing at the subway station for the past 5 years.
He said he created GoFundMe to help pay for his broken saxophone and animatronics.
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