[proxy_user]

It is definitely a cause for arrest in NYC. So is putting your bag on an empty seat, or doing anything that uses more than one seat per rider.

[ichabod1]

Like manspreading?

[Leaning Right]

It makes sense that one could be arrested for taking up two seats on a train, bus, or whatever.

But the objection here was purely a religious objection! Evidently, no muslim can sit on a seat where a shoe has been. I guess the seat has been defiled in some way.

[Rusty0604]

If the seat is not taken and no one needs a seat?