GOP pols push MTA boss to resign after downplaying transit crime ahead as state braces for even more taxes, fees
Several of those metaphorically calling for Janno’s head cited the transit chief’s New Year’s Eve publicity stunt celebrating ...
Fear on the Subway: Perception and Reality
The chance of being a crime victim in the subway is remote. But riders feel far more at risk than they do driving on New York ...
NYC says subway crime down as congestion pricing begins
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she has ordered more officers to patrol the subway trains and platforms following the ...
NYC transit head says violent subway attacks have 'gotten in people's heads' but crime is down
NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority head Janno Lieber said people feel unsafe on the subway because of high-profile ...
NYPD sends 200 more officers to subways; mayor says there is more fear although subway crime fell last year
Both Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch acknowledged Monday that the perception of higher subway crime, ...
More cops deployed to NYC’s 50 highest-crime subway stations
More police officers are being deployed to the top 50 subway stations in New York City where the most crimes occur, NYPD ...
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The NYPD is dispatching more police officers to NYC’s subway stations with the highest crime rates
According to the NYPD’s most recent crime report , 2024 saw a 5.4% drop in crime within the subway system—more than double the crime reduction in 2023. And that’s included in the overall reduction of ...
She was set on fire and no one knows her name. How homelessness, crime and a broken immigration system met in a subway car
It’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet ...
2 men slash each other on Grand Central Station subway platform
The two men, one 30, the other 50, were on the 4/5/6 uptown platform at the Midtown Manhattan transit hub when they started ...
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Mayoral Candidates Are Feeling the Heat as New Yorkers Grow Fed Up With Subway Crime
Mayor Adams is running for reelection this year, but a spate of violent subway crimes is tarnishing his former-cop, ...
NYPD releases subway crime numbers
In the wake of several recent high-profile violent incidents on the New York City subway, the NYPD has released the latest ...
Man accused of killing woman in New York subway fire pleads not guilty
The man accused of killing a woman sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire after what prosecutors say ...