Officers stand near the entrance to the Bronx subway platform where a shooting occurred on Monday afternoon. A series of subway shootings in early 2024 prompted Gov. Kathy Hochul to order National Guard members into busy stations to create a sense of security. [ more › ]
New York City’s subway system has become more violent over the past few years, and it is still on a lethal pace in 2024. The system has seen a 53% increase in reported felony assaults from 2019 to last year despite ridership being down 30%. According to the New York Post, felony assaults made up […]
New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced Monday. It's the latest in a string of recent moves to address concerns about safety and unruliness in the nation's busiest subway system. The train could not stop and the person was struck and was pronounced dead at the scene, the New York Police Department said.
New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles, officials announced […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles. Officials announced the initiative Monday. It’s the latest in a string of recent moves to address concerns about safety and unruliness in the nation’s busiest subway system.
Violent crimes in 2024 have been used as ‘political tool’, and law enforcement response does not solve root issues, critics sayA high-profile string of violent crimes on New York City’s subway in 2024 has been used “as a political tool” by pundits and politicians, transit advocates say, leading to a false perception of spiraling underground crime, which could create more danger in the future.Crime in the subway system, one of the world’s most used rapid transit systems, declined in 2022 and...
With each new day, it seems that America's major cities are doing more and more to ensure that crime does pay. Case in point #34,592: Vincent Traficante, who has dozens of arrests under his belt, was set back on the street each time to keep stealing.
Surveillance video shows a man who reportedly threw lit containers of flammable liquid at a group of people on a New York City subway platform on February 5, 2024. The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the person’s whereabouts.
Katie Holmes was on the move when she was spotted catching an uptown subway in Downtown Manhattan on Sunday.
The NYPD is on the hunt for a suspect who was caught on video launching a flammable liquid attack on a group of people standing on a New York City subway platform last month. The eye-opening incident happened in the West 28th Street subway station at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Feb. 5, the NYPD said on Wednesday. The flammable liquid attack happened on the southbound No. 1 train platform in Manhattan. The NYPD released surveillance video showing the suspect holding two flaming cans while standing...
A glamorous new cocktail bar and restaurant is coming to Edinburgh – and it promises to “bring the exciting unmistakable beat of New York” to the Capital. Manahatta Edinburgh, which will be Arc Inspirations’ tenth UK venue, is set to open this summer. The exciting new venue will serve a selection of drinks with a main focus on handcrafted cocktails, where guests can order supersized versions of their favourite drinks, as well as mouth-watering food options inspired by NYC, such as The New Yorker...