New York Post13d
New subway safety hack involves two everyday items: ‘Ladies, take notes’
The latest subway self-defense hack to emerge on social media calls for two things everyone has — a sock and a can of beans. “You get your can of Goya … and you put them inside the sock and ...
City Journal9d
New Yorkers Aren’t Crazy for Avoiding the Subway
Whether defending New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme or opposing more-aggressive policing, progressive activists have a favorite talking point in response to concerns about subway ...
Newsday8d
Hochul: Increased night police patrols in NYC subway system to begin Monday
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday her plan to eventually put 300 more police in the New York City subway trains to bolster safety at night will begin Monday. An additional 750 officers ...
Newsday8d
4-foot tall steel fences to be installed at 100 subway stations to protect riders
The new platform barriers coming to 100 New York City subway stations will be a low-tech and cheaper alternative to screen door systems, such as the one on the AirTrain to Kennedy Airport and in ...
The Washington Post24d
Riders reminisce as New York retires iconic subway cars
NEW YORK — Growing up, Alvaro Hernandez always ran for the window seat on the subway. His older brother sat in the seat next to him, and his parents sat in the seats immediately perpendicular to ...
CBS News22d
MTA employee victim of 3rd NYC subway stabbing in roughly 24 hours
NEW YORK - An MTA employee was stabbed in a subway station in the Bronx Thursday morning. It's the third stabbing incident in the NYC subway system in a little more than 24 hours, and comes amid ...
The New York Times22d
Subway Violence Stubbornly Defies All Efforts to Quell It
By Andy Newman and Wesley Parnell A woman was set aflame in a subway car in Brooklyn the same day that a man was stabbed to death on a train in Queens. A man was shoved in front of a train in ...
Forbes23d
If You Haven’t Been To New York City Since The Pandemic, There’s Been A Big Change To The Subway That You Will Love
New York City began implementing a new subway payment system before the pandemic. The results are now in bloom, and really beneficial to visitors. I returned to New York City on a visit for the ...
New York Post24d
Adams claims subway violence — including horrific arson attack — ‘overshadowed’ NYC’s 2024 success on transit crime
High-profile random attacks — notably the horrific arson in which a woman was burned to death on an F train — “overshadowed” New York City’s supposed successes in reining in subway crime ...
Indiatimes23d
NYC subway horror victim identified: 'She was alive when she was set on fire'
The NYPD identified Debrina Kawam, 61, as the woman set on fire in a New York subway by Sevastian Zapeta-Calil, an illegal Guatemalan immigrant. The incident, which was captured on video ...
CBS News27d
Man accused of fatally burning woman on NYC subway indicted for murder and arson, Brooklyn DA says
NEW YORK -- A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire a New York City subway train, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. Investigators said ...
ABC News28d
Man accused of fatally burning woman on subway is indicted in 'malicious' case: DA
Sebastian Zapeta is accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire on Sunday. The man accused of setting a woman on fire and killing her as she slept on a New York City subway car has been indicted ...