In 2023, for the first time in nearly two decades, the number of felony assaults in the subway system was greater than the number of robberies, according to an analysis of crime statistics by ...

Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo brazenly flipped his flip-flop on congestion pricing – after last year penning a Post op-ed ...

PIX11 News asked the NYPD whether any new efforts or adjustments are being made in response to the recent rise in felony assaults on the subway. As of now, we’re still waiting to hear back.

Assaults on subway and bus workers in the city dropped by 31% last year, a statistic cited by transit officials in a letter to the Transportation Department in a bid to stave off threatened ...

At the same time, while overall subway crime is down, assaults have tripled since 2009 ... punched and stabbed in unprovoked attacks. In response, the city had nearly tripled the number of ...

Assaults on police officers in the subways surged in recent years as the NYPD ramped up enforcement in the transit system, MTA officials said Wednesday. MTA Chief Security Officer Michael Kemper ...

The submission came in response to a March ... to be the victim of an assault than New York City transit riders. Lieber added that "crime in the NYC subway system is among the lowest in the ...

Whether defending New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme or opposing more-aggressive policing, progressive activists have a favorite talking point in response to ... victimizations on the ...

While major crime on the subway is rare for the MTA’s millions of daily commuters, serious assaults in transit more than tripled between 2009 and last year, from about 150 to 540, according to ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy directly linked a rise in subway felony assaults to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), accusing her of failing to protect riders. New York Police Department data showed ...