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Letters to the Editor – February 24, 2022

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The problem: Mayor Adams’ plan to make the Underground trains safer by increasing social service and a police presence. There is no doubt that the issue of homelessness is an issue that needs to be resolved (“Subway Homeless Assistance Teams to a Slow Start,” February 23). Simply ignoring the problem, as Mayor Adams’ predecessor did, is not a solution. Locking up people doesn’t solve the problem either. These people were once productive members of society and, for whatever reason, descended into a life of drug addiction and mental illness. Adams’s…

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New York City man Carlos Ortiz, who allegedly pushed a woman on subway tracks, acted in self-defence: Lawyer

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His lawyer claimed in his first court appearance on Saturday that the man accused of pushing a woman on a metro rail in Times Square was acting in self-defence. Police say Carlos Ortiz, 32, is accused of hijacking a woman’s belongings at the 42nd Street subway station, then pushing them onto the tracks of the northbound R train. But Ortiz’s attorney, Frances White of Legal Aid, argued that witnesses who spoke to police and the media unfairly assumed his client was a “thief” or “hijacker”. “People’s case seems to be…

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How to survive being pushed on the NYC subway

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What if you were pushed onto the subway tracks? It’s the nightmare that almost all New Yorkers share – and it’s more dreadful than eating sushi duan red. With crime rates soaring on the New York City subway, the prospect of being pushed or dropped never escapes Strabanger’s mind. Just ask the 23-year-old Australian tourist who had both legs amputated by the PATH train. Incredibly, she survived the stumble, and so can you thanks to The Post’s Last’s Survival Guide to NYC. Look alive because 14 people were pushed onto…

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Unprovoked attack: cops

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Police said a man pushed another rod onto subway rails in an unprovoked attack in Lower Manhattan early Monday. The 45-year-old victim was standing on South Platforms 1, 2 and 3 of Chambers Street Station when the attacker pushed him from behind – sending him onto the bars. Fortunately, the police said, there was no train coming. Police said the victim himself managed to climb off the bars and refused to receive medical attention. Police said the suspect, who was dressed completely in black, fled after the attack. .

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