Tag: Subway

MTA says hundreds of people live in New York City subway stations and subway

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About 350 homeless people were recently found living in camps in subway stations and tunnels, according to transportation officials Thursday. The personnel were distributed among 29 camps in the tunnels and 89 at the stations, according to a survey conducted by the Maritime Transport Authority on February 2 and 3 as part of a “track encroachment” task force set up in December to address the slight increase in route encroachment. Task Force Leader Jimmy Torres Springer said the tunnel camps “lead directly to the tracking of trespassing incidents,” which the…

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Man attacked with a metal tube on a New York City train

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Police said one of the attackers hit a Manhattan policeman with a metal pipe because he told him not to shoot on a rush-hour train. Police said the 31-year-old victim was on the northbound J train around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a man pull out a syringe. Authorities said that when the victim asked the man not to do so on the plane, the suspect hit him on the head with a metal pipe. Police said the suspect got off the train at the Delancey/Essex Street station in…

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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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A man pulls a stick on his mother, a 6-year-old son

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A man with a baton was arrested Tuesday after he threatened his mother and her 6-year-old son on a Manhattan subway — because the boy accidentally kicked him, according to police and the mother. The latest underground chaos occurred on Train 4 southbound on the Upper East Side around 2 p.m. when the boy, Logan, made “accidental contact,” according to police. Police said Charles Hodge, 67, responded by pushing the child. “It was just a regular kick and you know, kids, they don’t stay on the train,” mum, Kayla McCutchen,…

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Cops say a man punched him in the face, stole cash on a New York City train

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A man was threatened in the face by a thief who pulled his cash on a Manhattan train early Tuesday, police said. Authorities said the tape was on Northbound 1 Train on West 28th Street and Seventh Avenue in Chelsea around 5 a.m. when the suspect suddenly punched him and stole an unspecified amount of cash. The victim was transported to Lenox Hill Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled on foot after the attack.Robert Messi The attack occurred on the Northbound 1 train at West 28th Street and Seventh…

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Eric Adams’ plan for the homeless is safer for us and better for them

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Do Homeless Advocates really want what’s best for them? We ask as Mayor Adams demonstrated the political courage to do what his predecessor did not: make our subways safer and more welcoming for all. “No more smoking, no drug use, no more sleeping, no more barbecuing in the subway system. He no longer does what you want him to do,” Adams said as he began his subway safety program on Monday. Those days are over. Listen, listen! Of course, advocacy groups are preparing to take action, promising to file lawsuits…

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New NYC subway safety plan takes effect after violent weekend

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Mayor Eric Adams’ new subway safety plan goes into effect Monday after a series of violent transit accidents over the weekend. New York Police Department teams and outreach workers are set to begin checking trains and subway stations across the city as part of the mayor’s plan to crack down on rule-breaking and end homelessness. The teams will also seek to identify mentally ill and homeless people in an effort to prevent them from living on trains and at stations – and work to provide the treatment they need. “No…

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Man stabbed on a New York City subway in a random attack

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A 31-year-old man was stabbed while riding a subway through Lower Manhattan on Sunday evening, police and sources said. A suspected man twice stabbed the victim in the arm during an unprovoked attack on a downtown 6 train approaching the Canal Street station at about 6:10 p.m., according to police. The attacker escaped from the train as soon as it stopped at the station. Police said the victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in a stable condition. No arrests were made immediately on Sunday evening. The suspect, believed to be…

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What Adams, Hochul must do to get workers back to Manhattan

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Mayor Eric Adams wants you to go back to the office. Last week, he said of New Yorkers working from home, “I need them to do another job, get back to work. Let’s get our city up.” The mayor is promoting charitable payments for fallen travelers — but that’s not what works. He needs them to believe that coming to the office is in their hands King interests. Adams is right to recall that Midtown is still here. As with many of the mayor’s initiatives, this concept may seem obvious.…

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Victim of deadly subway gang attack plans to sue the New York City Transportation Authority

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A Bronx man rescued by Samri Saleh during an alleged gang attack plots to sue the city’s transit authority over the horrific ordeal – which left his “angel” mortally wounded by a train. Roland Huston, 36, was killed by an oncoming D train after he rescued Noel Soto, who lost consciousness when a group of gang members allegedly threw him over the rails early on New Years Day in the Bronx. “He didn’t even know me,” Soto told The Post through tears, in an exclusive interview last week. “He gave…

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