Hochul plan to increase commitments of mentally ill raises specters of the past
The goal is to get the more of the mentally ill into psychiatric hospitals and outpatient care. However, some fear it is a ...
Kids in New York keep dying while ‘subway surfing’ on top of trains. Can they be stopped?
Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator. Instead, on a December morning ...
MTA pitches $68 billion capital plan in Albany amid concerns over federal funding
MTA boss Janno Lieber went before state lawmakers Thursday, defending the transit agency’s $68 billion capital budget in an ...
Third boy busted for taking stolen Brooklyn R subway train on joyride
The 15-year-old boy was nabbed in Coney Island Thursday morning after he was identified as one of seven youths involved in ...
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To fund NYC subway fixes, MTA must undo decades of distrust
MTA Chair Janno Lieber is heading to Albany on Thursday to ask lawmakers to fund the largest construction program in the ...
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Protester who demanded ‘Zionists’ exit NYC subway gets 4 hours of community service
Israel activist arrested last year for demanding that “Zionists” identify themselves and leave a New York City subway car ...
Bloody outbreak of NYC subway crime leaves at least 5 hurt in stabbings, slashings and a beating: cops
In the most recent burst of violence, a man was slashed on his hand as he tried to disarm a knife-wielding woman on board a ...
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Woman, man slash each other on 4 train in Harlem: NYPD
A woman and a man got into an argument on the 4 train and began slashing each other in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, ...
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Suspect sought in violent subway stabbing at Steinway Street station in Astoria
By Rob Pozarycki  Transit police in Queens are searching for the suspect involved in a violent subway stabbing during an argument on Friday, ...
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City crime drops by nearly 17% in January, marking second month of decline, NYPD says
Crime in New York City declined last month, with overall incidents dropping by 16.8% compared to January 2024, the NYPD said on Tuesday.
A Daring Rescue Under a Subway Train Leads to an Emotional Reunion
Joseph Lynskey was shoved into the path of an oncoming train and survived. On Monday, he thanked the firefighters who rescued ...
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2 teens arrested after group boarded, operated unoccupied subway train; 4 still sought, police say
Two teenagers were arrested on Monday after a group was caught on camera breaking into an unoccupied R subway train in ...