New York City’s subway-crime epidemic has gotten so ridiculous that it’s officially become fodder for late-night comedians, with “Saturday Night Live” teeing off on the
The suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, who police said is an undocumented migrant from Guatemala, set a woman on fire as she slept on a New York City subway train last month. The FBI has uncovered ...
As I got older and developed some responsibilities, the subway sometimes let me down. I have been late to work because of police investigations and medical emergencies, and unable to board the C at Clinton-Washington during rush hour because it was too crowded.
New York City subway riders largely agree on one thing, and that's which station is the best to avoid if possible. There is a slew of reasons for it.
The NYPD says transit crime is down 35%, but just in the last two days a young man was stabbed on one train and a woman was pushed into another.
In her state of the state address, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised the NYPD would patrol every single subway train overnight, but this means that hundreds of police officers have been reassigned and taken away from their local precincts.
The MTA estimates 44% of bus riders and 10% of subway riders skipped the fare during the final three months of 2024.
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 Vital City’s analysis. Other crimes like robberies and thefts have decreased on the subway, the data shows.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post on the social platform X, said he ordered the “foreign trade minister to raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%.” “American products whose price…
A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train in New York City says that in spite of the trauma, he eventually plans to make his way back to the train.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that “deportation flights have begun,” releasing photos of people boarding military aircraft.