#NYC district attorneys’ bogus gesture on subway safety

#NYC district attorneys’ bogus gesture on subway safety

“#NYC district attorneys’ bogus gesture on subway safety” The city’s district attorneys say they’ll prosecute spitting on transit workers, but not smoking weed or urinating in the subway — which shows how clueless the prosecutors are about what makes it dangerous underground. The DAs were showing support for a state bill to make saliva-assaults easier…

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#’Nobody tried to help me’

#’Nobody tried to help me’

“#’Nobody tried to help me’” A woman whose 2-year-old son was pummeled by a panhandler on a Manhattan subway train described on Sunday how she pleaded for help during the attack — but “no one did nothing.” The 21-year-old mom — who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of the on-the-loose attacker — said…

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#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops

#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops

“#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops” The MTA insisted Saturday that it’s safe to take the subway after a string of assaults that left two homeless riders dead last week and countless others shaken.  Still, officials are again calling for more cops and mental health services to deal with the violent mentally ill…

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#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave

#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave

“#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave” Like many other straphangers, Pamela Dayton feels increasingly anxious about taking the subway. The 62-year-old actress, who lives in Hudson Heights, rides the A train and relies on the 181st Street station in Manhattan, where a crazed Rigoberto Lopez allegedly stabbed two straphangers last weekend. Authorities…

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#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

“#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform” A 68-year-old man was mugged on a Bay Ridge subway platform, cops said Friday. The victim was walking on the platform for the southbound R train at Fourth and Bay Ridge avenues around 3:30 p.m. Thursday when an unknown man with an accomplice clocked him in the…

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#Family of ‘A-Train Ripper’ victim launches GoFundMe page

#Family of ‘A-Train Ripper’ victim launches GoFundMe page

“#Family of ‘A-Train Ripper’ victim launches GoFundMe page” The grieving family of the homeless woman killed by the “A-Train Ripper” launched a GoFundMe page to help pay for her funeral.  Claudine Roberts’ sister Denise Deen set up a “memorial fund” Wednesday, after supporters reached out and asked how they could help. The family is looking…

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