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-Lurid Crime Tales-
So much for your safer subways, Eric! Horrifying footage shows woman being kicked down NYC station stairs by robber who smashed her repeatedly in the head with a HAMMER - days after Mayor introduced police crackdown on city transport
2022-02-26
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A robber kicked a 57-year-old woman down the stairs and bashed her head repeatedly with a hammer at the Queens Plaza subway station

  • A camera captured the moment the suspect, walking with a cane, assaulted the woman and struck her in the head 13 times in an attempt to steal her purse

  • The attack comes days after NYC Mayor Eric Adams vowed to crackdown on subway crime and deployed 1,000 additional officers to the transit system

  • Subway stabbings and slashings have spiked 29 percent in the last last year, with 182 incidents compared to 141 in 2020

  • So far in 2022, stabbings have been up 35 percent from the same time last year


True scale of homeless crisis on NYC's subway revealed: Transit officials found 350 people living in encampments in 29 tunnels and 89 stations
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) said there are 350 people living in the subway system across 29 tunnels and 89 stations

  • The MTA's Track Trespass Task Force reported the encampments to police and removed them from the subway system

  • 'We never leave an encampment in place. As soon as we identify an encampment, those people are immediately removed,' a MTA spokesperson said

  • The task force covered 650 miles of track and surveyed 472 stations in 12 hours between February 2 and 3

  • Removal of the homeless from the subway system is a part of NYC Mayor Eric Adams' Subway Safety Plan, which went into effect this week

  • Adams, who admitted the subways weren't safe, said New Yorkers fear the system and he was going to make sure that 'fear is not New York's reality'

  • The MTA will conduct 'regularly scheduled' checks of the system, an official said

  • Adams' plan will also attack fare evasion and ups other public safety measures

  • He said: 'No more just doing whatever you want. Those days are over. Swipe your MetroCard, ride the system, get off at your destination'

  • Crime is also up in the city, with transit crimes up 60 percent and overall crime up almost 50 percent
Related:
Eric Adams: 2022-02-22 At least six people are stabbed on NYC subway over the holiday weekend hours after Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled new plan to combat violence on public transport
Eric Adams: 2022-02-21 Man Punches 4-Year-Old in Head in Times Square, Mother Helps Detain Suspect, Authorities Say
Eric Adams: 2022-02-19 The plan to save the NYC subway: 1,000 cops will descend to move homeless into 600 new psychiatric ward places, mayor and governor announce
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