30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims’ families still seeking closure
Thirty years after the fatal sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway network, survivors and their families who have lost their loved ones are still seeking justice. When members of the cult released sarin nerve gas on a subway train in the capital on March 20, 1995, 13 people died and thousands became ill […]
NYPD transit commander demoted for allegedly faking subway crime stats: ‘Victimized the victim’
The head of Queens' NYPD Transit District was taken from his command amid allegations that police were determined to downplay the subway crime with his watch, sources tell the Post. Colonel Stephen Highland, who led Jamaica's Transit District 20, is allegedly forged signatures by two sergeants and a lieutenant under his command to play robbery […]
NYC subway station replaces benches with goofy leaning bars — and commuters are confused
These new lean bars can't stand scrutiny. The MTA replaced the bench with a new sloped bar at a bustling Manhattan subway station, which was widely panned by Strafanger as “unpleasant” and “somehow nasty.” The new metal slate was recently announced on the platform at West 4th Street Subway station, offering A, C and E […]
Shouting maniac hurls bottle at woman, 67, in random on subway assault as victim rails about attacker’s lengthy rap sheet
The screaming maniac threw a bottle at a 67-year-old woman at a midtown metro station on Monday. Vandel Williams, 30, has almost 12 previous busts and multiple documented mental health incidents, but there was no clear reason on the stairs leading up to the five trains on Grand Central 42nd Avenue. Williams has made 11 […]
NYC subway victim ‘angry’ to be stat in soaring crime
Brooklyn Strafunger, whose faces are randomly sliced by a stranger on his way to work, is angry at becoming an even more random victim on the rails. Earlton Massenberg Jr. spoke of his fear to the Post, recalling how he nodded when he woke up to the burning pain in his face last Sunday. “I […]
Boy, 12, seriously hurt after falling off NYC train while subway surfing during morning rush: cops
The 12-year-old was seriously injured when he fell off a Queens train while surfing the subway during the rush hour Friday morning, officers said. Preteen was recklessly on train No. 7 when he fell off the side around 8:15am at 111th Street Station on Covid, authorities said. He landed on the tracks but was not […]
Family of NYC subway burning victim say Democrats need to account for deported migrant getting back into US
The family of the woman, who police said they would be burnt out and die, said Democrats wanted them to answer how suspected illegal immigrants returned to the country after committing a horrific crime. Debrina Kawam, 57, sat by herself, believed to be asleep on the F train that stopped in Brooklyn in December, where […]
Patrick Timmins challenging Bragg in DA’s race vows to get tough on NYC subway crime
Democrats challenging Manhattan District Attorney challenged Alvin Bragg in the primary in June this year. He vowed to harsh subway crimes, including targeting fare beaters, as he condemned the incumbent's “poor” charges record. Civic litigator and former Bronx prosecutor Patrick Timmins said he aims to ease “tensions” at the Strafangers after a string of violent […]
Brute stabs straphanger in the eye at Union Square subway station
The crazy attacker stabbed Strafanger with his eyes at a lower subway station in Manhattan early Saturday morning. The 57-year-old male victim was at 14th Avenue Square Station when oral conflict broke out at about 12:46am, around 12:46am, the NYPD said. Police are searching for a man who stabbed the 57-year-old Strafanger inside the 14th […]
Teen who shot pregnant NYC woman in 2015 busted with gun on subway
The gunman, who was once accused of shooting a pregnant woman in 2015, was arrested this week at a Brooklyn subway station carrying a gun. Elijah Wells was arrested Thursday on the Utica Avenue A/C subway platform. Wells, 29, who is allegedly suffered by police while trying to handcuff him, was charged with criminal possession […]