Turnstile ‘spikes’ installed in NYC’s crime-ridden subways as Hochul beefs up police presence
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul announced a new $77 million plan to crack down on subway crime, while the MTA also plans to stop fare evaders who cost the transit agency hundreds of millions of dollars each. To do this, we have started installing spikes at some of the ticket gates. Annual revenue loss. The […]
Hundreds of cops to be stationed overnight in NYC subways: Hochul
Gov. Cathy Hochul on Thursday finally revealed details about long-awaited subway safety improvements, saying hundreds of NYPD officers will begin patrolling night trains next week. “Starting Monday, you'll start to see signs of night on the train,” she said at a news conference in Grand Central Station, wearing a windbreaker. When the effort reaches its […]
If Janno Lieber thinks gaslighting New Yorkers will fix the subways, it’s in his own head
I've always wanted to take a taxi. When I was a kid walking around New York City, those yellow cars were so fascinating and completely out of reach for me. My parents didn't try to entertain it either. “Why take a taxi when there is a subway?” they say. It was unparalleled in terms of […]
NYC subways are too dangerous to slap commuters with congestion toll, labor boss says
That would be a loss for Big Apple commuters. The Labor leader blamed the heavy burden on drivers in Manhattan's traffic jams, which begin Sunday, and said the subways were too dangerous to give commuters another option. “Introducing congestion pricing now is terrible, it's disgusting. It's just a slap in the face,” Phil Valenti, president […]
NYC subways have seen attacks for 5 days in a row — despite cops, National Guard and even the Guardian Angels on patrol
Despite patrols by the NYPD, the National Guard and even the crime-fighting Guardian Angels, the Big Apple's subway system has been hit by a fifth straight day of violence as traffic crime spikes. It is being said. The horrific arson death of a New Jersey straphanger on a Brooklyn F train on December 22nd left […]
Straphangers ‘ask God’ to protect them while riding violence-plagued NYC subways: ‘Nobody is safe’
Divine intervention may be required underground. New York City transit riders say they fear for their lives and are “asking God for help” after a series of disturbing incidents of violence on subways and stations. There is. Philomena Ofosu, 24, a nursing assistant who lives in the Bronx, said she prays for safety every time […]
Hochul Slammed over Post Claiming She Made NYC ‘Subways Safer’
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) came under fire for a tone-deaf post claiming to have made New York City's subways “safer” hours after a woman was killed in a subway fire. In Hochul's post, highlighted She spoke out in March about how she had “taken action” to make the subways safer, sending the New […]
Hochul roasted for ‘subways safer’ tweet after woman burned to death on train
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul came under fire on social media on Sunday for touting how much safer New York City's subway system was thanks to her efforts, hours after a woman was set on fire and burned to death on a train. . In an X post on Sunday, Hochul claimed that crime on […]
Additional 250 National Guard troops will flood subways to keep holiday straphangers safe, Hochul announces
Gov. Cathy Hochul announced Wednesday that 250 more National Guard troops will be deployed to New York City subways to help protect straphangers during the holidays. Hochul said at a news conference at the One Vanderbilt entrance to Grand Central Terminal that the additions will bring the National Guard's total presence in the metro to […]
Miss Subways, now in their 80s, recall getting modeling gigs and marriage proposals after their faces appeared on NYC train posters
The old subway was much more beautiful. Now, the timeless beauties who once reigned as “Miss Subway” and whose faces adorned train posters are reunited on May 2nd at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square. Stunning straphangers entered the bimonthly contest, which ran from 1941 to 1976, by submitting photos. Ellen Hart Sturm, Miss Subway […]