Since the start of 2020, New York City's subway system has witnessed a dramatic rise in violent incidents, eclipsing the murder count of the previous 15 years. Notable recent incidents, all occurring between 2024-03-02 and 2024-03-04, include a 65-year-old ex-con attacking a stranger with a pipe in Queens, a 27-year-old man being slashed with a box cutter on a northbound A train at 14th Street following a verbal dispute, and a subway conductor who, after being slashed, vowed never to return underground. Additionally, a Brazilian tourist was attacked, and a hate crime investigation is underway for an assault at Penn Station where a 27-year-old was attacked after an anti-LGBTQIA+ statement was made by the assailant. Critics have pointed fingers at progressive judges and policies for the surge in violence. The NYPD has released a photo of a man wanted for the A train slashing. The violence continued with assaults in Washington Heights and at the 168th Street station. Major crimes on subways have surged over 13% amid this spate of attacks.
Major crimes on subways up over 13% amid weekend of violent attacks https://t.co/MWTz0mwjBL https://t.co/gbBoAn5QSF
- Two assaults in the subway system on Sunday. - Both in Manhattan. - In one, the victim fell onto the roadbed. ========== A 64-year-old man was kicked in the back by a male stranger at the 34th Street-Eighth Avenue northbound A, C, E line platform around 5 p.m., causing him to… https://t.co/2nJsdeuiAk
64-year-old man kicked onto roadbed at Penn Station in first of 2 subway assaults Sunday https://t.co/LuId2IvqRi https://t.co/GwSDaJepzX
Police said a search is underway for a suspect following a subway assault in Washington Heights on Sunday. CBS New York has learned a 17-year-old girl was repeatedly punched by another woman at the 168th Street station. https://t.co/eFWBExfNgl
Man kicked onto platform, woman punched in violent weekend on the subway https://t.co/Ur0I2TTMuH https://t.co/qsLXClfS8I
64-year-old Asian male pushed onto subway tracks 4:52p A/C/E line Penn Station. Good Samaritans helped him back onto platform. Stable condition. Perp fled on foot, male in his 30s wearing all black. Unknown if dispute prior or if they knew each other. Investigation is ongoing.
A 64-year-old man was kicked to the subway tracks in a random midtown Manhattan attack. The victim was waiting on the A/C/E platform at the 34 St.-Penn Station stop when a man kicked him in the back. https://t.co/38jrfhON3m
UPDATE: NYPD releases image of suspect wanted in slashing on A train. https://t.co/zdd56KglWV
The NYPD released a photo of the man wanted for slashing another man with a boxcutter on an A train Friday night. / Via @CBSNewYork https://t.co/Vdyv4MrGNd
Garment District, Manhattan 33rd St Station (HOB-33) (JSQ-34) - A woman was pushed onto the tracks and suffered a leg injury. - Police were mobilizing to search for a black male suspect, wearing all black, a hat, beard, and sunglasses with tags. https://t.co/W5WEZPDe5q https://t.co/PqgtAK4MW5
NYC transit system sees massive increase in murder, violence since 2020 https://t.co/gySPBsZNSh https://t.co/gySPBsZNSh
Paris assailant calls Jew in kippah 'dirty Jew,' attacks him as he leaves synagogue. Yesterday, a similar story came out of Zurich. The global intifada incitement is working. https://t.co/Epc8AuiUtG
Too bad those robot cops didn't make a difference, eh? NYC transit system sees massive increase in murder, violence since 2020 https://t.co/QLXz2OtXbQ
French police are looking for the assailant who attacked an elderly Jew leaving synagogue on Friday evening. The assailant kicked and punched the man several times and shouted hateful slurs.
A man wanted for a subway slashing allegedly attacked his victim with a box cutter after hurling homophobic remarks late Friday, police say. https://t.co/4DoZuw4NLP
BREAKING: A Jewish man was beaten severely after coming out of a synagogue in Paris yesterday. He has been hospitalized https://t.co/bhUIceZfsE
NYC begins to realize NYC Progressive State, City Leaders, Woke DAs, and progressive judges are the reason that 24 yr MTA veteran subway conductors are pulling the brakes on their careers as violent crime escalating with more unhinged released to streets. https://t.co/JvM67rwOOi
Enough is enough! These so-called “progressive” NYC criminal-loving judges must be FIRED or sent to TRAFFIC COURT. They are ENDANGERING law-abiding citizens! https://t.co/Jy6LsKBvQK
MAN SLASHED ON MANHATTAN TRAIN AFTER VERBAL ALTERCATION The incident occurred after a verbal dispute turned physical, with the victim sustaining injuries to his left hand from a box cutter. Both individuals' motives remain unclear. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital… https://t.co/bCHNtQj0l2
Police searching for suspect after man slashed in the hand on A train in another NYC subway attack https://t.co/3Yj1BREXxF https://t.co/3tU1Dij3NP
NBC News: The NYPD is looking for a man who they say assaulted a 27 year old with a box cutter after making an anti-LGBTQIA+ statement to the victim in an apparent hate crime attack on a subway train pulling into a Penn Station. The incident is being treated as a hate crime. https://t.co/aphWvzQDLh
The lasting toll of violence on New York City’s subway https://t.co/0hyyStZecv via @gothamist
NYC straphanger slashed by box cutter-wielding stranger after A train spat: cops https://t.co/Pdtyd0sP6T https://t.co/2ZYd3r3Dwy
Slashed NYC subway conductor vows he’ll never go underground again: ‘That’s not for me anymore’ https://t.co/z0T4bzo2cj https://t.co/nFmRCglyX6
A 65-year-old ex-con was arrested for bashing a stranger with a pipe inside a Queens train station where a Brazilian tourist had been attacked two days earlier. https://t.co/KdpKFAVyST
A 27-year-old man was slashed on a northbound A train at 14th Street around 11 p.m. First there was a verbal dispute. The victim put his hand up to block the attack and was slashed in the left hand. Police say the victim and the suspect are strangers. This is the third… https://t.co/b7wddt5QJq
More people have been murdered in New York City’s subways since the start of 2020 than in the preceding 15 years — a grim statistic driven by an alarming start to the year in the mass transit system. https://t.co/Yn81Elx4wY https://t.co/bPTTdRH3ml