Former NYPD detective Dr. Oscar Odom on the uptick in antisemitic violence driving the NYPD to increase presence at religious ...

Time and place can make a big difference in whether a subway rider encounters violence in New York City’s transit system ... Reeping added that a sizable increase in physical attacks on police ...

in part by placing 750 National Guard members and 250 MTA officers and state police in subway stations, in response to the increase in violent crime in the New York City subway system in recent ...

The recent surge in subway violence came in the months after the ... 2023 to 2.32 index crimes per million riders, another 8% increase. That month, officials began to quietly increase the number ...

Fitzsimmons After a series of violent deaths on the subway raised concerns about safety in New York City ... to announce a plan to increase police patrols. But the violence has persisted.

At least 572 people have been arrested with knives on the subway so far this year, according to NYPD data. Seth Gottfried The number of people caught with illegal knives in the NYC subway system ...

There have been twice as many homicides in New York’s transit system so far ... adding that an increase in subway crime during the pandemic mirrored the increase in crime elsewhere in the ...

High-profile cases of subway violence have killed and injured a number ... Most recently, a man checking his phone was kicked to the tracks at New York Penn Station. He was still in the hospital ...

A string of attacks has riders devising their own strategies to stay safe, even after years of official efforts to make New York’s vital transportation system secure. By Andy Newman and Wesley ...