‘Subway surfing’ trend is killing NYC kids at a higher rate than ever — how the MTA can stop it
The NYPD reported that arrests of alleged subway surfers rose to 229 last year, up from 135 the year before. Most were boys, with an average age of around 14, according to police. The youngest was 9 ...
LIRR ridership up in congestion pricing's first month
Overall ridership was up 13% in January, less than in December, suggesting that any congestion-pricing related gains may be ...
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Seeing more NYPD officers in the subway? We explain what’s happening.
Subway crime has trended down for several years, but several high-profile violent attacks in recent months have rattled ...
Crowds can suddenly turn deadly. New research has clues that could prevent disaster.
Watching a concert or a sports event alongside thousands of other people can be both exhilarating and dangerous, and researchers now have new theories about how people behave when they get too close ...
2 teenagers arrested after Queens subway joyride, NYPD says
Two teenagers have been charged with stealing a New York City subway train and taking it for a joyride in Queens, police say.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch highlights arrest of alleged UnitedHealthcare shooter in State of the NYPD speech
Jessica Tisch delivered her first State of the NYPD address, an event hosted by the nonprofit New York City Police Foundation ...
With Adams in crowd, NYC police commissioner unveils quality-of-life initiatives
NEW YORK — New York City’s police commissioner unveiled a slate of initiatives Thursday designed to reduce recidivism and improve the quality of life on subways — two leading concerns of voters who ...
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The man pushed onto New York’s subway tracks says he will ride again
Subway riders stand near yellow barriers on a platform of the ... of the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment. Lynskey has lived in ...
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Seoul subway fares to rise amid KORAIL's deficit operations
KORAIL is the country’s state-run railway operator, running KTX bullet train service across the country, as well as other railway services and subway services ... signs of people trying to ...
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15-year-old boy injured falling from train while subway surfing in the Bronx
Subway surfing deaths dramatically increased last year, according to NYPD data. Six people died trying to perform the dangerous stunt, with half of the deaths taking place between September and ...
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NYPD: Teen injured in Bronx subway surfing incident; first subway surfing incident reported in the borough this year
Some of those people subway surfing were as young as 9 years old. To try and end this dangerous stunt the NYPD deployed drones, and as a result were able to save the lives of 114 subway surfers.
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Crowd gathers outside DC jail to support pardoned Jan. 6 inmates
A crowd stood outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility and waited for hours Monday night for more than a dozen people to be released in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to commute ...