Buskers said they’re worried about violent crime as assaults surge underground — even while they vied for prime performance spots at MTA-held auditions Wednesday.

New York Police Department data showed that subway felony assaults rose by 20% since last year, despite other crimes ...

Assaults are surging this year in the subway system — and critics fear it’s getting worse with overcrowding caused by congestion pricing. Felony assaults are up 9% so far this year ...

“We need to prioritize public safety over empty political ... being assaulted. Illegal immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is charged with setting a straphanger on fire on a Brooklyn subway train.

NEW YORK -- Assaults in the subway system are at their highest level in more than 25 years, according to new numbers from the city. The NYPD says it recorded 570 assaults in trains and stations in ...

She announced the deployment in response to recent high-profile assaults on commuters and transit workers. Sign up here. Crimes on the subway were down about 15% in February compared to the same ...

At the same time, while overall subway crime is down, assaults have tripled since 2009 ... punched and stabbed in unprovoked attacks. In response, the city had nearly tripled the number of ...

Whether defending New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme or opposing more-aggressive policing, progressive activists have a favorite talking point in response to ... victimizations on the ...

Assaults against transit workers in ... An infusion of 1,000 more officers into the subway system — done in direct response to a January spike that featured a 45% jump in crime, according ...

A New York City Council member — who last year demanded "justice" for an "erratic" homeless man who died while being subdued by subway passengers he was threatening — is being cast as a ...

The president of the union local that represents MTA bus and subway workers is accused in ... Court lawsuit filed Thursday that accuses him of assaults in 2015 in 2016. Davis responded Friday ...

faces misdemeanor assault charges after a confrontation with a subway dancer in Washington, D.C. The altercation, which was captured on surveillance video, has raised questions about the ...