about. that video of that subway push that happened last friday and as you mentioned that person thankfully was only injured but that is just any commuter s worst nightmare when you re trying to get to wherever you re going, someone comes out of nowhere and attacks you. we asked the mayor about that video, what does he say to new yorkers who are looking at that and wondering if they re going to be next. he has been battling this question of is it reality? is it perception? he says it s both. he says as long as new yorkers are not feeling safe his administration isn t do their job and he wants to make sure that they are responding. listen to what he has to say. when i talk to new yorkers they say, yes, eric, i have never been a victim of a crime on the subway system. i have never been attacked. i use it every day. i m one of the 3.5 million riders on the subway system and i have never been attacked. i feel unsafe because of what i
It's the latest in a string of subway attacks in the city, which is grappling with a scourge of violence across its most important transportation artery.
if this guy knowing they don t prosecute turnstile crimes, the psychotic lunatic, if he didn t have the fare, maybe he doesn t get there to begin with. sandra: horrifying and heartbreaking, so many who live in the city, they are terrified to walk the streets. mayor eric adams says the subway is safe and all the concerns out there, just perception. listen. we know that public safety is not only actual but it s perceived, and when you have an incident like this, the perception is what we are fighting against. this is a safe system because of the job that the transit officers have carried out, and what this chief has done in the system. sandra: new york post cover disagrees, usually the first thing we read, the fear is real, new yorkers are not buying adams claim read as just perception after deadly subway
MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) A 31-year-old woman was shoved into the side of a moving subway train as it entered an Upper East Side station Tuesday night.
The victim was pushed by another woman as she stood on the platform at the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station around 5:40 p.m.
She bounced off the first car of the train as it entered the station and fell back onto the platform.
MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) A 31-year-old woman was shoved into the side of a moving subway train as it entered an Upper East Side station Tuesday night.
The victim was pushed by another woman as she stood on the platform at the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station around 5:40 p.m.
She bounced off the first car of the train as it entered the station and fell back onto the platform.