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New York police responded to reports of multiple people shot inside a Brooklyn subway station during Tuesday's morning rush. 'Undetonated devices' were also ...

They were ambulances rushing people out, and they had to lock down the school right here.” She told WNYC that she saw people on the ground who had “obviously been shot.” “You just heard pops … and there was smoke in the other car.” As he crouched on the floor of the car, an elderly woman reached into her purse and handed him a small can of pepper spray and told him to “use it just in case.” He then opened fire, Sewell said, hitting multiple people on the subway and the platform. Nine of the injured were taken to NYU Langone, three to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and five to Maimonides Medical Center. The patients at Maimonides are being treated for smoke inhalation and gunshot wounds, according to a hospital spokesman.

Brian A. Benjamin, New York's second in command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged with bribery, fraud and falsification of records while a state senator.

Times photographers are at the location where several people were shot during the morning rush at a train station in Brooklyn.

The Fire Department reported that 16 people were injured, including several by gunfire. Preliminary reports suggested that five people were shot at the station, where the D, N and R lines pass through the Sunset Park neighborhood, around 8:30 a.m., the Police Department said. Emergency workers in the Sunset Park area after the shooting at the subway station. A uniformed officer approached, said his radio was not working and asked passengers to call 911. He heard someone calling for a doctor and followed that person to the front of the train. Times photographers are documenting the scene in the aftermath of the shooting.

Multiple people have been shot in separate incidents involving a northbound N train in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday morning.

The suspect has a "heavy build" and is believed to be about 5 feet 5 inches tall, Sewell said. One of the victims was an 18-year-old student on the way to school, she said. "So I had a long, long hug with her and let her know that we send the love of all New Yorkers." It was hard to hear or pay attention to what was going on with the chaos that was happening," he said. "I ducked behind a chair to protect myself." Montano said the doors opened at 36th Street about three to four minutes later. "We want to make sure that all of the evidence that is gathered is going to assist us in apprehending this person. I couldn't even see halfway down the length of the train car," he added. The cameras, which are aimed at the turnstiles, didn't transmit in real-time due to a glitch computer malfunction, a source said. Keys to the vehicle were also found in the shooter's possession, according to police. The gun was not stolen, police said. The suspect fired 33 times, according to police.

New York City police are still hunting for a gunman who opened fire on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn.

Police said the U-Haul van was found on Tuesday afternoon, unoccupied and parked near a subway station on King's Highway in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood, about 5 miles southeast of the 36th Street station. And things that happen at the beginning of a case can actually get in the way of a prosecution, and we don't want this person to get away." Police said they are also looking for the renter of a U-Haul van possibly connected to the violence. Bloodied people were seen lying on the floor of the train and the platform as others attempted to administer aid. The gun jammed during the incident, which is believed to have saved lives, a law enforcement official told ABC News. A total of 29 people were transported from the scene to local hospitals with various injuries.

Follow the New York Post's live updates of Tuesday's subway shooting attack at Brooklyn's 36th Street station, which left at least 16 people injured.

“Today, one step that we’re taking is we’re going to double the number of the amount of uniformed officers there. We’re gonna continue to stay in close contact with New York authorities and as we learn more about the situation over the coming hours and days.” You’re going to see double the amount of police officers.” The shooting led schools in the area to shelter-in-place for at least several hours. “Just to clarify here, @NYCMayor was talking about using innovative technology to keep the subways safe,” Young tweeted. “We found a few ways that it could be used,” the mayor said. He appeared remotely because he’s currently isolating with a positive case of COVID-19. On Tuesday morning during rush hour, a gunman opened fire on a crowded subway car at 36th Street and 4th Ave., leaving dozens injured. “He was (of course) not saying we should consider using airport style metal detectors. New York City will double the number of NYPD officers on the subway system in the wake of the horrific Brooklyn subway shooting that has injured 28 New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday afternoon. The NYPD is upping security for Mayor Eric Adams after police discovered “concerning” social media posts believed to be put online by the person of interest in the Brooklyn subway shooting Tuesday. The NYPD is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information about the shooting inside a Brooklyn subway station, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig posted on Twitter.

(Reuters) - Tuesday's New York City subway shooting occurred in Sunset Park, a multicultural Brooklyn neighborhood known for its thriving Asian cafes ...

* In February 2016, Sunset Park West was one of four neighborhoods featured in a New York Times article about “New York’s Next Hot Neighborhoods” citing redevelopment along the waterfront in Industry City and the use of warehouses as party and event spaces. * Its namesake is Sunset Park where a leafy hilltop affords breathtaking waterfront views at sunset of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline. (Reuters) – Tuesday’s New York City subway shooting occurred in Sunset Park, a multicultural Brooklyn neighborhood known for its thriving Asian cafes and shops, Statue of Liberty views and a sprawling Industry City warehouse district housing creative businesses.

Prospective teachers in New York state will no longer have to take the controversial edTPA, a national assessment that some have criticized as being a ...

That same study showed mixed evidence of a link between higher edTPA scores and effectiveness in instruction, measured by students’ scores in state reading and math tests. During the public health crisis, state education officials have allowed teaching candidates to take a written exam in lieu of the edTPA, and teacher prep program leaders embraced the change. Union figures show that enrollment in state teaching programs has decreased by more than half since 2009. Jolene DiBrango, the union’s executive vice president, said the union has long heard complaints about the exam as overly burdensome and led some candidates to quit teacher preparation programs. But several Regents applauded the idea when it was first proposed in December, with New York City-based Regent Kathleen Cashin calling it “a very good move.” The edTPA, which comes with a $300 fee and is assessed by Pearson, involves multiple parts.

Democrat Brian Benjamin pleads not guilty in Manhattan to several charges, as arrest creates political crisis for governor Kathy Hochul.

Hochul in September plucked Benjamin, then a state lawmaker, to serve as second-in-command when she became governor, taking over from Cuomo. Hochul was Cuomo’s lieutenant governor. While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as lieutenant governor. He was released and bail was set at $250,000.

NEW YORK — When Nick Laforte heard about Tuesday morning's shooting at the 36th Street subway station, he first thought of his wife and daughter.

“The only way to stop that is a uniformed police presence.” “There is certainly a lot of talk about crime being on the rise, and our safety, and I can certainly understand that,” she said. Mitaynes (D) urged policymakers to “have a larger conversation about how we’re going to tackle it instead of just preying on people’s fears.” And that “really means investing in our community,” not just increasing police funding, she said. “I feel like it’s a very scary place to live now.” In the same survey, three-quarters of the city’s voters said that crime is a very serious problem, the highest proportion since the survey started asking the question in 1999. Hochul and Adams recently pushed to give judges more discretion in setting bail for a larger number of offenses, rolling back landmark legislation on bail reform passed in 2019. In an interview with CNN, Adams said he planned to double the number of officers patrolling the city’s subways. “We need a national response to this issue.” A recent poll by Quinnipiac University found that less than half of the city’s voters felt safe using the subway during the daytime, compared to 76 percent six years ago. The current increase in crime in no way compares to the wave of violence that engulfed New York in the 1970s. NEW YORK — When Nick Laforte heard about Tuesday morning’s shooting at the 36th Street subway station, he first thought of his wife and daughter. Robberies are up nearly 50 percent while shooting incidents have risen 14 percent, according to data from the New York Police Department.

NEW YORK — In February, Mayor Eric Adams stood in a downtown Manhattan subway station to unveil his plan to improve public safety in the transit system, ...

He has encouraged tourists to come back and “ spend money” and urged employers to get their workers back into the office. Adams expressed “confidence” that the suspect would be apprehended. Subway ridership, while recovering, is still down more than 40 percent, driven by the decline in work trips. But Tuesday’s incident comes at a vulnerable point for the mayor, who is typically the first to arrive at the scene of even much smaller crimes. The suspect is still at large. “It must begin here in our subway system.”

Put three gay frenemies in a Palm Springs Airbnb and what happens? In JC Lee's new comedy, not enough.

Change has been so big and breakneck since “The Boys in the Band” that you can hardly tell the backlashes from the front ones. The political and generational arguments, not exactly fresh in the first place, change no one’s mind, perhaps because, as in “The Boys in the Band,” everyone’s blitzed within minutes of arrival. Lee, whose play “Luce,” from 2013, is as tightly wound as this one is aimless, seems to want it all ways. Call it “The Boys in the Sand,” set not at the dawn of liberation but at its eyes-wide-shut dusk. To Omar, no less than Bernie, the others look like weird exhibits in a museum of unnatural history. Here, the space isn’t a mod Greenwich Village apartment but a midcentury bungalow bursting with winky accents that create what one character calls a “Jonathan Adler aesthetic.” (The eyestrain-inducing room and the fake palms outside it are by Arnulfo Maldonado; the desert glare and rippled reflections by Jen Schriever.)

Police and federal agents searched into the early hours of Wednesday for a man who set off smoke bombs and sprayed fellow passengers with gunfire aboard a ...

New York City has seen a sharp rise in violent crime during the pandemic, including a string of seemingly random attacks on its subways. The gunman removed two canisters from his bag and opened them, sending smoke throughout the train car. “It's clear that this individual wanted to create terror and violence," he said. James was first linked to the scene after police found a U-Haul van parked on a Brooklyn street. Initially the police said he was viewed only as a "person of interest," having been linked by evidence to the crime scene. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

NEW YORK -- The gunman is still on the loose after Tuesday's mass shooting terrified commuters on the subway. Police are searching for Frank James, ...

When the train was stopped in the tunnel between the 59th and 36th Street stations, he attacked -- shooting 10 people and injuring 13 more when he allegedly set of smoke bombs, while wearing a gas mask. I didn't know there was shots at first, I just thought it was a black smoke bomb. "A pregnant woman was in front of me, I was trying to help her. "I didn't get a glimpse of his face. Sources tell CBS2 it could have been worse, because the gun jammed with bullets still inside, and officers found a bag with an arsenal of other weapons. "He mentions homelessness.

The police identified a 62-year-old man as a “person of interest” after the mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn. At least 23 people were injured. Video. Advertisement. LIVE. 00:00. 1:46. 1:46. Gunman at Large After New York Subway Shooting.

Mr. Benkada told CNN that he boarded the last car of the N train and sat next to a man with a duffel bag who was wearing an M.T.A. vest. “I think we’re going to have to have a conversation about who hurt others and why that happens,” Ms. Ghosh said. The police named Mr. James a person of interest in the shooting. She will probably focus the conversation on expressing their feelings, she said, and explaining what to do if they find themselves caught in a situation like this. Hourari Benkada, 27, said he was sitting next to the man who carried out an attack on the subway in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. The police have not said whether they believe that Mr. James was the gunman, and did not call him a suspect. A law enforcement official said that none of the cameras were in full operation. Police have identified a person of interest and said the reward could go to those who help find him. It appeared that Mr. James had rented the van in Philadelphia sometime over the last several days, driven it close to the subway line where the attack occurred and abandoned it there, one official said. He said the train was as full as it usually was, but that other people were eying each other and seemed more cautious than usual. Mr. James has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, and the authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for his capture. The man, Frank R. James, 62, was not named as a suspect, but the authorities said that people should call with any information they had on Mr. James.

“Frank Robert James fired numerous gun shots inside an 'N' line subway car at 36th & 4th Ave subway station causing serious injuries to 10 people,” the NYPD ...

That key led investigators to James, who has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. “I’m just grateful to be alive,” said passenger Jordan Javier, who thought the first popping sound he heard was a book dropping. The gunman sent off smoke grenades in a crowded subway car and then fired at least 33 shots with a 9mm handgun, police said. There’s nothing going to stop that,” James said in one video. At least a dozen others who escaped gunshot wounds were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries. Anyone with info about the incident or his whereabouts should contact@NYPDTipsor call 1-800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/MaeF16i4bX

Uncontrolled crime had pushed ridership way down. Then came the Tuesday mass shooting in Brooklyn. ... Police officers patrol platforms at the 36th Street subway ...

- Opinion: California’s Non-Equal Protection You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. The subway system—lifeblood of this city’s economy and vitality—is in a precarious condition.

Who is Frank R. James? He is no longer a person of interest but a suspect in the mass shooting on the Brooklyn subway and has not been located.

Three extended magazines of ammunition were also recovered at the scene: one still in the handgun, one in a backpack and one under his subway seat. Houari Benkada was one of the gunshot victims, telling CNN in an interview that she actually sat next to the shooter before smoke filled the car, sending people running. It's not clear why, but officials say there were “a lot of different options” from cameras elsewhere on the subway line to get a glimpse of the shooter. More than a dozen victims who weren't hit by gunfire were injured in the crowd response to the chaos, Essig said, with injuries including smoke inhalation, panic attacks and falling. Greenish smoke spewed from the subway doors when the Manhattan-bound train stopped at the platform, according to officials. In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car, some limping. They say his physical description could match that of the subway shooter, who was said to be a Black man about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 170 pounds. Senior law enforcement officials say he has a past criminal record in New Jersey but none of the crimes are on par with Tuesday's attack. The key and the credit card used to rent the van were both found at the Sunset Park station. Cops were looking into reports he may have jumped onto the subway tracks and escaped through the tunnels, but all searches for him have come up empty. They labeled Frank R. James a suspect on Wednesday after calling him a person of interest the day before, saying they weren't sure he was responsible for the shooting. Cops believe the van found parked on Kings Highway in Gravesend Tuesday afternoon is linked to the shootings.

An intensive hunt, involving local and national law enforcement agencies, is underway for the man who set off smoke grenades and fired a handgun on a ...

"And we're also just reviewing with everybody who is involved, all of the information." "I've been through a lot of s**t, where I can say I wanted to kill people. "I do have a severe case of post-traumatic stress." "The keys to that U-Haul van was found in the subway in our shooter's possessions," Essig said. The motive of the shooting is not yet known. Two officials told CNN they believe the gun jammed during the shooting. "Riders need to feel safe. Within the station, surveillance video may not be available. and has been cleared by the NYPD's bomb squad, police said. "We cannot lose sight of victims in this city. "The FBI's and NYPD's joint-terrorism task force is made up of over 50 agencies and we are fully engaged on this investigation. "We don't know right now if Mr. James has any connection to the subway.

Thirteen people injured and 'several undetonated devices' were found as police search for suspect who fled scene, authorities say.

Officers were searching for the suspect, the police spokesperson said. I just hope they find the person.” The not knowing what’s going on – it’s crazy, it’s concerning,” he said. “That this could happen literally just a few feet from where you live it’s crazy. Perez was standing outside his building with neighbors. Police later said none were “active explosive devices”.

It happened in Sunset Park, near 4th Avenue and 36th Street. The suspect is said to be a man in a gas mask.

Federal investigators with ATF and HSI are also on the scene. Local schools were placed under a shelter in place order, a Department of Education spokesperson said. - NYC Subway Shooting: Cell Video Shows ... The NYPD warned New Yorkers to avoid the area and to expect emergency vehicles and delays. A motive is under investigation, though right now the all-out manhunt for the gunman is investigators' top priority. A number of sources say a dispute may have unfolded on the train just before the gunfire broke out. One law enforcement source said the victims ranged in age from teenagers to middle-aged people. - NYC Subway Shooting: Cell Video Shows ... One straphanger who limped off the train fell and had to be helped away by fellow riders. Two of the five shooting victims were said to have been seriously wounded. - NYC Subway Shooting: Cell Video Shows ... They stress the investigation is preliminary.

The NYPD asked rush-hour commuters to stay away from a Brooklyn intersection where the D, N and R trains run. There is no service there and at some stations ...

That corner is the site of a busy station that runs the D, N and R trains. I'm grateful for the quick action of our first responders." So everyone is kind of at this point, settling down, and now the investigation really starts so witnesses, video, all of this is critically important at this point." "It's important to know, at a scene such as this, it can be chaotic. "This crime scene is only going to grow as time goes on. The FDNY initially said several undetonated devices were found at the scene.

At least 13 people have been injured in a shooting during morning rush hour at a New York subway station. Shots were fired at the 36th Street station in ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? There is a "huge" number of police and emergency responders attending, reports the BBC's New York bureau chief John Mervin who is at the scene. The woman said she saw the suspect dropping "some kind of cylinder that sparked at the top" - initially believing him to be a subway worker because of the orange vest that she said he was wearing. "My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming," eyewitness Sam Carcamo told the Associated Press. He added that a billow of smoke poured out of the train once its doors opened.

People like working in their pajamas. But when employees don't return to office, the city economy feels the pain.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the ball over the playground fence. Adams has so far proposed creating a joint city and state panel to study the future of work and its implications for the city. “The level of Holocaust denial right now is staggering. More about the asterisk in a moment. The story surfaced a decade ago, when Margot Wölk, then 95, was quoted as saying she had been a taster at Hitler’s bunker in occupied Poland. The title is what it is. The evening will be partly cloudy, with temps dropping to the low 50s. And the state has yet to move toward relaxing zoning regulations that hamper the conversion of office buildings to residential housing, including low-income units. Manhattan office buildings underwrote more than a quarter of the city’s property tax revenues before the pandemic, according to the state comptroller’s office. Even so, policymakers have barely begun to address what that could mean for schools, parks and the police, all of which depend on tax revenues. And Penguin Random House, the publishing house with roughly 2,500 employees in the New York City area, has no mandatory return-to-office plans at all. And, a playwright who decided not to change the name of her play.

Police said 16 people were hurt in the attack at a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday during morning rush hour. Authorities are still looking for the ...

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President Joe Biden has been briefed on the Brooklyn subway shooting, according to Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who said that White House senior staff are in ...

In regard to the multiple people shot at the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn, there are NO active explosive devices at this time. “We will continue to throw all of city’s resources at this situation,” she said during the briefing. The NYPD reiterated during the press briefing that there are no active explosive devices at the scene. Hochul tweeted this morning that she had been briefed on the incident. As the subway car filled with smoke, he began firing his gun. Of the victims suffering from gunshot wounds, five are in critical but stable condition.

The rebate checks will be mailed to homeowners in the fall. The rebate is a payment in addition to the usual STAR, or school tax relief payment. The average ...

Suspect remains at large after opening fire on commuters in Brooklyn, though no injuries are life-threatening.

The police were seeking a man in a worker's vest and gas mask after early reports said 13 people were injured, several of them shot, during the morning ...

She credited the decrease in the homicide rates to a surge of arrests. Yet it remains far safer than in previous years, and crime is lower than in many of the nation’s largest cities. Days later, a 61-year-old woman was killed after she was struck by a stray bullet in the Bronx. And, last month, a 3-year-old toddler was shot in the shoulder outside a Brooklyn daycare. The man, inspired by the Islamic State, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. In February, Mr. Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new subway safety plan to encourage riders to return. New York City’s emergency messaging service sent out a notice at 11 a.m. warning people to avoid the entire area, from 20th to 40th Streets between Third and Fifth Avenues, normally a bustling residential zone. Transit officials suspended service on the B and W lines and parts of the D, N and R lines because of the investigation. Mr. Adams said in a recent interview that his mayoralty will be judged on public safety, which he was working to improve. Mr. Adams, a former police officer, has sought to reassure residents and has made tackling gun crime a central focus of his administration. Mr. Adams, 61, announced on Sunday that he had tested positive for the virus on his 100th day in office. The increase comes after gun violence hit historic lows in 2018 and 2019, and the city still remains safer than in previous years. Videos posted on social media showed panicked riders pouring from a train and onto a platform at 36th Street as smoke billowed through the station.

Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood found multiple people shot and undetonated devices, ...

“There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car,” she said. New York City has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city’s subways. High school student John Butsikaris was riding the other train when he saw a conductor urging everyone to get in. It wasn’t immediately clear whether officers had already been inside the station when the shootings occurred. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland were briefed on the incident. In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car and wails erupt as passengers run for an exit while a few others limp off the train. “This is an active shooter situation right now in the city of New York.” Multiple smoke devices were found on the scene, said mayoral spokesperson Fabien Levy. It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation’s busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut. The shooter was at large after leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a Brooklyn platform while others ran screaming. Police helicopters hovered overhead for hours as authorities searched for the shooter, who has not been identified. Five people were in critical condition but expected to survive.

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has resigned after a federal court announced charges of bribery and wire fraud against him Tuesday for procuring illicit ...

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The lack of security camera footage from the 36th Street subway station has become a significant obstacle in efforts to detain the gunman in Tuesday's ...

She credited the decrease in the homicide rates to a surge of arrests. He heard someone calling for a doctor and followed that person to the front of the train. As it left the station, she looked again at the N. The doors were open, and she could see a spilled soda, and what she thought in retrospect might have been a person on the floor. Mr. Benkada told CNN that he boarded the last car of the N train and sat next to a man with a duffel bag who was wearing an M.T.A. vest. He took a video in the immediate aftermath of the deafening gunfire. The police have not said whether they believe that Mr. James was the gunman, and did not call him a suspect. Mr. Adams said he would “continue to do everything in my power to dam the rivers that feed the sea of violence.” Mr. Adams has made a point of riding the trains, and has joined police patrols at night. In March, the suspect in a series of shootings that killed two homeless men in New York and Washington was arrested three days after his last known attack. The police named Mr. James a person of interest in the shooting. Police have identified a person of interest and said the reward could go to those who help find him. The shooting came as the city was already struggling to cope with both a rise in shootings citywide and an increase in crime and disorder in the subway that has scared commuters from returning to a transit system that saw ridership plummet during the pandemic.

The attack on Tuesday brought to life a horror that the city had long avoided: a mass shooting on the subway.

Ensuring a safe subway system has been part of a strategy to lure people back to offices, and tourists back to the city. Video captured by riders and people on the platform showed the familiar space of a subway car transformed into a trap. Nayah Martin, 22, who uses the 36th Street station to get to her job at a surgery center nearby, was planning on taking an Uber. “It spooked me,” Ms. Martin said. “I’m not trying to stay on the subway.” Ridership had begun to tick up: For the third week of March — the most recent for which statistics are available — the subway averaged about 3.2 million riders per weekday, about 58 percent of the prepandemic average. “In a mass shooting, there is a lot of attention focused on people who are killed or who are injured, and rightfully so,” she said. Subway ridership has been hobbled by the shift to remote work. Mayor Eric Adams had vowed to crack down on subway violence, and the shooting came amid what was already an increased police presence. And in an instant, it turned the subway — New York City’s quotidian icon — into a bloody scene of horror. “There is a heightened sense of insecurity that results from these type of attacks, because it is easy for us to relate to them, because we can see ourselves in them.” In 2021, rates of violent crime in the subway per million weekday passengers spiked almost across the board compared with 2019, before the pandemic. Their subway, once the target of mundane gripes over tardiness and trash, had become the latest symbol of a city frayed by violence.

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested on charges related to a campaign finance fraud investigation, two people familiar with the matter told NBC New ...

“Neither Lieutenant Governor Benjamin nor his campaign are being accused of any wrongdoing and they are prepared to fully cooperate with authorities,” his office said at the time. "By doing so, Benjamin abused his power and effectively used state funds to support his political campaigns." An indictment alleges that Benjamin was given campaign contributions from a Harlem real estate developer. The developer allegedly provided Benjamin with two $10,000 personal checks in the names of relatives who did not share the developer's last name. Jocelyn E. Strauber, Commissioner of the U.S. Department of the Interior, said Benjamin betrayed the public trust when he used his position of power to serve his own interests. "As alleged, Brian Benjamin used his power as a New York state senator to secure a state-funded grant in exchange for contributions to his own political campaigns," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a statement.

Fire and police officials were investigating reports that there had been an explosion, but the police department tweeted that there were “no active explosive ...

The shootings come as New York City has faced a spate a shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city’s subways. It wasn’t immediately clear whether officers had already been inside the station when the shootings occurred. Police officers were canvassing 4th Avenue, the station’s cross-street, asking witnesses whether they were on the train. A bystander video shows people lying on the subway platform amid what appeared to be small puddles of blood, as a loudspeaker announcement told everyone on the smoke-hazy platform to get on a train. President Joe Biden had also been briefed on the latest developments and White House senior staff were in touch with Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell. Inside a subway car, a person lay on the floor, encircled by others.

NEW YORK -- The gunman is still on the loose after Tuesday's mass shooting terrified commuters on the subway. Police are searching for Frank James, ...

When the train was stopped in the tunnel between the 59th and 36th Street stations, he attacked -- shooting 10 people and injuring 13 more when he allegedly set of smoke bombs, while wearing a gas mask. I didn't know there was shots at first, I just thought it was a black smoke bomb. "A pregnant woman was in front of me, I was trying to help her. "I didn't get a glimpse of his face. Sources tell CBS2 it could have been worse, because the gun jammed with bullets still inside, and officers found a bag with an arsenal of other weapons. "He mentions homelessness.

Storms are expected to move west to east through the tri-state between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Lightning is considered likely, while damaging winds are possible.

Tornadoes, large hail and flash flooding are not expected as of the latest forecast. Another cold front moves through Saturday afternoon, bringing showers followed by cooler-than-average temperatures from Easter Sunday through most of next week. Stay with Storm Team 4 for the latest.

Brian A. Benjamin, New York's No. 2 official to Gov. Kathy Hochul, will face a federal charge that he conspired to commit bribery while a state senator.

The decision was widely seen as a way for Ms. Hochul, a white moderate from Buffalo, to expand her appeal to nonwhite voters in New York City ahead of this year’s elections. (Mr. Benjamin later refunded the suspect contributions and reached an agreement to repay the campaign expenses in question.) State records and a Facebook photo posted by Mr. Migdol at the time show Mr. Benjamin presenting him with an oversized cardboard check for $50,000 for the charity, Friends of Public School Harlem, in September 2019. Mr. Benjamin, who rose from being the chairman of the Central Harlem community board, was considered a rising star. They accused him of making straw donations in the name of individuals, including his 2-year-old grandchild, who did not consent to them, and of reimbursing others for the cost of their contributions. Mr. Benjamin said recently that he had been cooperating with investigators, who had issued subpoenas in recent weeks to the State Senate in Albany and people who had advised his comptroller campaign. The duties of the lieutenant governor position vary by administration. He finished fourth last year in the Democratic primary for comptroller. But the Harlem real estate investor who illegally assisted his campaign, Gerald Migdol, while not listed by name in the indictment, is identified as “CC-1,” short for co-conspirator 1. Still, she took office last year promising to end an era of impropriety in Albany, and selecting Mr. Benjamin, 45, was among her first major decisions as governor. Mr. Benjamin will almost certainly face pressure to resign from office. The investor was arrested on federal charges in November.

Brian Benjamin is accused of conspiring to direct state funds to a real estate investor in exchange for illegal campaign contributions to a 2021 race in New ...

“New Yorkers deserve a government that is accountable to them. The Times reported the indictment is the result of a federal investigation that has gone on for more than a year when Benjamin was a state senator from Harlem. Senate Republican Leader Robert Ortt said Benjamin should resign, and a growing number of Democrats also called on him to leave office. There are several candidates running against Benjamin in the June primary. I want to give the investigators a chance to finish their work.” “Unfortunately, it looks like business as usual in our state Capitol.” Benjamin agreed to surrender his passport and limit his travel. “This is a simple story of corruption. And already calls were growing for Benjamin to resign. Out of respect for that investigation, I’m not going to be commenting further. Benjamin is accused of conspiring to direct $50,000 of state funds to a Harlem real estate investor in order to get the developer to ship illegal campaign contributions to Benjamin’s unsuccessful 2021 comptroller campaign. Brian Benjamin is accused of conspiring to direct state funds to a real estate investor in exchange for illegal campaign contributions to a 2021 race in New York City.

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York ...

On or about August 17, 2021, while being considered to be the next Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, BENJAMIN submitted responses to an executive appointment questionnaire that contained questions addressing, among other things, BENJAMIN’s relationship with political contributors. A member of BENJAMIN’s staff sent BENJAMIN an email listing LLCs requiring additional disclosures, specifically identifying the LLC used by CC-1 as being associated with CC-1, and asked BENJAMIN for help obtaining ownership information those LLCs. BENJAMIN responded to that email by asking, “What happens if someone refuses to provide the information?” Ultimately, BENJAMIN’s senate campaign provided the BOE with ownership information about certain LLCs, but not the LLC used by CC-1. At the time the letter was submitted, however, BENJAMIN knew that the CC-1 Contributions had in fact been procured by CC-1, not Individual-1. In or about February 2020, the CFB informed BENJAMIN’s Comptroller Campaign that certain of the CC-1 Contributions had been deemed ineligible for matching funds because, among other reasons, they were funded by sequentially-numbered money orders. Between October 2019 and January 2021, CC-1 obtained numerous contributions for BENJAMIN’s Comptroller Campaign, many of which were fraudulent (the “CC-1 Contributions”). BENJAMIN communicated with CC-1 about CC-1’s fundraising efforts during that period. Because BENJAMIN had not yet filed a certification regarding his Comptroller Campaign with the New York City Campaign Finance Board (“CFB”), BENJAMIN could accept campaign contributions only to his senate campaign. In particular, BENJAMIN is charged with bribery, honest services wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses, based on BENJAMIN’s use of his official authority while a New York state senator to direct a state-funded grant to an organization controlled by a real estate developer (“CC-1”) in exchange for campaign contributions made and procured by CC-1. BENJAMIN is also charged with two counts of falsifying records in connection with the preparation of contribution forms that falsely reported certain contributions made by CC-1 as being made by other individuals, and false statements BENJAMIN made in a questionnaire he submitted while seeking to become Lieutenant Governor. BENJAMIN surrendered to the FBI in Manhattan this morning and was presented before United States Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken. As a state campaign, the senate campaign was not eligible for public matching funds available in New York City municipal races. In so doing, he served his own interests at the expense of his constituents, a betrayal of the public trust and a violation of federal law. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged, Brian Benjamin used his power as a New York state senator to secure a state-funded grant in exchange for contributions to his own political campaigns. On or about May 30, 2019, the Senate Majority Leader and her staff informed certain senators, including BENJAMIN, that they had been awarded additional discretionary funding that each could allocate to organizations in their districts for specified purposes. He allegedly allocated public grant funds to a non-profit controlled by a co-conspirator in exchange for campaign contributions, and then lied to hide this illegal scheme.

Police said 16 people were hurt in the attack at a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday during morning rush hour. Authorities are still looking for the ...

We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene, and we will update as the situation develops. "People were pounding and looking behind them, running, trying to get onto the train," Fonda said. The shooter donned what appeared to be a gas mask before removing a canister from a bag, Sewell said.

Frank James, 62, was initially called a "person of interest" in the Brooklyn subway attack. Mayor Adams said Wednesday he is now a suspect.

Chinese immigrants looking to settle and start businesses outside of the city's crowded Chinatown began settling in the area during the late 1980s. The man says the plan “is doomed for failure” and refers to himself as a “victim” of the mayor’s mental health program. It's the great equalizer," he said on MSNBC. Police in other major U.S. cities increased their presence in public transit as a result. A January video — called “Dear Mr. Mayor” — is somewhat critical of Adams’ plan to end gun violence, which has become an early focus of the Democrat's first term in office. Investigators believe James rented the van in Philadelphia and police found it later Tuesday in Brooklyn, Essig said. Essig said the N train was between the stations at 59th and 36th streets when the shooting began. The gunman fired 33 times with a Glock 17 9mm semi-handgun, which was also found in the subway, said Chief of Detectives James Essig said. The New York City Police Department confirmed James was now considered a suspect and that no arrests had been made early Wednesday. “I can say I wanted to kill people. I wanted to watch people die." At least 10 people were shot and at least 19 others were taken to hospitals for injuries ranging from smoke inhalation to shrapnel wounds.

New York Police have identified Frank R. James, who is tied to addresses in Milwaukee, as a person of interest in the New York subway shooting Tuesday.

Once police identified James as a person of interest, Phantom searched by his name and located the Wisconsin purchase made last year. Searching the subway car, investigators also found two non-detonated smoke grenades, a hatchet, gasoline, fireworks and keys to a U-Haul van. When contacted by a reporter, the FBI Milwaukee office referred questions to the New York City Police Department. Keilah Miller, 32, said James moved into the unit less than a year ago. They searched records from 2022 for a purchase containing all four products but did not find one, he said. A Milwaukee police official earlier had referred questions to the local FBI office.

The attack occurred at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park.

Subway seats and cars were streaked with blood as people called for help. The shooting came as the city was already struggling to cope with both a rise in shootings citywide and an increase in crime and disorder in the subway that has scared commuters from returning to a transit system that saw ridership plummet during the pandemic. station station He blamed Black women for violence among Black people and pointed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as evidence that whites are genocidal. The man, Frank R. James, 62, had rented a U-Haul van in Philadelphia, the police said.

Police investigating the subway attack said they had a "person of interest" in the case.

“There is certainly a lot of talk about crime being on the rise, and our safety, and I can certainly understand that,” she said. The express train began moving once its doors shut and stopped between 36th and 59th Streets because of a delay, he said. When the train doors opened at 36th Street, Gjeloshi said, the man fled. Police had identified at least one issue facing their investigation at the station. According to law enforcement officials, an attacker donned a gas mask and then flooded a subway car in Brooklyn with smoke before opening fire on Tuesday morning, striking 10 people. At some point, Gjeloshi attempted to fight him, but he said the man came after him with what appeared to be an ax and pointed a gun at him before he managed to escape to the back of the train. Violent people live in your city.” But the attacker, they said, was gone. No more disrupting lives. A YouTube account with over 2,300 subscribers under the name of “prophet oftruth88” created in 2014 shows a man who appears to be James ranting and cursing in front of the camera in numerous videos. Social media accounts appearing to belong to James offered a glimpse of a man who had criticized New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), ranted and cursed in videos, and described a familiarity with “the mental health system of New York City.” James W. Essig, chief of detectives for the New York police, had described the man as a person of interest Tuesday evening but was cautious in describing his possible tie to the attack.

The manhunt ramped up for Frank R James who had rented a U-Haul found at a scene, keys to which were recovered by the police.

At least a third of New Yorkers – about 3 million people – ride the subway, but passenger numbers are still down more than 40% compared with pre-pandemic numbers. By early Wednesday morning, subway service had resumed at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as police finished their crime scene investigation. The security detail for Adams, who is currently at home recovering from Covid, will be strengthened in light of the videos, according to New York’s police commissioner, Keechant Sewell.

The Rev. Spencer Reece speaks during an all-day poetry event at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Queens, New York. Photo: Greg Kessler.

As featured poets Carmen Giménez Smith and Ariel Francisco read their work, periods of audience discussion were interspersed between the poems, followed by a question-and-answer session with the poets and another responsive poem. Helms started Logos in 2019, wanting to celebrate spirituality in poetry and break out of the sometimes stuffy and academic nature of poetry readings. The buffalo was the big provider and to see Christ in those terms, to see Christ in Native terms, which is a great interest of mine.” They finished with the world premiere of “From the Atlas of Imaginary Places,” a sequence inspired by different mythical lands from literature composed by Victoria Bond, who was also in attendance. Logos events – which took place at a brewery in Austin, Texas, before the pandemic but have mostly moved online for the time being – include two feature poets but also elements of audience participation, such as call-and-response poetry and discussions about the poems. Raised by surrogate fathers as his own father struggled with drug addiction, Morín explores loneliness in his poems and his translations, including the forlorn opening of Dante’s “Inferno.” [I wondered] what it would be like for a Native person to see Christianity from their own point of view – that Christ is something like a buffalo, who provided all the needs, from the tepee to the food to medicine, whatever. Diane Glancy, who is of partial Cherokee descent, read her poem “Holy Week at the Mission School” (at 41:12 in the video above), which references the experiences of Native American children in boarding schools run by the U.S. government and some churches. For the recent April 7 event, in recognition of both Lent and National Poetry Month, Reece put together a program that built on the existing Red Door formula and added more elements. Curated by Reece and several other local poets, the series brings a poet to the church every Wednesday evening, when they read a poem, followed by 10-15 minutes of silence, and then read the poem a second time. From noon to 4 p.m., a different poet performed every half-hour, reading a poem twice, interspersed by periods of silence. Reece, who has published two critically acclaimed poetry collections, a prose devotional and a memoir, took over leadership of the parish seven months after the death of the previous rector, the Very Rev. Antonio Checo, who died of COVID-19 at age 67.

New York mayor Eric Adams's ongoing push to remove all homeless encampments from the city is a theater of cruelty: a waste of resources that does nothing to ...

“ERIC ADAMS: DOMESTIC TERRORIST” was scrawled in red pen over the notices, and an additional flier had been added to the wall. Above an image of Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul was a statement Adams made in February when announcing his plan to remove homeless people from the city’s subways: “You must remove the cancer.” “It’s completely unnecessary when there is more empty housing than there are homeless people in the entire state.” “At my age, I cannot take the risk of getting COVID.” Under Bill de Blasio, nearly 10,000 sweeps were conducted by the Department of Sanitation, Department of Homeless Services, and the NYPD between 2016 and 2021, with sweeps even ramping up during the pandemic; De Blasio himself personally called in some of those sweeps, according to recently unearthed emails. “As of the date of the clean-up, you must leave this location along with your belongings.”

Mayor Adams is now calling Frank James a suspect, instead of just a person of interest, and police released new pictures of him.

There's now a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest. When you're a person of interest, they just wanted to talk to him and maybe he might have had a good alibi." Police say James left behind a bag with a hatchet, two gas canisters and a single automatic handgun that apparently jammed, perhaps saving lives. "Those who are going to commit crimes, like the shooting [expletive] got shot in the chest out in Brooklyn, the old lady got hit in the head with a hammer? You can't to stop that. The city issued alerts Wednesday on cellphones.

The suspect, identified by police as Frank R. James, was arrested in New York's East Village the day after the attack.

Other passengers were being treated for injuries were related to smoke inhalation, possible shrapnel and the panic of the situation. Officials said a hatchet, fireworks and gasoline were also found in the van. A search of his apartment turned up another gun, according to the complaint. The tipster said they had seen James in a nearby McDonald's. New York City police have have arrested Frank Robert James, the man suspected of unleashing a smoke canister into a crowded subway car in Brooklyn and then opening fire Tuesday morning. He was detained while walking in the East Village in Manhattan shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Frank James, 62, recently lived in Milwaukee before packing up his belongings and leaving in late March, according to YouTube videos.

The most extensive interaction came in the winter of 2021. Miller, 32, told the New York Times that James moved into the unit less than a year ago. He also paused to play news coverage of the shooting and later said he related to some of Ferrill's workplace experiences. He left a note about what happened with insurance information and James later told him he appreciated it, given that nobody saw it happen. One product was Falcon Rising, an area repeater that functions as a multi-tube item that shoots small shells, he said. He was just not approachable." "As I leave the state of Wisconsin, about to be back in the state of Illinois, all I can say is good riddance and I will never be back again alive," he said in the video. New York City authorities Wednesday said James is "known" to law enforcement and has nine prior arrests in New York and three in New Jersey. In the video, James said the shooting happened “in my town” at the brewery plant and talked over images of Ferrill and the plant. In addition to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, James also has ties to New York, New Jersey, and Ohio, New York City Chief of Detectives James Essig said Wednesday. She also said James was born in the Bronx in 1959. He recently lived in Milwaukee before packing up his belongings and leaving in late March, according to videos posted to YouTube apparently featuring James. Police released a photo of James to the public that was a screengrab from one of the videos.

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Frank James with conducting a violent attack on a mass transportation vehicle ...

“Today’s arrest of Frank James was in large part due to the vigilance and a concerted effort by New Yorkers to aid law enforcement in the apprehension of violent criminals. As set forth in the complaint, during rush hour on the morning of April 12, 2022, James used a Glock 17 pistol he purchased in Ohio to conduct a mass shooting on an N subway train in Brooklyn. James, dressed in an orange reflective jacket, yellow hard hat, and surgical mask, set off a smoke-emitting device in one of the train cars before firing at subway riders. Thanks to the incredible work by all involved to identify James and get the proper information out to the public, he's in federal custody and New Yorkers can breathe a little easier in our city today,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll. “Today, after nearly 30 hours of dogged police work, Frank James was arrested by the NYPD without incident,” stated NYPD Commissioner Sewell. “From the moment Mr. James committed this appalling crime, the police began shrinking his world until he had nowhere to turn – and the people of our city were working right alongside us. In videos he posted publicly on YouTube before the attack, James made various statements about the New York City subway system. James had arrived in New York earlier that day in a rental van driven from Pennsylvania. He parked the van on Kings Highway, approximately two blocks from the entrance to an N-train station, near where the shooting took place. And, we continue to pray for the victims and their loved ones as they recover from this traumatic event, both physically and emotionally.” We at ATF applaud the public’s engagement and participation in providing vital information to apprehend James, and we hope for a speedy recovery for all victims. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand.” James also made statements, in sum and substance, about various conspiracy theories, including that: “And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting motherf---ers.” What’s happening with this homeless situation?” and “Every car I went to wa[s] loaded with homeless people. I am grateful to our law enforcement partners, the first responders and the everyday New Yorkers who stepped up during this crisis and showed the best of our city. “Yesterday, as everyday New Yorkers commuted through Brooklyn on our subway system, Frank James – as alleged – committed a horrific act that resulted in an around-the-clock effort by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, the NYPD, and the ATF to find him and bring him to justice.

Suspect Frank James faces federal terror charge in connection with shooting that shook the city.

Cuomo replaced David Paterson, a former lieutenant governor who was elevated to the top position following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer due to a sex scandal ...

But this is a bit misleading; some of the changes in New York were so fast that the lines blur together and aren’t differentiable. New York has seen more than that in the past nine months. Cuomo replaced David Paterson, a former lieutenant governor who was elevated to the top position following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer due to a sex scandal. So two weeks after I wrote that bleakly hopeful article last August, Hochul tapped Benjamin, who had already committed the alleged acts for which he’s been indicted. In the case of Brian Benjamin, New York’s lieutenant governor until this week, it was the former. Over that time, Connecticut has seen one governor resign — John Rowland, who was facing impeachment over corruption charges of his own.

Investigators combed through evidence and tips from the public to catch the man they say opened fire in a Brooklyn subway.

He was also spotted at the 7th Avenue station in Park Slope, roughly three miles north of the crime scene, less than 30 minutes after the shooting, police said. James used the credit card to rent a U-Haul van that was discovered parked five miles southeast of the station, police said. When officers responded to the McDonald's, James was nowhere to be seen, so officers drove around the neighborhood, according to the NYPD. Around 1:45 p.m. officers found James in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan and arrested him without incident, according to police. The NYPD said they received a Crime Stoppers tip a few hours later from some claiming James was inside a McDonald's in Manhattan's Lower East Side. The tipster may have been James himself, according to sources. Cameras were not working inside the 36th Street subway station, but he was filmed entering the subway station near where the van was found, according to investigators.

New Yorkers breathed easier Wednesday after police arrested Frank James, the suspect in Tuesday's rush-hour shooting in the city's subway. But not all that much easier. The shooting shocked New Yorkers because it happened in the city's central nervous ...

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Mr. James, whose YouTube videos suggest he is furious at the world and perhaps mentally ill, allegedly set off a smoke bomb in a subway car and shot and wounded 10 people. The shooting shocked New Yorkers because it happened in the city’s central nervous system—and because it symbolizes the larger and steep decline in law and order.

New Yorkers breathed easier Wednesday after police arrested Frank James, the suspect in Tuesday's rush-hour shooting in the city's subway.

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Mr. James, whose YouTube videos suggest he is furious at the world and perhaps mentally ill, allegedly set off a smoke bomb in a subway car and shot and wounded 10 people. The shooting shocked New Yorkers because it happened in the city’s central nervous system—and because it symbolizes the larger and steep decline in law and order.

Federal officials charged Mr. James with carrying out a terrorist attack on a mass transit system, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in ...

At the busy Atlantic-Barclays station on Wednesday, he said he was still in shock, and that he was struggling to overcome feelings that he should avoid the subway. Police officials said that he was arrested nine times in New York between 1992 to 1998, on a number of charges including possession of burglary tools, a criminal sex act and criminal tampering. In others, he mused about violent acts and alluded vaguely to the possibility of committing them. The video shows Mr. James in an orange reflective jacket and yellow construction hat, carrying a bag that was later found at the crime scene, said an official close to the investigation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly. He then gets the attention of a station agent and enters the station through a gate. Many riders said they were determined to go on with their normal routines, but some admitted to heightened feelings of unease as they rode the trains. Rudy Pérez, 20, was struck in the left leg and had to be helped off the train by another passenger, he said. The shooting victims ranged from a 15-year-old boy to men and women in their 40s. The U-Haul vehicle he rented was found three blocks away from that station, Chief Essig said. A number of law enforcement officials also said that Mr. James himself may have called the tip line. Police officials and prosecutors have not yet provided a motive for the shooting, which left 10 people wounded by gunfire and at least 13 others with other injuries. He is expected to appear in court on Thursday.

Governor Kathy Hochul, who acceded to the Governor's Mansion just months ago, has just lost her handpicked Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin due to yet ...

Giuliani and Zeldin are positioning themselves as Trump conservatives, Astorino as the moderate conservative, and Wilson is striking an independent tone and message as a businessman who can fix broken things. But among the one in five voters who are not registered in any of the major or minor parties, Hochul is ahead by only 35% to 31% — with 34% undecided. As of this new poll, she is only outpolling Zeldin among Hispanics 46%-43%, among black voters 65%-13%, and in New York City 60%-23%. Particularly alarming is that 21% of blacks and 17% of New York City voters are presently undecided. The entire poll was taken before Benjamin’s arrest, but this is the first time in any of the Unite NY/John Zogby Strategies polls that the Governor has been polling under 50%. And 15% undecided is a very high figure in a state where the Democratic registration advantage is 45%-29%. Hochul receives 83% support of the Democrats polled, Zeldin 81% of the Republicans. Good news for both candidates. The poll of 1,001 likely voters statewide shows Rep. Lee Zeldin of Long Island, who received 85% of the delegates’ support at last month’s statewide Republican Committee convention, trailing the Governor by 13 points, 49%-36%, with 15% undecided. Governor Kathy Hochul, who acceded to the Governor’s Mansion just months ago, has just lost her handpicked Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin due to yet another New York political scandal.

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - On busy subway platforms across the city, New Yorkers checked their phones, read books and glanced impatiently ...

He grew up in East New York, Brooklyn’s poorest edge, and said he had been riding the subway by himself since he was 10. The MTA, which has relied on train and bus fares and road tolls for about 40% of its revenue, has worked with Adams and his predecessor to encourage riders to return. Robberies were down to 110, compared to 151 in the same period in 2020; felony assaults were up to 87 from 76 in early 2020. She moved from Los Angeles two years ago, and had only regularly ridden the subway during its pandemic era. Older New Yorkers said the subway was far less menacing than when they were young and crime was rife on trains covered in graffiti. As for other criminal activity, New York Police Department crime data shows a mixed picture since due to the pandemic, ridership is now about 60% of what it was two years ago.