Subway violence

While New York transit officials point to publicly available statistics showing major crime on the subway system is trending down this year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted “a number of high-profile safety related incidents” in a letter sent to the head of the MTA.

Tracie Strahan reporting on MTA could lose federal funding over subway safety.

A woman was slashed during the Monday evening commute inside an Upper East Side subway station, according to the NYPD. The 28-year-old victim was slashed in the face at the 86th Street subway station near Lexington Avenue, police said. The attack happened around 6:25 p.m. Police said they received a report of an assault and upon arriving, found the victim….

Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday during her State of the State address a new plan to increase subway safety in New York City, including new infrastructure improvements and increased police presence on trains. The plan comes after a string of high-profile subway incidents across the system and the revival of the citizen patrol Guardian Angels. “I want to see…

The man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway told detectives, “Oh, damn, that’s me,” when he saw video of the attack but said he couldn’t remember anything, according to a transcript released Tuesday. The interview was made public shortly after Sebastian Zapeta, 33, entered a plea of not guilty on murder and arson charges...

It took police more than a week to publicly identify 57-year-old Debrina Kawam as the woman who was fatally set on fire in a New York subway train on Dec. 22. But on the internet, it took just hours for a false name to begin spreading. In posts that circulated widely on social media after Kawam’s death, users claimed without...

After a string of high-profile violent crimes —including a woman who burned to death after she was set on fire, and a man getting shoved in front of a moving train — Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing for changes to the law. But not everyone is onboard. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she will introduce legislation to expand the state’s involuntary commitment laws to allow hospitals to compel more mentally ill people into treatment. The announcement Friday comes after a series of violent crimes in the New York City subway system.

The first day of the new year got off to a bloody start in Manhattan following two violent attacks in the city’s subway system, police confirmed Wednesday. The first stabbing occurred around 9:30 a.m. in Morningside Heights. Police said a person stand on a southbound 1 train platform at the Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station was stabbed repeatedly. According to...

Adam Harding with an update for NBC New York. 

Authorities have released the identity of the sleeping woman burned to death inside a New York City subway train by a man who allegedly lit her on fire and stayed to watch the aftermath, officials said Tuesday. The woman identified in the F train attack at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station earlier this month was named Debrina Kawam. She was 57…

The man accused of killing a woman on the F train by setting her on fire while she slept has been charged with murder and arson. Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally, faces first- and second-degree murder charges in connection with the heinous crime. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt.

A prayer vigil was held by a Coney Island community for a homeless woman who was set on fire and burned to death on the F train, as her attacker allegedly sat by and watched it happen. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports.

A man is recovering in the hospital Tuesday morning after being attacked on a subway train in the Bronx, the NYPD said. Police said the attack happened on a northbound no. 4 train around 3 a.m. at 138th Street and Grand Concourse. The victim, 45, suffered stab wounds to the upper chest, but was alert and conscious, according to the…

The NYPD is searching for a 14-year-old suspect following a stabbing early Thursday on a subway train in midtown Manhattan sending two victims to the hospital, police said. The attack happened on a southbound ‘Q’ train at the 42nd Street-Times Square station around 6:54 a.m. Thursday, according to the NYPD. Police said a 24-year-old man was stabbed in his left…

A woman was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars after she threw acid in a subway rider’s face during an unprovoked attack at a Brooklyn station, according to the Brooklyn district attorney.

The man stabbed in a Lower East Side subway station Wednesday morning was 34-year-old Anthony Chávez, who spoke to NBC New York hours after he was attacked at the Delancey Street-Essex Street station. The victim said he was sleeping in the mezzanine area just before 5:30 a.m. when it happened, and isn’t sure why he was targeted.

Scary surveillance video shows a man following a woman from Brooklyn to Queens, then run after her on the street. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.