NYC subway riders express safety concerns amid high-profile crime stories: Violence 'can strike at any hour'

Amid a flurry of high-profile transgression stories, New York City subway riders are voicing concerns astir their safety, suggesting that unit connected bid cars is becoming a looming contented successful the Big Apple.

"You ne'er cognize what tin really hap successful these subway systems," Haisley, calved and raised successful Brooklyn, told Fox News Digital.

He said that portion crimes connected the subway utilized to chiefly hap precocious astatine night, present "they tin onslaught astatine immoderate hour."

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NYC subway riders expressed interest astir transgression connected bid cars and platforms erstwhile asked astir information by Fox News Digital.  (Fox News Digital)

Haisley suggested that an influx of radical into New York City, arsenic good arsenic progressive transgression policies, are chiefly to blasted for subway crimes. He specifically called retired New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for failing to code issues with situation and bail reforms.

"We ne'er consciousness harmless successful the subway astatine all," a pistillate subway rider told Fox News Digital.

Citing issues with homelessness and a caller incidental wherein a Guatemalan migrant was arrested successful transportation to the decease of a pistillate who was lit connected fire, the subway rider said that radical present person a batch of fearfulness erstwhile riding wide transit.

Another pistillate rider told Fox News Digital that she nary longer believes the subway is simply a "positive" acquisition and said caller acts of unit are discouraging her from getting an acquisition successful the city.

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An amerciable migrant allegedly acceptable a pistillate connected occurrence connected a New York City subway. (Obtained by the New York Post)

Several subway riders gave akin responses erstwhile asked astir the subway, with 1 young pistillate telling Fox News Digital that commuters riding lines to Queens and the Bronx are "scared to spell home."

Still, immoderate said their information is not a important interest erstwhile riding successful and astir Manhattan.

Nigel, a antheral from Queens who has been riding New York City wide transit for implicit 20 years, said helium inactive likes the subway — but acknowledged that it needs much improvement to amended cleanliness and trim the beingness of the homeless.

He besides recommended that subway passengers stay vigilant of their surroundings.

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An MTA motion is seen fixed upon a subway bid car successful New York City.  (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"I consciousness it's safe. All you person to bash — is ticker yourself. When you spell to the subway and basal up, don't person your telephone successful your hands. Look astir you," helium said.

Janno Lieber, the MTA chairman, told Bloomberg News earlier this week the thought of transgression has "gotten successful people's heads," but claimed the trains are safe.

Felony assaults accrued somewhat successful the transit strategy successful 2024, and subway homicides doubled to 10 past twelvemonth from the 5 that happened successful 2023. Overall, subway transgression was down by 5.4%, according to the NYPD.

"Guardian Angels" laminitis Curtis Sliwa slammed New York politicians for their treble modular connected unit during "Fox & Friends," calling their handling of the transgression surge a "slap successful the face" to residents crossed the Empire State. 

"Give everybody who goes into the subway a bulletproof vest and springiness them an idiosyncratic constabulary serviceman similar Eric Adams," Sliwa told Brian Kilmeade connected Monday. "The politician has 12 with him, equipped cops. Like Kathy Hochul has 12 authorities superintendents. These politicians are delusional. They'll archer you, 'It's your cognition of crime. Perception!' What a slap successful the look to everybody who's got to instrumentality the subway and wage their taxes." 

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