Two sexual attacks on the New York Subway: suspects on the run

NYPD is on the trail of two suspects of committing sexual abuse this week in a period of 36 hours at stations in Manhattan of the New York Subway.

The first case happened in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday around 8 am when a 50-year-old woman was leaving the Fulton St station on the 2/3 lines and a man approached her from behind. According to the NYPD, the victim was walking up the stairs when the attacker allegedly sexually assaulted her. The suspect was shirtless at the time and was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds, he said. PIX11News.

The second case occurred on the Upper West Side on Wednesday around 8 pm when a 16-year-old female passenger was standing at the 96th Street subway station on the Uptown platform of the 1 line. Police say a man approached and sexually assaulted her. of her before leaving the station.

No arrests have been made in any of those cases. Anyone with information should call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.

Since taking office in January 2022, Mayor Eric Adams, former NYPD, announced several times that the number of police officers in the chaotic NYC Subway would be doubled. But the violence has continued. This year three people have been shot to death in the subway. Additionally, at the end of March five people were fatally run over on the New York subway in separate incidents in an alarming stretch of just 72 hours in the middle of Easter.

Gov. Kathy Hochul in March deployed 750 National Guardsmen along with 250 state and MTA police to search passengers’ belongings at the busiest stations, citing violent incidents such as the near-fatal slashing of a Metro driver’s neck and the postal worker kicked onto the rails. A woman was also amputated when she was pushed onto the tracks by her Hispanic boyfriend.

Then the “Operation Fare Play” plan announced that it would deploy about 800 officers to stations to address fare evasion and related crimes, theoretically indicating a greater focus on transit safety, he said. NBC News.

A survey released in March found that New Yorkers are generally dissatisfied with the quality of public transportation and many are afraid to use it, citing safety concerns. Criminal acts, accidents, jumps onto the tracks and delays due to failures are frequently reported.

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