Subway Mayhem: NYPD Searching For Multiple Suspects In 3 Separate Attacks In Last Few Weeks
Police have released surveillance video of three more suspects they're looking for in a series of unrelated subway attacks.
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Police have released surveillance video of three more suspects they're looking for in a series of unrelated subway attacks.
The NYPD is rolling out a new campaign to combat a big rise in graffiti across the city. But since there's no budget for it, the department is asking New Yorkers for help.
The city's top prosecutors are are proposing the state to do more to stop assaults on transit workers, by changing the law.
The girl, who said her name is Sidaya, is about 4 years old and was found alone just after midnight on Feb. 27.
Police say the incident started around 9:30 p.m. Friday after a robbery in an illegal gambling den in a basement near 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park.
Investigators say Gregory Leftwich is accused of committing sexual assaults on Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 at the 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue station B/D/F platform.
He was sworn in as an NYPD trainee at 18 in 1969, the decade of the Civil Rights Movement when nation leaders were assassinated and tension between police and the Black community often erupted on the streets.
The incident happened around 3 p.m. Saturday on a northbound C train entering the 116th Street subway station.
A random attack from behind has left another member of the Asian community seriously hurt.
Chief Monahan first joined the NYPD in 1982 and rose through the ranks to become the department's highest-ranking uniformed member.
Police say an unidentified individual struck a 2-year-old boy in the face multiple times, then ran off.
The information came during a City Council hearing, as lawmakers try to improve the way they respond to these vulnerable New Yorkers.
They jumped into action and performed CPR, saving Sgroi from the brink of death.
Cellphone video caught the brutal beating. A man with a baseball bat is seen hovering over his victim, who was on the ground with his bike.
The boy's mother is terrified the woman who attacked her and punched her son will come after them again.
Women in the neighborhood told CBS2 they are nervous and looking over their shoulders after the suspect struck twice in one hour.
Saturday, the cousin of a now-deceased police officer says that in a deathbed declaration letter, Officer Ray Wood claimed his job was to infiltrate civil rights organizations and encourage leaders and members to commit felonies.
Despite stepped-up police patrols, there have been more shocking attacks on the subways.
A suspect is hospitalized in grave condition after police said he opened fire on three officers in the Melrose section of the Bronx.
Police believe the victim was shot on Osgood Avenue and drove about one mile before crashing.
One officer broke both legs. The other has a concussion.
A wild robbery was caught on camera in Queens.
The video made national headlines: An Asian woman in Flushing viciously pushed to the ground on Roosevelet Avenue.
The NYPD says anti-Asian hate crimes jumped from three in 2019 to 29 last year, mainly motivated by COVID-19.
There were 90 shootings in the city at this time last year, but so far in 2021 there have already been 118 shootings.
