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  • The end of the line: New York City’s iconic MetroCard is about to go out of service

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    For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with the stripe facing the wrong side, or having insufficient fare all led to the subsequent, seemingly judgmental thud of the turnstile slamming into you.”It’s embarrassing. You feel like you’re not an authentic New Yorker if you’re not swiping your MetroCard the right way,” said Mike Glenwick, 37, who has lived in the city most of his life and has been collecting limited-edition MetroCards since he was six.Now the days of swiping the blue and yellow plastic cards are numbered. Come January 1, the Metropolitan Transit Authority will no longer sell MetroCards, and riders will be required to use OMNY, a contactless fare payment system. (Existing MetroCards will continue to be accepted at terminals, though MTA said their “final acceptance date will be announced at a later time.”)Bidding farewell to the card has been a journey for New Yorkers and the MTA alike.From tokens to cardsNew York City subway’s iconic tokens were the default form of fare payment before the MetroCard was introduced. When tokens were initially rolled out in 1953, they were about the size of a dime and most had a hollowed-out Y between an engraved N and C, spelling out NYC.Though clunky to carry around, they were easy to use: all transit passengers had to do was drop the tokens into a turnstile or farebox. For the MTA, it overcame the issue of being able to increase fares without having to redesign fare collection systems to accept various kinds of coins.But in 1983 Richard Ravitch, then the commissioner of the MTA, began to envision a different fare payment system. Instead, he floated a magnetic stripe card with a stored value.”His argument was that New York is a very modern cosmopolitan city and there are other modern cosmopolitan cities that are using this as their fare payment system,” said Jodi Shapiro, curator of the FAREwell MetroCard exhibit at the New York Transit Museum. But as his idea gained traction, it quickly became about more than just keeping up with other cities. At one point the MTA considered integrating MetroCards with pay phones so callers didn’t have to use coins (that didn’t end up happening, though).The MTA initially thought the shift to MetroCards would “spell the death knell for fare evasion” since many riders were previously getting away with using various other kinds of coins and tokens, said Noah McClain, a sociology professor who has researched MetroCard technology and fare evasion trends. But that was hardly the case: “Fare evasion certainly endured, albeit often in different forms.”One famous one, “swipers,” as they came to be known, sold bent MetroCards that allowed riders to fraudulently bypass turnstiles. Separately, a group of hackers was able to successfully reverse engineer many parts of the MetroCard.But riders saw benefits, too. One of the biggest selling points for the MetroCard was that users could purchase different, more flexible fares. That included discounts for seniors, disabled people and students, as well as cards that offered unlimited rides throughout the month.Cards also came with a massive perk that tokens didn’t: free transfers. One swipe of a MetroCard on a bus or subway meant riders didn’t have to pay again if they transferred to another bus or subway train.A collector’s itemBut just as New York subway tokens became icons of the city, so did the MetroCard. And that was by design.”MetroCards were made to be collected,” Shapiro said. The year the MTA launched the MetroCard, 1994, was also when it released an inaugural limited edition card. Since then there have been around 400 commemorative MetroCards issued. Some of those have featured advertisements, a major source of revenue for the MTA, while others have commemorated historic events, such as Grand Central’s centennial anniversary and the first game between the Yankees and Mets in 1997, a tradition now known as the “Subway Series.”Other notable cards include the Supreme-branded ones and the David Bowie ones aimed at marketing a museum exhibit timed to the release of cards. New Yorkers reported hours-long lines to purchase these at stations.Glenwick has nearly 100 MetroCards in his collection, and his first featured members of the New York Rangers after the team won the Stanley Cup in 1994 for the first time in 54 years.The idea to collect MetroCards immediately clicked for him: “It was something that was accessible to collect. I didn’t spend extra money because we used the MetroCards anyway,” he said.An art mediumThomas McKean has lost track of how many MetroCards he’s accumulated over the past 25 years. It all started on a subway ride where he forgot to bring a newspaper or a book, something he’d typically do before the age of smartphones.In their absence, to pass the time, he stared at his MetroCard, idly wondering how many words he could wring from its letters. When he got off the subway, he grabbed a fistful of MetroCards lying around on the ground of the station, and once he got home, he started making MetroCards with different words.”And then without even realizing it, I got hooked because I love the material and aesthetic,” McKean told CNN. His designs were initially two-dimensional, using the front and back of MetroCards cut up and pieced together like a mosaic, but eventually he started experimenting with three-dimensional designs, too.McKean’s art has been featured at home goods store Fishs Eddy in Manhattan, as well as on the cover of a Time Out New York magazine. His art will also be featured at an upcoming exhibit at the Transit Museum’s Grand Central gallery. Over the years, he’s taken on several commissions. To his surprise, many of those customers aren’t based in New York and yet they exhibit the same admiration for the MetroCard as lifelong New Yorkers.McKean said he has several thousand untouched MetroCards left in his reserves in addition to all the scraps from prior projects. “I never throw anything away until it’s just too small to use.”A tap-and-go futureThe transit system going forward, OMNY, short for One Metro New York, replaces swipes with taps at turnstiles via smartphones or smartwatches with mobile wallets, credit cards or OMNY cards.For now, riders can still use cash to purchase OMNY cards for $1 at vending machines at subways and at retailers across the city. But many feel as though it’s a matter of time before the MTA stops accepting cash, like many retailers have, which has essentially excluded people who are unbanked and lack a credit or debit card. (The MTA didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment.)”While there’s no doubt the MetroCard will remain an iconic New York City symbol, tap-and-go fare payment has been a game changer for everyday riders and visitors, saving them the guessing game on what fare package is most cost efficient for their travels and making using NYC’s transit system much easier,” MTA chief customer officer Shanifah Rieara said in a statement in March, when the phaseout of the MetroCard was announced.At the time, the MTA said the change will save the agency $20 million annually “in costs related to MetroCard production and distribution; vending machine repairs; and cash collection and handling.”But for all the benefits that the MTA has advertised OMNY contains, including unlimited rides after your 12th of the week, Glenwick is not ready to make the transition.”I feel like part of my childhood is disappearing… I don’t want to let it go until I have to.”

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    For more than three decades, lifelong New Yorkers and tourists visiting the Big Apple have shared the experience of a MetroCard swipe gone wrong. Swiping the transit card too fast or too slow, with the stripe facing the wrong side, or having insufficient fare all led to the subsequent, seemingly judgmental thud of the turnstile slamming into you.

    “It’s embarrassing. You feel like you’re not an authentic New Yorker if you’re not swiping your MetroCard the right way,” said Mike Glenwick, 37, who has lived in the city most of his life and has been collecting limited-edition MetroCards since he was six.

    Now the days of swiping the blue and yellow plastic cards are numbered. Come January 1, the Metropolitan Transit Authority will no longer sell MetroCards, and riders will be required to use OMNY, a contactless fare payment system. (Existing MetroCards will continue to be accepted at terminals, though MTA said their “final acceptance date will be announced at a later time.”)

    Bidding farewell to the card has been a journey for New Yorkers and the MTA alike.

    From tokens to cards

    New York City subway’s iconic tokens were the default form of fare payment before the MetroCard was introduced. When tokens were initially rolled out in 1953, they were about the size of a dime and most had a hollowed-out Y between an engraved N and C, spelling out NYC.

    Though clunky to carry around, they were easy to use: all transit passengers had to do was drop the tokens into a turnstile or farebox. For the MTA, it overcame the issue of being able to increase fares without having to redesign fare collection systems to accept various kinds of coins.

    But in 1983 Richard Ravitch, then the commissioner of the MTA, began to envision a different fare payment system. Instead, he floated a magnetic stripe card with a stored value.

    “His argument was that New York is a very modern cosmopolitan city and there are other modern cosmopolitan cities that are using this as their fare payment system,” said Jodi Shapiro, curator of the FAREwell MetroCard exhibit at the New York Transit Museum. But as his idea gained traction, it quickly became about more than just keeping up with other cities. At one point the MTA considered integrating MetroCards with pay phones so callers didn’t have to use coins (that didn’t end up happening, though).

    The MTA initially thought the shift to MetroCards would “spell the death knell for fare evasion” since many riders were previously getting away with using various other kinds of coins and tokens, said Noah McClain, a sociology professor who has researched MetroCard technology and fare evasion trends. But that was hardly the case: “Fare evasion certainly endured, albeit often in different forms.”

    One famous one, “swipers,” as they came to be known, sold bent MetroCards that allowed riders to fraudulently bypass turnstiles. Separately, a group of hackers was able to successfully reverse engineer many parts of the MetroCard.

    But riders saw benefits, too. One of the biggest selling points for the MetroCard was that users could purchase different, more flexible fares. That included discounts for seniors, disabled people and students, as well as cards that offered unlimited rides throughout the month.

    Cards also came with a massive perk that tokens didn’t: free transfers. One swipe of a MetroCard on a bus or subway meant riders didn’t have to pay again if they transferred to another bus or subway train.

    A collector’s item

    But just as New York subway tokens became icons of the city, so did the MetroCard. And that was by design.

    “MetroCards were made to be collected,” Shapiro said. The year the MTA launched the MetroCard, 1994, was also when it released an inaugural limited edition card. Since then there have been around 400 commemorative MetroCards issued. Some of those have featured advertisements, a major source of revenue for the MTA, while others have commemorated historic events, such as Grand Central’s centennial anniversary and the first game between the Yankees and Mets in 1997, a tradition now known as the “Subway Series.”

    Other notable cards include the Supreme-branded ones and the David Bowie ones aimed at marketing a museum exhibit timed to the release of cards. New Yorkers reported hours-long lines to purchase these at stations.

    Glenwick has nearly 100 MetroCards in his collection, and his first featured members of the New York Rangers after the team won the Stanley Cup in 1994 for the first time in 54 years.

    The idea to collect MetroCards immediately clicked for him: “It was something that was accessible to collect. I didn’t spend extra money because we used the MetroCards anyway,” he said.

    An art medium

    Thomas McKean has lost track of how many MetroCards he’s accumulated over the past 25 years. It all started on a subway ride where he forgot to bring a newspaper or a book, something he’d typically do before the age of smartphones.

    In their absence, to pass the time, he stared at his MetroCard, idly wondering how many words he could wring from its letters. When he got off the subway, he grabbed a fistful of MetroCards lying around on the ground of the station, and once he got home, he started making MetroCards with different words.

    “And then without even realizing it, I got hooked because I love the material and aesthetic,” McKean told CNN. His designs were initially two-dimensional, using the front and back of MetroCards cut up and pieced together like a mosaic, but eventually he started experimenting with three-dimensional designs, too.

    McKean’s art has been featured at home goods store Fishs Eddy in Manhattan, as well as on the cover of a Time Out New York magazine. His art will also be featured at an upcoming exhibit at the Transit Museum’s Grand Central gallery. Over the years, he’s taken on several commissions. To his surprise, many of those customers aren’t based in New York and yet they exhibit the same admiration for the MetroCard as lifelong New Yorkers.

    McKean said he has several thousand untouched MetroCards left in his reserves in addition to all the scraps from prior projects. “I never throw anything away until it’s just too small to use.”

    A tap-and-go future

    The transit system going forward, OMNY, short for One Metro New York, replaces swipes with taps at turnstiles via smartphones or smartwatches with mobile wallets, credit cards or OMNY cards.

    For now, riders can still use cash to purchase OMNY cards for $1 at vending machines at subways and at retailers across the city. But many feel as though it’s a matter of time before the MTA stops accepting cash, like many retailers have, which has essentially excluded people who are unbanked and lack a credit or debit card. (The MTA didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment.)

    “While there’s no doubt the MetroCard will remain an iconic New York City symbol, tap-and-go fare payment has been a game changer for everyday riders and visitors, saving them the guessing game on what fare package is most cost efficient for their travels and making using NYC’s transit system much easier,” MTA chief customer officer Shanifah Rieara said in a statement in March, when the phaseout of the MetroCard was announced.

    At the time, the MTA said the change will save the agency $20 million annually “in costs related to MetroCard production and distribution; vending machine repairs; and cash collection and handling.”

    But for all the benefits that the MTA has advertised OMNY contains, including unlimited rides after your 12th of the week, Glenwick is not ready to make the transition.

    “I feel like part of my childhood is disappearing… I don’t want to let it go until I have to.”

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  • Jury selection begins for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent – WTOP News

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    Jury selection begins Monday in the federal trial of a D.C. man charged with throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in August, during the early days of the law enforcement surge.

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the federal trial of a D.C. man charged with throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in August during the early days of the law enforcement surge in the District.

    Sean Dunn, a former paralegal for the Department of Justice, was initially charged with felony assault, but a federal grand jury declined to indict on the felony count, prompting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to file a misdemeanor assault charge.

    In the days leading up to trial, prosecutors and the defense continue to disagree on proposed jury instructions — specifically, over what is required to prove misdemeanor assault, as well as the legal definition of assault under the statute.

    Generally speaking, in a federal misdemeanor assault case, physical contact isn’t required.

    “The defendant forcefully threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent while he was engaged in his official duties,” wrote prosecutors from Pirro’s office, in a request to briefly delay trial to hammer out jury instructions. The judge rejected the motion, saying the disputed issues of law will be ironed out before jury selection begins.

    However, two issues before U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, an appointee of President Donald Trump in 2019, could be ruled upon once trial is underway.

    Dunn’s attorney filed a motion last month seeking to have the case dismissed, claiming he’s being “vindictively” and “selectively” prosecuted.

    In the days after his arrest, Dunn was fired from his job at the Justice Department. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi called him part of the “Deep State” in a post on X. Not long after, Pirro posted a video with what Dunn’s legal team calls “crude taunts” — including the line, “Stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else.”

    Dunn’s lawyers said he offered to turn himself in after prosecutors issued a warrant — but instead, a heavily armed SWAT team stormed his apartment. The White House later posted a dramatic, edited video of the arrest, which was complete with blaring sirens and a suspenseful soundtrack.

    Prosecutors cite risk of jury nullification

    Another still-to-be-ruled-upon motion was filed by prosecutors, seeking to lower the risk of jury nullification, in which a jury acquits a defendant, in disregard of the judge’s instructions and contrary to the jury’s finding of fact.

    “The foreseeable evidentiary issues involve inflammatory evidence or argument that could invite jury nullification,” D.C. prosecutors wrote, in a pretrial argument.

    The motion asks the judge to preclude defense counsel from asking questions or making arguments regarding several topics, about potential penalties for a conviction.

    Prosecutors don’t want the defense to mention to jurors that a federal grand jury determined there was not probable cause to indict Dunn on the original felony count.

    “The decision to charge the Defendants, the existence of the prior criminal complaint, the Defendant’s subsequent arrest, and any reason for proceeding in this matter by way of a criminal information (rather than indictment) is not relevant in the charged offense. This includes whether the case was presented to a grand jury,” according to prosecutors.

    Unlike an indictment, prosecutors can file a “criminal information” without approval from a grand jury.

    In addition, prosecutors want to preclude the defense from admitting evidence or making arguments about policy or political concerning the Trump administration’s “effort to prevent crime and preserve order through the Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Initiative,” or Dunn’s policy or political viewpoints.

    “It is simply not relevant to the jury’s determination,” according to prosecutors.

    WTOP’s Alan Etter contributed to this report. 

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  • MTA worker slashed in Brooklyn subway tunnel: cops | amNewYork

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    Police are on the hunt for a man who slashed an MTA worker inside a subway tunnel in Brooklyn late on Monday night.

    According to police sources, the incident unfolded inside the Nostrand Avenue-Eastern Parkway subway station on the 3 line in Crown Heights at around 10:39 p.m. on Sept. 29.

    The NYPD reported that the victim, a 64-year-old MTA worker, spotted a man walking along the southbound tracks’ roadbed inside the tunnel.

    Law enforcement sources reported that the employee confronted the trespasser, instructing him to leave the area, but the pair got into a dispute. The suspect became enraged, police said, and slashed the worker across his neck before fleeing further into the tunnel.

    Officers from the NYPD Transit Bureau responded to the incident. The victim was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition and is expected to survive.

    The perpetrator was last seen wearing a black and white shirt. No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.

    Anyone with information regarding this attack can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.

     

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  • Dangerous social media trend has deadly consequences

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    A new social media trend, dubbed “subway surfing,” shows people hopping on top of a moving subway train and riding it. But the trend has proven to be deadly, and “CBS Saturday Morning” meets the mother of a boy who lost his life attempting the stunt.

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  • Hateful robber on Manhattan subway train threatens to call ICE on victim, then beats him: cops | amNewYork

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    Upper Manhattan detectives are looking for a hateful robber who assaulted a man on a subway train on Sunday morning after threatening to call ICE on him.

    According to police sources, the disturbing incident unfolded at around 03:39 a.m. on Aug. 31 aboard a northbound 1 train as it pulled into the 86th Street station on the Upper West Side.

    Cops say a man approached a 23-year-old Hispanic straphanger and started a verbal dispute.

    Sources with knowledge of the incident reported that the suspect threatened the victim, telling him, “You don’t belong in this country,” before adding, “I’m going to call ICE on you.”

    Cops say things escalated when the perpetrator launched an attack, punching the commuter some six times about the head. During the assault, he grabbed the victim’s duffel bag and threw it before snatching his iPhone and fleeing.

    While the victim was not able to recover his cellphone, he was able to retrieve his bag, police said. He refused medical treatment.

    A description of the suspect was not immediately available. No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.

    Anyone with information regarding these incidents can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.

    This comes amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s weeping immigration agenda that has many in the immigrant community fearful of ICE, as well as families detained by federal agents as they attended routine immigration hearings.

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  • Commuters share opinions on the MTA’s proposed fare increases in 1st of 3 public hearings

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    NEW YORK (WABC) — If the MTA gets its way and moves forward with its plan to raise fares, New Yorkers will fork over $3 to ride the MTA’s buses and trains, beginning in 2026.

    The proposed increase would also make it more expensive to reach the MTA’s weekly fare cap, which makes rides free after the first 12 trips in a week. The cap would rise from $34 to $36.

    Increases on the LIRR and Metro-North will average 4.4% to 8%. And even tolls on the major crossings will go up roughly 7.5%.

    Suburban riders, many of whom take commuter trains and the subways, will take the biggest hit. From Hicksville, a monthly ticket will cost roughly $300 and a one-way fare will top $15. It won’t be much better from White Plains where the monthly will top $270 with a one-way fare of nearly $14.

    Drivers on the Verrazano and the MTA’s East River crossings will be hit, too, with E-ZPass tolls hitting roughly $7.50 and $12 without E-ZPass.

    Many of the MTA’s long-standing discounts are being phased out, along with the MetroCard, in favor of the agency’s tap-and-go fare readers.

    Stoking the outrage is congestion pricing, where 80% of the tolls collected from that are supposed to go to the MTA.It’s a new revenue source projected to pump $12 billion into subways and busses, and another $1.5 billion to the LIRR and Metro North, and yet, the MTA is about to ask riders for more.

    “We have to make the budgets balance, that’s why these small incremental increases every year are so important,” said MTA CEO Janno Lieber. “Rider satisfaction level is way up.”

    The entire proposal is expected to be voted on by the MTA Board after three public hearings, the first of which took place on Tuesday night at the NYPD Transit Bureau at 130 Livingston Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where New Yorkers made their voices heard.

    “Us standing here, passionate, deep. Our lives are on the line,” said one commuter who attended the hearing. “So, think about that in the sentence you’re making with the power you have absorbed from us as we’re out here struggling.”

    “Working class New Yorkers are caught in an affordability crisis,” said commuter Christian Joseph. “Food, rent, childcare and many other things. Basic necessities we need in the city. Transportation being one of them.”

    Eyewitness News also spoke with commuters ahead of the Tuesday’s hearing to get their takes on the proposed increases.

    “Too much money. The average person can’t afford what the fare is now, jumping the turnstiles, so that’s definitely too much,” one woman told Eyewitness News. “Weekend service is horrible … the homelessness on the train, the worrying about crime, yeah, no good.”

    “I don’t think that the fare should be raised any higher. I mean, people are struggling, you know, they’re trying to make ends meet, and now they’re talking about raising the fare again. It seems like they just raised the fare,” another commuter reacted. “Enough is enough.”

    If the proposal is approved, the increases would take effect in January.

    The MTA has consistently raised fares every other year, by roughly 4%, since 2009. An exception happened in 2021 when Gov. Kathy Hochul froze fares after the pandemic eroded ridership.

    Local politicians have also weighed in on the MTA’s proposed fare hikes.

    Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for reelection, said previously that he didn’t support the fare increases.

    “We have continued to fight for the cost of living in the city, I believe now is not the time to do an increase in fare hikes,” Adams said. “Some people would say, ‘Well, it’s just a slight increase.’ Every dollar matters when you are struggling.”

    Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has gone even further in proposing free bus rides for New Yorkers.

    Beyond city limits, Rockland County Executive Ed Day is calling for the MTA to immediately withdraw its proposed Metro-North fare increases for West of Hudson commuters, calling them “wholly unjustifiable.”

    “Our residents already face a value gap exceeding $40 million every year — paying far more into the system than they receive — while enduring inadequate, infrequent rail service and chronic underinvestment,” Day said.

    For those who can’t attend the remaining meetings in person, the MTA says the public can submit comments online, or via mail, or by calling (646) 252-6777 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily.

    Want to participate in person or remotely? The two remaining meeting times are as follows:

    Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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  • Judge denies motions to suppress evidence in Daniel Penny’s trial

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    NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — A judge ruled that all evidence will be permitted in the trial against Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged with putting Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the subway last year.

    Penny returned to court for the second straight day on Friday for a pre-trial hearing.

    The purpose of the hearing was to sort out what evidence will be presented at trial — including new video of what happened after the incident.

    Judge Maxwell Wiley on Friday denied all motions to suppress evidence.

    Penny, 25, is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide in the murder of Jordan Neely on board an F train in May of last year after the deadly chokehold was captured on cellphone video by two tourists.

    Penny’s lawyers say he acted in self-defense after Neely, who suffered from mental health issues, started displaying what some described as aggressive behavior.

    Penny’s lawyers say Neely had a psychiatric history of mental illness, didn’t take his medicine, and was known to scare passengers.

    During Thursday’s pre-trial hearing, the court heard evidence from both sides.

    The cellphone video from the incident went viral and was widely seen — but the other video evidence the jury might see in the trial could make or break the case for both the prosecution and defense.

    Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office played video of Penny being interviewed by NYPD detectives at the 5th Precinct in Chinatown.

    Throughout the video he was calm, and matter of fact, as he explained what happened. He can be heard saying, “I’m not trying to kill the guy, I’m just trying to deescalate the situation.”

    The two detectives clearly tried to get a better grasp of the incident and asked what he was thinking.

    “This guy was actually threatening. He said he wanted to go to prison forever,” Penny said in the interview.

    During the videotaped interview, Penny went over what happened several times and twice demonstrated the grip he had around Neely’s neck and explained his decision to wrap his legs around him saying, “He starts to squirm, I hold him a little tighter.”

    Prosecutors also showed several body-worn cameras from the responding officers. In the video, Penny is standing around and at one point he was asked if Neely had a gun and he responded, “I don’t know, I just put him out.”

    The Manhattan District Attorney wants the jury to see the videos to hear Penny’s initial comments, but his defense said he was being treated as a witness at the time and they wanted them out.

    The trial is scheduled to begin October 8 and jury selection starts on Oct. 21. If convicted, Penny faces up to 20 years in prison.

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  • NYPD releases image of suspect wanted for stabbing man in the back at East Village subway station

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    EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) — Police have released surveillance video of the suspect wanted for stabbing a man in the back at a Manhattan subway station.

    The attack happened around 8:45 p.m. on Friday at the L train station at East 14th Street and First Avenue.

    According to the NYPD, a 29-year-old man was walking down the stairs at the station when he bumped into the suspect. Officials say the two got into an argument before the suspect stabbed the man in the back with a knife and fled the scene.

    First responders transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.

    Police say the suspect is a man last seen wearing all black and a white hat.

    Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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  • Subway is cutting the price on its footlong sub, joining the value menu battle

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    Subway’s footlong sandwiches are getting a new price. 

    Beginning Aug. 26, all footlongs will cost $6.99, down from a high of as much as $14 in some markets, the food chain said Friday. It marks Subway’s foray into the value menu wars as fast-food restaurants try to to win back customers who say food prices are too high. 

    The offer, only available for purchases made through Subway’s app or website with code “699FL,” will end Sept. 8. Subway overs 22 different sandwich varieties, and customers can also create their own custom subs. 

    The move follows special summer menu rollouts from other fast food chains that have struggled in recent months to grow sales and draw inflation-weary consumers into their stores and restaurants. In announcing the new footlong price, Subway acknowledged Americans’ struggles with the rising cost of living, as well as their heightened sensitivity to food prices. 

    “Today’s diner is stretched more than ever, and too often that means a tradeoff on quality, variety or flavor to find an affordable meal,” Subway North America president Doug Fry said in a statement. 

    Some consumers are increasingly opting to dine at home as restaurant prices have surged since the pandemic. The cost to eat out has jumped 28% since January 2020 — outpacing the overall inflation rate of 21% over the same period, according to government data.

    That’s prompting some chains to cut their prices in an effort to lure diners back through their doors, such as McDonald’s offer in June of a limited-time $5 value meal. The fast food giant’s global sales slumped in the second quarter, marking the first decline for the fast-food giant since 2020. Management attributed the slowing foot traffic to low-income consumers paring their spending on food outside the home.

    Other retailers, including Target, have also slashed prices on goods to draw cash-strapped customers back to grocery aisles. In Target’s case, the move paid off: Its comparable sales rose for the first time in a year in the second quarter. 

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  • NYC subway rider burned after man allegedly threw flaming liquid on him. Here’s more on the suspect.

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    NEW YORK — A man is accused of setting a subway rider on fire on Saturday afternoon and the NYPD says he was behind a similar attack a few months ago.

    Officers were called for an assault in progress on the 1 line platform at the Houston Street station and when they arrived saw 23-year-old Alijaj Petrit with his shirt off and badly burned.

    Investigators say a homeless man, now identified as 49-year-old Nile Taylor, threw a flammable liquid on the victim for no reason and took off.

    Taylor was arrested near the Holland Tunnel and is now facing charges, including attempted assault, reckless endangerment, and arson. Police said the victim is recovering at NewYork-Presbyterian and is expected to survive.

    “It’s horrifying,” subway rider Chloe Leone said of the alleged attack.

    Detectives say back in February Taylor threw a lit container of flammable liquid at a group of people standing on the southbound 1 train platform at the West 28th Street station. No one was hurt.

    NYC cracking down on subway crimes

    While violent crime is rare in the subway system, which serves about 3 million riders per day, there have been some high-profile attacks, including the death of a man who was shoved onto the tracks in East Harlem in March. 

    Earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced hundreds of National Guard members would be going into the subway system to boost security. The NYPD said 800 more officers would be deployed to the subway to crack down on fare evasion. 

    At around the same time, city officials announced plans to use weapon-detection technology in the subway after they said crime in the transit system was up 4% in 2024 compared to 2023.

    Subway riders say they are always on guard

    Leone, like others who ride the rails, said she keeps her head on a swivel when underground.

    “Hopefully, people are traveling in pairs so they can stay safe,” Leone said. “I’m praying for the person burned. It’s very tragic.”

    As for commuters who have no choice but to use the subways, “You just have to be alert and keep your eyes open,” one woman said.

    “Crazy stuff happens, everything. It’s awful. I take this train a lot,” another woman said. “We are in New York City. I feel we are risking it every day. I don’t make eye contact with anybody. It keeps me pretty safe, keep to myself.”

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  • Saturday super soaker: Heavy rain causes treacherous roadways in New York City, Tri-State area

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    NEW YORK (WABC) — Heavy rain in the Tri-State Area created an absolute mess of a Saturday. Flood waters across New York City made some roadways treacherous.

    As the worst of the rain moved out on Saturday evening, the powerful winds and flooding will linger into Sunday.

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    A car was stuck in flooding on the Cross Island Parkway. The flooding has largely receded, but roads in College Point were like ponds at the rainfall’s peak.

    In the area near Bell Parkway, some drivers were turning around instead of trying to make it through the flooding. MTA uses on their routes were taking it slow and were still making waves.

    In New Jersey, emergency management teams have a close eye on whether the Saddle River will crest. They say, by their expectation that will be between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.

    Anthony Carlo has more on flooding concerns in Lodi, New Jersey.

    Lodi OEM tells Eyewitness News that what the area is dealing with the most right now is urban flooding. Because of the intense rainfall the area is seeing, drivers have had to tread carefully.

    One man who lives in an apartment near the river says he has lost two cars due to flooding, but trying to move his car now creates more issues.

    New York City officials say they were prepared for the drenching downpours.

    MTA leaders said they don’t expect the rain to overwhelm the subway system completely, but they say they will be ready to handle any spot emergencies.

    “We will have people in place at various locations across the system to make sure if there are any issues, we are able to respond, we’ll have folks out there with pumps, they are even going out today to do prep work to make sure that those pumps are functioning as they should,” said Demetrius Crichlow, SVP of NYC Transit Department.

    The MTA is hoping to prevent flooded tracks that could cause delays for commuters.

    The MTA says they will deploy trench covers across the subway system and inspect catch basins.

    Officials with the Department of Buildings are asking property owners, contractors and crane operators to take precautionary measures during the day. Along with the heavy rain, there could be potential wind gusts of up to 40 mph.

    They say if sites are not secured, DOB will take enforcement action.

    The storm will also stir up strong coastal winds that could contribute to some coastal flooding and beach erosion.

    Some areas further north and west of the city are under a Winter Weather Advisory for the chance of a few inches of wet snow.

    The soaking rainstorm will be a quick mover and should move out late Saturday night to make way for a clearer Sunday.

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  • Why the National Guard Won’t Make the Subways Safer

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    The millions of people who crowd into New York City’s busiest subway stations every day have recently encountered a sight reminiscent of a frightening, bygone era: National Guard troops with long guns patrolling platforms and checking bags.

    After 9/11 and at moments of high alert in the years since, New York deployed soldiers in the subway to deter would-be terrorists and reassure the public that the transit system was safe from attack. The National Guard is now there for a different reason. Earlier this week, Governor Kathy Hochul sent 1,000 state police officers and National Guard troops into the city’s underground labyrinth not to scour for bombs but to combat far more ordinary crime—a recent spate of assaults, thefts, and stabbings, including against transit workers.

    The order, which Hochul issued independently of the city’s mayor, Eric Adams, prompted immediate criticism. Progressives accused her of militarizing the subways and validating Republican exaggerations about a spike in crime, potentially making people even more fearful of using public transit. Law-enforcement advocates, a group that typically supports a robust show of force, didn’t like the idea either.

    “I would describe it as the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage,” William Bratton, who led the police departments of New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, told me. “It will actually do nothing to stop the flow of blood, because it’s not going to the source of where the blood is coming from.”

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    Bratton’s success in reducing subway crime as the chief of New York City’s transit police in the early 1990s led then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to appoint him as NYPD commissioner. He returned to the post under a much different mayor, Democrat Bill de Blasio, nearly two decades later. During a 40-minute phone interview yesterday, Bratton acknowledged that many New Yorkers perceive subway crime to be more pervasive than it really is; rates of violent crime in New York City (and many other urban centers) have come down since the early months of pandemic and are much lower than they were in 1990, when he took over the transit police.

    Bratton is most famous—and, in the minds of many, notorious—as a practitioner of the “broken windows” theory of policing, which calls for aggressive enforcement of minor crime as a precondition for tackling more serious offenses. The idea has been widely criticized for being racially discriminatory and contributing to mass incarceration. But Bratton remains a strong proponent.

    He blamed the fact that crime remains unacceptably high for many people—and for politicians in an election year—on a culture of leniency brought on by well-intentioned criminal-justice reformers. Changes to the bail system that were enacted in 2019—some of which have been scaled back—have made it harder to keep convicted criminals off the streets, Bratton said, while city leaders are more reluctant to forcibly remove homeless people who resist intervention due to mental illness. Bratton said that police officers are less likely to arrest people for fare evasion, which leads to more serious infractions. “We are not punishing people for inappropriate behavior,” Bratton said.

    The subways need more police officers, Bratton said, and Adams had already announced a deployment of an additional 1,000 last month. But an influx of National Guard troops won’t be as effective, he argued. They can’t arrest people, and the items they are looking for in bags—explosive devices and guns, mainly—aren’t the source of most subway crime. The highest-profile incidents have involved small knives or assailants who pushed people onto the subway tracks. “What are the bag checks actually going to accomplish?” he asked. “The deterrence really is not there.”

    Our conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

    Russell Berman: What did you think of the governor’s decision to send the National Guard and the state police into the subways?

    William Bratton: I would describe it basically as a public-relations initiative that is the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage. It will actually do nothing to stop the flow of blood, because it’s not going to the source of where the blood is coming from.

    The problem with crime in the subways, as with crime in the streets, is the idea that we are not punishing people for inappropriate behavior, whether it’s as simple as a fare evasion or something more significant—assaults and robberies and, in some instances, murders.

    The presence of the National Guard in the subway system is not needed, not necessary; nor are, for that matter, state troopers. The NYPD and the MTA are fully capable of policing the subways and the train systems.

    Berman: This is going to remind people of what New York was like in the months and years after 9/11, when you routinely saw National Guard troops doing bag checks in busy stations. Was it more effective to do that then, because people were worried about what was in those bags? Now they are more worried about other things.

    Bratton: That was appropriate then. People understood that what the National Guard was looking for in that era were bombs. So the bag checks made sense. It wasn’t so much the level of crime in the subways. What they were fearful of was terrorists, so the use of the National Guard for that purpose was appropriate at that time.

    What is the problem in terms of crime in the subway? It is the actions of the mentally ill, who have been involved in assaults and shoving people onto the tracks. It is the actions of a relatively small number of repeat criminals. And what are the bag checks actually going to accomplish? If you are carrying a gun, if you’re carrying a knife, you walk downstairs and see a bag check, you’re going to walk back up the stairs and down the block and go in another entrance and go right on through. So the deterrence is really not there.

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    Berman: Did those bag checks back then after 9/11 ever find anything significant, or was it mostly for making people feel like someone was watching?

    Bratton: I’m not aware that anything was ever detected. Might something have been deterred? Possibly somebody who was coming into the subway with a device and decides, Well, I’m not going to do it after all. But I can’t say with any certainty or knowledge.

    Berman: Governor Hochul is also proposing a bill that would allow judges to ban anyone from the public-transit system who has been convicted of assault within the system. What do you make of that?

    Bratton: It would be difficult to enforce. They’d be banned from the system, but if they’re on the system behaving themselves, who’s going to know?

    Berman: Earlier you mentioned that law enforcement should be punishing fare evasion more than they do. When people hear that, they might think of the “broken windows” theory of policing. These people aren’t necessarily violent; they’re just jumping the gate. Is your argument that you’re trying to address higher-level crime by prosecuting lower-level crime?

    Bratton: “Broken windows” is correcting the behavior when it’s at a minor stage before it becomes more serious. Somebody who’s not paying their fare might be coming into the subway system with some type of weapon. Oftentimes they’re coming into the system to commit a crime—or, if they encounter a situation in the subway, out comes a box cutter, out comes the knife, out comes the gun. The situation escalates.

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  • Hochul deploys National Guard troops to New York City subway amid rising crime numbers

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    NEW YORK — Following a series of violent incidents in the New York City subway system, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a new five-point safety plan that includes bringing in hundreds of National Guard troops and adding new security cameras. 

    Hochul announced that a combined 1,000 personnel — including 750 National Guard troops, along with MTA Police — would be deployed in the subway system to help the NYPD conduct bag checks in an effort to keep weapons off trains.  

    “Let me just be very, very clear. These brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” Hochul said.  

    This came in addition to Mayor Eric Adams‘ announcement Tuesday to add more police officers and re-institute bag checks. 

    “I know how it plays on your psyche when you hear about some random acts of violence and that’s why we must be proactive,” Adams told CBS New York in an interview earlier Wednesday ahead of Hochul’s announcement.  

    The governor and mayor both argued the new safety plan will protect both passengers and transit workers. However, within an hour of the its announcement, another subway conductor was attacked. The conductor was struck on the head with a bottle at the East 170th/Jerome Avenue station, the NYPD said.

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    In Wednesday’s interview with CBS New York, both the mayor, who was noticeably absent during the governor’s announcement, and NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper, defended the bag checks as an important safety tool.

    “Including with what they’re doing checking bags to make sure explosive or illegal weapons are not entering our subway system, it’s also creating another sense of presence,” Kemper said.

    City Hall sources told CBS New York that each week the NYPD will deploy 94 bag-screening teams at 136 stations, about one-third of the 472 stations in the system.

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    In addition to the bag checks, Hochul’s plan incudes:

    • Amending state law to ban repeat offenders
    • Installing cameras in each conductor’s cabin
    • $20 million for mental health outreach
    • A plan to improve coordination between police officers and district attorneys to go after repeat offenders, the suspects who seem to make all the headlines that scare people

    “There’s a psychological impact. People worry they could be next,” Hochul said.

    Transit riders have mixed feeling about whether bag checks will improve safety.

    “How many people do you know that actually carry a knife or gun in their bag when it is they are ready to stick you up, ‘Oh, hold up, I’m going to go into my bag.’ It doesn’t make sense,” one person said.

    “New York City’s subways are crazy. You don’t know what to anticipate anymore. I would rather the bag checks than end up dead,” another said.

    “I know these are difficult times in many ways and I’ve been through bag checks before. They do them at theaters. I can do it if I have to do it,” another added.

    Richard Davis, the head of the Transport Workers Union, said the measures don’t go far enough, and that the 1,000 National Guardsmen and MTA Police cannot be temporary. CBS New York asked Hochul how long the surge would last, but she refused to say how long and how long the state would fund the program.

    She tartly pointed out that New York City has an unanticipated $3 billion surplus.

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  • 3 suspects sought after 45-year-old man killed in dispute on subway train in Bronx

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    TREMONT, Bronx (WABC) — Police have released surveillance images of three suspects after a man was killed following a fight on a subway train in the Bronx early Friday morning.

    The 45-year-old was fatally injured on a southbound D train at the 182-183 Street station just before 5:30 a.m.

    He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

    Investigators said it appears the victim said something to a person who sat down too close to him.

    The two started arguing and the 45-year-old was surrounded by two additional passengers who were riding with the initial suspect.

    The victim was fatally injured when the train reached the station.

    “The whole incident was recorded on a camera that was on the subway car,” MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said.

    Police say it appeared he had been either shot or stabbed and that the medical examiner will make the final determination about what kind of weapon was used.

    The three suspects seen in the surveillance images left the train at the 182-183 Streets station, leaving the victim to die of his wounds.

    The motive remains “unknown. We do know that the victim wasn’t the primary aggressor in this case,” NYPD Assistant Chief Jerry O’Sullivan said.

    Along with the entire incident captured on surveillance camera, “there were other riders on that car and there were other riders on the cars adjoining,” NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper said. “We do have eyewitnesses and ear witnesses.”

    The station remained closed into the morning while authorities conducted their investigation.

    Neighbors said they were shaken by the deadly incident.

    “I know to avoid this station because it’s typically a dangerous station, so I typically take the station ahead or behind and travel from there, it’s terrible… the train is not safe,” the neighbor named Cameron said.

    No weapon was recovered and no arrests have been made.

    The man’s death comes on the heels of the transit system seeing an uptick with overall crime up by 22.6%

    Just a week and a half ago, a man was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at the Mt. Eden station during rush hour.

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  • What’s open, closed on Presidents Day

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    Monday, Feb. 19, is Presidents Day, a state and federal holiday.

    Retail stores: Open, but hours may differ.

    Liquor stores: Open

    Supermarkets: Open

    Convenience stores: Open

    Taverns and bars: Open

    Banks: Closed

    Stock market: Closed

    Municipal, state, federal offices: Closed

    Schools: Closed

    Libraries: Closed

    Mail: Post offices closed; express delivery only.

    Trash collection: None; collection will be one day later in Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea.

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  • 1 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Bronx subway station

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    Police sources: Man shot to death on Bronx subway platform appears to be innocent bystander


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    NEW YORK — One person was killed and five others were injured in shooting on a subway platform in the Bronx on Monday afternoon

    It happened just after 4:30 p.m. on the 4 train platform at the Mount Eden subway station on Jerome Avenue.

    The search is on for at least one suspect, CBS New York’s Naveen Dhaliwal reported. So far, no arrests have been made.

    Police sources said one of the victims, a 34-year-old man who was believed to be an innocent bystander, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

    In addition, a 28-year-old man was shot in the right arm, a 29-year-old woman was shot in the face and neck, a 15-year-old male was shot in the thigh and ear, a 14-year-old female suffered a gunshot wound to foot, and a 71-year-old male was also wounded. All of the injured were listed in stable condition at various hospitals.

    “Our hearts go out to the victims, for the five people who are injured and also the person whose life was lost,” MTA CEO Janno Lieber said.


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    Police sources said the incident is believed to have started as a fight aboard the northbound 4 train which then spilled out onto the platform, adding some of the victims were innocent bystanders who were standing on the platform when the shots were fired.

    “As train pulled into the Mount Eden station, the doors opened up and at least one of the individuals in that group or in the two groups took out a gun and fired shots, and more shots were fired while on the platform and that’s when and where our victims were shot,” NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper said.

    Police said they are reviewing surveillance video from cameras on the platform. 


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    Witnesses said there were about a dozen people on the platform when the shots rang out, including children.

    “I heard gunshots, running, shooting, like, maybe, six times, five, six times. I heard two child screaming. And then, when I saw the train coming, that’s when I ran downstairs, because there was too many noise,” the witness said.

    “It sounded like firecrackers, like boom, boom, boom, like real loud,” witness Efrain Feliciano said.

    “A lot of people going down … running,” Yanesa Ortega said.

    Ortega said she saw EMS crews scrambling to help those injured.

    “We see that one woman was hit here, a lot of blood. They were doing the CPR,” she said. “They was giving the CPR to one boy.”

    The mayor’s office does not believe the shooting was a random attack. 

    Video from the scene showed numerous police and emergency personnel at the station.

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    The NYPD issued a message tor subway riders and offered stern words for the shooter.

    “New Yorkers, for which we have 4 million ride a day, you are safe. You will continue to be safe. This was an isolated even. Those responsible, we will find you and we will make sure you are prosecuted,” First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella said.

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  • 1 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Bronx subway station; Watch live coverage

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    NEW YORK – One person has died after six people were shot on a subway platform in the Bronx.

    It happened at around 4:37 p.m. Monday at the Mount Eden subway station at Jerome Avenue. 

    Police say four men and two women were shot on the 4 train platform. According to the fire department, four of the five people have serious injuries and one minor. All are expected to survive. 

    The injured were rushed to area hospitals. 

    The search is on for the shooter. So far, no arrests have been made. 

    Police are expected to share more details about the incident in a news conference at the scene shortly. We’ll bring that to you live on CBS News New York. 

    Video from the scene showed numerous police and emergency personnel at the station.

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    Trains were still running but were bypassing the station in both directions. Northbound trains are using the express track from 149th Street-Grand Concourse to Burnside Avenue. 

    Authorities urged people to avoid the area, saying they should expect mass transit disruptions, delays and road closures as the investigation continues. 

    Check back soon for more on this developing story. 

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  • 1 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Bronx subway station

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    Police looking for 2 people after deadly shooting at Bronx subway station


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    NEW YORK – One person is dead and five injured after a shooting on a subway platform in the Bronx.

    It happened at around 4:38 p.m. Monday at the Mount Eden subway station at Jerome Avenue. 

    Police say four men and two women were shot on the 4 train platform. One of the males died at the hospital. 

    According to the Fire Department, four of the five injured have serious injuries and one has minor injuries. 

    According to police sources, the incident is believed to have started as a fight aboard the northbound 4 train which then spilled out onto the platform. Sources say some of the victims are innocent bystanders who were standing on the platform when the shots were fired. 

    A witness said there were about a dozen people on the platform when the shots rang out, including children.   

    “I heard gunshots, running, shooting, like, maybe, six times, five, six times. I heard two child screaming. And then, when I saw the train coming, that’s when I ran downstairs, because there was too many noise,” the witness said. 

    The mayor’s office does not believe the shooting is a random attack. 

    The search is on for for two people, CBS New York’s Naveen Dhaliwal reported. So far, no arrests have been made. 

    Police are expected to share more details about the incident in a news conference at the scene shortly. We’ll bring that to you live on CBS News New York. 

    Video from the scene showed numerous police and emergency personnel at the station.

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    Trains were still running but were bypassing the station in both directions. Northbound trains are using the express track from 149th Street-Grand Concourse to Burnside Avenue. 

    Authorities urged people to avoid the area, saying they should expect mass transit disruptions, delays and road closures as the investigation continues. 

    Check back soon for more on this developing story. 

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