New York City
CRIME & SAFETY
NYC subway performers say they’re under constant threat from violent mentally ill attackers as crime surges
Subway musicians say they have something to “fret” about. Buskers said Wednesday they are sometimes frightened to perform because there’s so much violent crime underground — even as they vied for plum performance spots at MTA-held auditions. “If you’re doing anything like this, you have to look over your shoulder all the time,” said Joshua Oxyer, 26, who had just crooned a Justin Timberlake song. “We’re targets all the time.” Alan Zavodsky, who plays drums for the New Orleans-inspired dance band New Thousand, said he’s had to dodge unhinged people. “There are so many things happening from certain people who aren’t mentally well who...
NYPD to fight rising retail theft with surveillance video monitoring
NEW YORK -- There has been an increase in retail thefts across New York City so far this year. Already, the NYPD has reported a 5% bump compared to this time in 2023.As a result, Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced the expansion of a pilot program to help fight that kind of crime, saying it involves tapping into businesses' security cameras.According to the latest police stats, more than 21,000 retail theft incidents have been reported in 2024. The NYPD and Adams explained how the new technology works."We refuse to surrender to any form of criminality. We are not going...
Video shows man brutally kicking and beating Orthodox Jewish kids playing on NYC sidewalk
A Citi Bike-riding brute viciously beat two Orthodox Jewish boys, ages 11 and 13, playing on a Brooklyn sidewalk Sunday night in a disturbing, caught-on-video ordeal, cops and sources said. Now the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating whether the attack — which saw the man kicking and stomping on one of the youngsters — was an antisemitic assault, law enforcement sources told The Post. Several kids were playing in front of a condo building on Franklin Avenue near Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 9 p.m. Sunday when a stranger stopped his bike mid-block, between two parked cars, and stormed...
Perv in pajama pants exposes self, swings hammer at woman on Midtown subway train
A hammer-swinging skateboarder in pajama pants exposed himself to a woman and performed a lewd act on a subway train in Midtown Manhattan this week, police said Wednesday as they searched for him.
Unhinged attacker lunges at NYC actor just for looking at him — less than a mile from assault on Steve Buscemi
An irate bully attacked an acting student just for looking at him on a Manhattan sidewalk Monday – just days after Steve Buscemi was randomly attacked less than a mile away. The attacker rushed the 25-year-old male victim on Seventh Avenue near West 25th Street in Chelsea at around 10:50 a.m. Monday and whacked him in the head with a bag stuffed full of items – leaving the budding actor covered in blood “everywhere,” he told The Post. “I just got off the train,” the victim said, adding he was on his way to acting class at the time. “I see this...
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