In addition to high-profile cases of violence so harrowing that some New Yorkers have been scared off from the using the subway system, minor stabbings and assaults are frequent.
. The meeting took place just hours after a violent attack on Monday morning and days after an attack on Saturday night.
"We know have some work to do but certainly I think we made some progress in November," New York City Transit President Richard Davey told FOX 5 NY. In addition to high-profile cases this fall, so harrowing that some New Yorkers have been scared off from the using the system, minor stabbings and assaults are frequent.
And around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, a man punched and threatened to stab a 24-year-old woman at the Broadway and Canal Street station in Chinatown. Police called the attacked "unhinged.""As long as we have these laws right now where criminals can just get out when they rob someone, you can put all the police you want out there it's still not going to change anything," D'Souza said. "Our subways are in a state of emergency.
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