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Sunday's unprovoked shooting marks the latest incident in a series of deadly attacks across the city's public transit system.

Adams, a former New York police officer, ran his campaign with a vow to reduce subway crime and increase overall safety in America's most populous city.

Tuesday's shooting reignited the debate over defunding the police, as proponents argued that increased NYPD presence was not enough to prevent the incident.

On Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was asked about subway platform barriers, to which he said, "I love the idea."

Police said the victim hit her face into the side of the train but did not fall onto the tracks, sustaining "serious physical injuries to her face and legs."

MTA spokesperson Tim Minton told Newsweek that the incident was "an attack on all of New York City that took place in the transit system."

Since December 2020, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed 2,000 cameras at over 200 stations across New York City.

Though initially thought to be a power failure, reports released Friday indicated that someone may have pressed an emergency stop button within the MTA.

Subways and apartments throughout the city's five boroughs were flooded by the massive storm that hit Wednesday night into early Thursday.

In a newly viral video, a woman without a mask was caught creating a nuisance on Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The 32-second long clip eventually shows passengers taking matters into their own hands to handle the irate woman.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has previously pushed back against the idea, saying the city would lose $10 billion in state funding.

The derailment occurred after a train collided with debris on the trackbed as it pulled into the station, causing a wheel to slip free.

They were confronted by fellow ferry passengers and NYPD officers Saturday night after refusing the captain's orders to either wear a mask or find another way home.

MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye wrote a letter calling on Tim Cook to update the company's facial recognition software so users can unlock their phones with their masks on.

For months ridership on the MTA system reached record lows, but now as New York City continues to open up, more people might be considering heading underground for their commute.

The incident come after the World Health Organization said "harmful stereotypes" around COVID-19 could make it harder to contain the virus which has killed over 3,000 people across the globe.

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into employee timekeeping in the nation's largest transit system.

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by No 2 train at Chelsea station.

The suspect cut one woman's face and another's arm on a Bronx bus.

Winter Storm Avery brought hellish conditions to commuters Thursday after record November snowfall blanketed roads and highways.

Attendees headed to the Javits Center for New York Comic Con 2018 will need to find another way on Saturday and Sunday.

They were transported to an animal rescue sanctuary in upstate New York.

The altercation was triggered when the Muslim woman set off an alarm on the bus, according to the Reddit user who posted the video.

"He was cursing at her, calling her a 'retard' for no reason," said the victim's mother.

The NYPD said it was aware of the video and was investigating the incident.

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Chapters range from San Francisco to Boston, Israel to Japan, but the civilian crime-fighting group began as the brainchild of a McDonald's manager fed up with the mayhem in 1970s New York.

Commute times are increasingly longer and increasingly less healthy.

"We need ideas outside the box because, frankly, the box is broken," he said.

Things are only getting worse for New York commuters.