It’s time to get real help for the seriously mentally ill
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It’s time to get real help for the seriously mentally ill

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres got it 100% right this month when he slammed progressives for their “perversion of compassion” in allowing vagrants to haunt our transit hubs and streets. Particularly those who are mentally ill and in need of help. They make life…

NY Gov. Hochul desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election
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NY Gov. Hochul desperate and running scared ahead of 2026 election

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Well over a year out from her next election, Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking desperate — and hapless. The latest sign: She’s sent in another 250 National Guard to “help keep the subway safe” for Christmas shopping season and maybe beyond. Yet the…

Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’
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Mother of teen who died subway surfing begs others not to do it — ‘Think of the pain you will cause your family’

ByNews Polite

The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who died after tumbling off the top of a subway car last weekend said she’s so distraught she doesn’t want to live — and begged other kids not to participate in the dangerous social media stunt. “Stop [subway] surfing — it’s not a…

Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing
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Transit workers’ union calls for MTA to ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines, following brutal train operator stabbing

ByNews Polite

The city’s largest transit workers’ union is demanding that the MTA ramp up safety measures at the end of subway lines in the wake of the brutal stabbing of train operator Myran Pollack in Brooklyn last week.  Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 – which represents more than…

15-year-old killed in NYC subway surfing mishap as rider’s head strikes beam: sources
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15-year-old killed in NYC subway surfing mishap as rider’s head strikes beam: sources

ByNews Polite

A 15-year-old was killed in a subway surfing mishap when the child was struck by a low beam while the train pulled into a Brooklyn station Monday morning, according to law enforcement sources. The teen was riding on top of a G train as it came into Smith-Ninth Street Station…

74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops
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74-year-old woman slugged in face in unprovoked attack on NYC subway: cops

ByNews Polite

A 74-year-old woman was punched in the face by a violent brute on a Queens subway train in an unprovoked attack Wednesday afternoon, police said. The elderly straphanger was assaulted on a southbound A train as it approached the 104th and Liberty Avenue station in Ozone Park around 4:20 p.m.,…

Hochul brushes off lawsuits to restart congestion toll
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Hochul brushes off lawsuits to restart congestion toll

ByNews Polite

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday told pro-congestion pricing groups challenging her indefinite pause of the first-in-the-nation tolling program to “get in line.” Hochul, through a spokesperson, dismissed the two new lawsuits filed Thursday in an attempt to re-start the plan that would charge drivers $15 to enter Manhattan south of…