{"id":1046096,"date":"2026-09-06T02:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046096\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T02:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T02:34:20","slug":"elderly-riders-bear-brunt-of-rising-new-york-city-subway-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046096\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly riders bear brunt of rising New York City subway attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Attacks on elderly straphangers are fuelling a spike in felony assaults within the New York City subway system, New York Police Department\u2019s transit chief Joseph Gulotta said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As the NYPD contends with a 9 per cent jump in felony assaults in the city transit system this year, the department\u2019s transit chief said roughly half of all attacks on the rails are targeting a few select groups.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWhat is driving them is assaults on police officers, assaults on MTA workers and assaults on the elderly,\u201d Gulotta said at a news briefing at the NYPD\u2019s Manhattan headquarters. \u201cWhen you put those three together, that\u2019s almost 50 per cent of felony assaults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019re really geared up on. It\u2019s something we take very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Police have investigated 435 assaults in transit this year through the end of August, compared with the 397 reported by that time last year. Elderly people were the victims in 17 per cent of the attacks, officials said. Police made up another 21 per cent of the victims.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">While assaults in the subways are up, random attacks are down by 8 per cent, from 69 last year to 63 this year, police said. Unprovoked felony assaults decreased by 4 per cent, from 71 last year to 68. Those arrested for assaults are mostly repeat offenders, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman fans herself at a subway station in New York City last month. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/33fefd7b-26c5-4366-86ee-40b89ea67b7e_ed2458dc.jpg\" title=\"A woman fans herself at a subway station in New York City last month. Photo: Reuters\"\/>A woman fans herself at a subway station in New York City last month. 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