A woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station Saturday, police said, a little more than a week after the mayor and governor announced plans to boost subway policing and outreach to homeless people in New York City's streets and trains. A second woman told police the man had approached her minutes earlier and she feared he would push her onto the tracks. “We want to continue to highlight how imperative it is that people receive the right mental health services, particularly on our subway system,” the mayor said Saturday. “To lose a New Yorker in this fashion will only continue to elevate the fears of individuals not using our subway system.”“Our recovery is dependent on the public safety in this city and in the subway system,” Adams said. The agency that runs the subway system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority sped up work to install security cameras in all 472 subway stations citywide, finishing that project in September.

Source: The Times January 16, 2022 01:41 UTC