News

The annual Armory Show has kicked off here in New York City, showcasing art from around the world, though perhaps still most widely known for its ... all from his series New York City Subway 1980.
Anti-police pols have transformed NYC subways to deadly 1980s-like bloodbaths By . Chaim Deutsch. Published Feb. 17, 2021, 5:55 p.m. ET.
When most people think of the subway in the 1980s, they think of scary things. A few years ago The New York Times likened the state of the city to “a house of horrors.”But as a newly published ...
The recent surge in violent crimes in New York City, marked by Tuesday morning’s subway shooting, may be a sign of a return to the crime-ridden 1980s, writes Paul Callan. He points it’s time ...
New York City subway riders entering the station as the long-awaited 60 cent fare took effect at the stroke of midnight in New York on June 27, 1980.
New York has suffered 40 subway homicides since 2020, a five-fold increase compared to the post-millennial norm. New York went through a similarly abrupt change in public safety underground before ...
The 1980s began with 30 subway felonies in eight hours. Continued budget woes hindered Mayor Ed Koch’s crime-fighting efforts. New York had only 2,253 transit officers.
In 1997, NYPD crime data shows there were 4,010 total major transit felonies. In 2022 so far, there are 1,507. “Our subway system is absolutely safer than it was in the early 1980s and 1990s ...
If New York can’t stop horrific crimes from occurring on the subway, it’s no surprise the Guardian Angels are returning to trains, writes Armstrong Williams.