New York straphangers shaken by Tuesday morning’s mass shooting at a Brooklyn subway station said they feared riding the train again as crime in the transit system continues to soar despite Mayor Eric Adams’ vow to restore law and order.
Taina Arroyo, 39, was on her way to go see her son play at a baseball game at Union Square station in Manhattan on Tuesday evening when she told DailyMail.com that she is more ‘scared’ and ‘terrified’ than ever to commute to work from her home near the Brooklyn Bridge.
‘I have pepper-spray on me at all times now,’ Arroyo said. ‘I also have a self-defense kit.’
Arroyo was not the only evening commuter looking over their shoulder after a gunman opened fire at the 36th Street station, wounding 10 and leaving 13 others injured from the havoc that ensued.
Ollie Forest, 22, was in the middle of his commute to the Bronx from Manhattan when he told DailyMail.com that he wants to see a beefed-up police presence in subway stations after Tuesday’s incident.
‘You definitely want to see more cops on the subway, first and foremost. You never see anything like that anywhere else,’ Forest said.
The attack in the Big Apple’s underground transit system is just the latest in a wave of crime that has plagued the city and hobbled its economic comeback after two years of pandemic restrictions.
Transit crime has spiked 46 percent – with 224 more incidents – since last year as the city reopened.
ALL Democrat’s Fault !!!! Get Rid of them ALL !!!!!! Start Packing !!!
more kops aint the answer. time to cull the herd. starting with the da’s and judges and politicians that enable this evil to persist and grow!
NYC’s subway is already full of cops and it did nothing to prevent the shooting. NYPD didn’t even catch the guy, he turned himself in.