New York Crimes Surge Despite Mayor Eric Adams' Safety Plans; NYC Begins Moving Homeless From Subway

At least six people were stabbed in the subway system of New York City over the weekend with the initial attacks taking place only hours after Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presented a new plan to curb crime on public transportation.

Within a little over 24 hours after Adams and Hochul announced a 17-page "Subway Safety Plan," which would deploy extra police and mental health teams across the subway system beginning Monday, five individuals were stabbed in the subway system.

New York Subway Safety Plan Implemented After Violent Weekend

According to the New York Police Department, a sixth individual was stabbed on the 6 lines near Canal Street on Sunday evening. A male victim was allegedly slashed in the forearm at 5 pm in the first incident, which was reported Friday evening, according to the NYPD. According to authorities, he was transferred to a hospital and was in stable condition.

According to police, at least four incidents occurred on Saturday, with one person suspected of hitting a 20-year-old lady in the back shortly before 3 pm. Following a verbal altercation, the male is accused of pulling out a knife and stabbing the woman three times in the abdomen.

The woman was sent to a local hospital. Her status was not immediately apparent as of early Monday morning. In another instance, a 24-year-old male was allegedly stabbed in the leg with a boxcutter at 8:30 pm on a Saturday night after two youngsters approached him and attempted to rob him. According to authorities, the suspects left the scene.

Around 9 pm, a separate stabbing was reported. The incident was said to occur when the suspect and another individual started smoking an unknown drug. The suspect reportedly displayed a knife before stabbing the victim in the arm when the victim begged them to move. According to the NYPD, the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital with a puncture wound but was in a stable condition.

According to NBC New York, the weekend attacks occurred as New York City continues to see an increase in crime in public transportation, with serious crimes up 65 percent this year.

Following the murder of Michelle Go, a 40-year-old woman who was thrown in front of a New York subway car last month, there was outrage about public transportation safety, NBC News reported.

Mayor Eric Adams' Safety Plan Includes Moving Homeless From Subway

A guy holding a baton threatened a six-year-old kid on the train Tuesday after the toddler accidentally kicked him, one day after Mayor Eric Adams' plan to battle crime and homelessness on the subways was implemented.

After hundreds of random attacks on New Yorkers and concerns of mentally ill homeless individuals threatening passengers and leaving narcotics paraphernalia everywhere, Adams presented his proposal to increase safety on board the city's subways on Friday.

The plan includes deploying extra cops into the subways to crack down on people sleeping, trash, smoking, taking drugs, or loitering. It also contains reforms aimed at connecting more homeless individuals to mental health treatment and permanent homes, as many of them suffer from mental illness, drug misuse, or both.

However, three significant attacks on the subway system occurred within hours of the plan's implementation: the attack on the youngster, a guy who was attacked with a hatchet, and a lady who was struck in the face with a metal bar. On Tuesday, metro commuters were able to intercede and defend the little boy from the would-be assailant, who was eventually apprehended.

Evelina Rivera, a 30-year-old cook, had been attacked by a homeless guy holding a metal rod on her way home from work the day before. Meanwhile, images obtained by DailyMail.com show vagrants sleeping on New York City subways and platforms on Tuesday morning, splayed out on subway seats in each of the five boroughs as they sought to stay warm in the February temperatures by covering themselves with blankets and coats. As the train reached its final station and personnel started cleaning the carriages, several seemed to be comatose, not even moving, as per Daily News.