An elderly man was shoved into a moving train on New Year’s Day as he was waiting to board at the Bronx station.
The 72-year-old victim was transported to the hospital after suffering head injuries.
The suspect, 29-year-old Anton Aleshin, was charged with attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment.
PIX 11 reported:
A 72-year-old man was shoved into a moving train during an unprovoked attack in a Bronx subway station on New Year’s Day, authorities said.
The victim was pushed while he was waiting on the platform for the southbound No. 4 train at the 161st Street – Yankee Stadium subway station in Grand Concourse at around 3:30 a.m., according to the NYPD.
The straphanger was shoved into the No. 4 train as it was entering the station before bouncing off the train and landing back on the platform, police said.
The victim was taken to the hospital with head injuries. He is in stable condition.
Last December, a 72-year-old man was shoved onto the subway tracks in New York City and needed spinal surgery.
An illegal alien set a sleeping woman on fire as she rode the subway last December.
The latest violent attack comes just weeks after New York’s Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul declared victory and claimed subway crime is at its lowest levels in 16 years.
“Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York City Subway is on track for its safest year in a generation. With two weeks left in 2025, subway crime is at the lowest level in 16 years: overall major crime in the transit system is down 5.2 percent from 2024 and 14.4 percent from 2019,” the governor said.
Meanwhile, New York City elected Communist Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor.
Mamdani was sworn into office on Thursday after he vowed to empty the prisons.
