At least two high-profile subway crimes rocked the outer boroughs just days after Gov. Kathy Hochul added hundreds more National Guard members to the train system — leaving New Yorkers skeptical of their safety both above and below ground.
Quick-thinking police, along with help from the media and members of the public, arrested a suspect for the depraved killing of a woman who was set on fire as she was on board a Brooklyn F train, burning her to death on Sunday morning. The suspect was charged Monday with first-degree murder.