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Elderly riders disproportionately targeted in rising NYC subway attacks

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New York City subway system is experiencing a rise in felony assaults, with elderly riders disproportionately affected. The New York Police Department's transit chief, Joseph Gulotta, stated that assaults on the elderly, police officers, and MTA workers account for nearly half of all felony assaults in the transit system. While overall assaults have increased, random and unprovoked attacks have seen a decrease. AI

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Elderly riders disproportionately targeted in rising NYC subway attacks

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Tribune News Service ·

    Elderly riders bear brunt of rising New York City subway attacks

    Attacks on elderly straphangers are fuelling a spike in felony assaults within the New York City subway system, New York Police Department’s transit chief Joseph Gulotta said on Friday. As the NYPD contends with a 9 per cent jump in felony assaults in the city transit system this…

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