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A New York City subway rider waiting for a train Monday was shoved onto the tracks in the latest unprovoked attack on a straphanger as crime on the public transit system continues to soar.
The harrowing incident took place in Lower Manhattan about 5:30 am inside the Chambers Street station, where a 45-year-old man was pushed off the No. 1 train platform and onto the subway tracks by a deranged stranger.
The stunned victim was able to pull himself back up onto the subway platform before any trains approached.
Authorities said he was treated at the scene for minor injuries, including a small cut.
Transit crimes have skyrocketed as ridership struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels.
There were 350 complaints involving transit crimes – which include felony assault, sex crimes, robbery and harassment – in September, a jump of more than 72 percent from the 254 complaints filed in September 2020.
For this year’s week of October 25 to October 31, there were 42 transit crimes committed, a 20 percent spike when compared to the same time last year.
Monday’s victim told police his assailant never said a word as he approached before shoving him onto the train tracks.
On October 23, a man had his leg broken after an assailant attempted to rob him at Bushwick at about 4:15 am on the platform of the L line.
Police said the suspect approached the 52-year-old man and demanded his belongings, and when the victim resisted, the robber shoved the victim off the platform and onto the roadbed, where he sustained severe injuries to his leg.
That suspect fled the scene before cops could arrive.
In August, a woman nearly shoved a man onto the subway tracks in a similarly unprovoked attack at the Times Square station as the 22-year-old victim was standing on the N/Q/R platform when a stranger came up from behind and pushed him, according to ABC 7.