MTA worker, 66, randomly punched in the face on subway platform: police

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-18 18:55:26 | Updated at 2025-01-22 11:03:27 3 days ago
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A 66-year-old MTA worker was randomly punched in the face while she was standing on a Manhattan subway platform Friday afternoon, cops said.

The attacker pummeled the on-duty worker without warning inside the West 148th Street and Lenox Avenue Subway Station just after 1 p.m., according to police. 

The victim told cops she was standing on the platform when the man approached and clocked her.

Police released a photo of the suspect leaving the subway station. Police released a photo of the suspect leaving the West 148th Street and Lenox Avenue Subway Station just after 1 p.m. on Jan. 17.

She was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Harlem for treatment.

Police released a photo of the suspect that shows a hulking man wearing a hooded jacket fleeing through a turnstile.

On Monday, the city plans to start installing two cops on every subway car overnight.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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