How messy is the New York subway? The mayor was heartbroken in his car

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- An Asian woman in New York City was deliberately pushed off the platform of a subway station last weekend and died. New York Mayor Eric Adams admitted on the 18th that he also felt that the New York subway system was unsafe.

The 40-year-old Asian woman was suddenly pushed off the platform by a homeless man at the Times Square subway station in downtown New York on the 15th, and the woman was immediately killed by an oncoming train. Hours after the incident, Adams said the New York subway system was safe.

Passengers prepare to board a subway station in New York, USA, on January 9. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Guo Ke)

Adams changed his tune to the media on the 18th that when he took the subway on January 1, he "felt unsafe", "there were homeless people everywhere, people shouting in the carriage", and even some people fought, so he called the police.

"It's a mess [in the subway]," Adams said, "and we're fighting crime and we're going to have to deal with people's insecurity." ”

Many people consider new York's subways unsafe, and crimes, including hate crimes, occur from time to time.

Arnold Lieber, CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Bureau, the operator of the New York subway, argued on the 18th that Adams believes that the subway is not safe is just a "personal feeling", and the data shows that the probability of illegal infringement in the subway is "low".

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the number of discriminatory acts and hate crimes against the Asian community in the United States has continued to rise.

The Asian woman killed on the 15th did not know the suspect. The suspect fled the scene after committing the crime and then turned himself in to the police. Police said the suspect had a criminal record and had repeated "psychological disorders." (Zheng Haoning)