NYPD launches an essay contest for teens to address subway surfing, with prizes and a day shadowing police officials.

They move through New York and other big cities like shadows. Often at loose ends, they blend in on crowded city sidewalks and perhaps catch a few winks on a friend's sofa or a park bench.

A human-trafficking researcher asked the city’s displaced teens and young adults about their days and nights—and what would help them find safety and stability New York University They move ...

Authorities are looking for a person who attacked a 7-year-old boy in front of his mother inside a Queens subway station last month, then threatened both of them a knife before running off.

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- A mother is speaking out after her 7-year-old son was assaulted by a woman at a Queens subway station last month. The incident happened back on Feb. 23 inside ...

The Adams administration’s latest plan to build out of the dire housing crisis is targeting the third-busiest train station in New York City. If the proposed changes are approved, they could ...

The Trump administration is threatening to cut billions of dollars in federal funding to the MTA over subway crime, but MTA officials, the governor and the mayor say they're not worried because ...

The head of an NYPD transit district in Queens was stripped of his command amid allegations that he had police reports falsified to downplay subway crimes on his watch, sources tell The Post.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold federal transit funds from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in a Tuesday letter urging city leaders to reassess their ...

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