It has been over a year since buskers, and their music, returned underground, and their slightly fuller tip jars and instrument cases suggest things may be looking up. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Brooklyn, NY, Subway Shooting (April 12, 2022)”
In New York, Subway Crime Is an Issue Even as Risk Is Low
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2022
From M.T.A. workers to buskers to shopkeepers, the people whose livelihood depends on the system offered a complex portrait of the subway as ridership approaches prepandemic normalcy. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Subway System to Install Security Cameras in Train Cars
By Gotham Rex on September 20, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the installations, which grew from a pilot project after a mass shooting in Brooklyn, would allay riders’ anxieties. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Subway Shooting Victim Sues Gun Maker Glock
By Gotham Rex on May 31, 2022
Ilene Steur, who was shot in the Sunset Park attack in April, argued that Glock markets its firearms by emphasizing qualities that make them attractive to criminals. Source: New York Times
Q Train Killing Threatens Subway’s Fragile Recovery From Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on May 25, 2022
The subway is at a critical moment as transit officials struggle to bring back riders, to shore up the system’s finances and to address fears over safety. Source: New York Times
4 Who Helped Catch Subway Attack Suspect Now Need Help Themselves
By Gotham Rex on May 14, 2022
They aided investigators after the worst subway attack in decades. Will that be enough to persuade immigration authorities to give them visas or asylum? Source: New York Times
Anxiety and Anger Grows Among Children Affected by Shootings
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
“I find it really hard to admit that I’m in pain,” said a 14-year-old whose school friend was fatally shot. Source: New York Times
New York Children Confront a Wave of Grief Amid Rise in Shootings
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2022
At least 40 children and teenagers have been shot this year, taking a toll on young people whose lives have already been disrupted by the pandemic. Source: New York Times
New York Honors 4 Who Spotted Brooklyn Shooting Suspect
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
The mayor and police commissioner honored the tipsters who alerted the police after seeing Frank R. James, who was then arrested in the Brooklyn subway shooting. Source: New York Times
How a Manhunt Unfolded: An Alert, a Tweet, a Call From the Suspect
By Gotham Rex on April 18, 2022
Frank James was on the loose for 31 hours after the subway attack. Source: New York Times
Inside the N.Y.P.D. Manhunt for the Brooklyn Subway Shooter
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2022
Witnesses, video, police accounts and court records depict a troubled man’s carefully planned attack, and the lucky breaks he seized to melt back into the city. Source: New York Times
Subway Attack Proves City’s Resilience Again: ‘We Don’t Have a Choice’
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2022
The fabled toughness of New York’s residents has helped them power through trauma and tragedy. The shooting this week is another test. Source: New York Times
Before Subway Attack Charges, Frank James Had Decades of Petty Offenses
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2022
As he drifted from New York to Milwaukee, Frank R. James has faced criminal charges over the years — but nothing on the scale of the mass-shooting the police said he committed this week. Source: New York Times
For M.T.A. Workers, a Normal Tuesday Until Bullets Began to Fly
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2022
“Thanks to you, no passengers were left behind and no lives were lost,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a ceremony honoring the workers’ calm response to the chaos during the subway shooting. Source: New York Times
Subway Shooting Victim Recounts a Routine Commute Before the Chaos
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2022
Houari Benkada was fasting for Ramadan and had woken up for a pre-dawn meal with his mother before setting off for work at the New Yorker Hotel. He is recovering from a gunshot wound. Source: New York Times