Meanwhile in the major city 40 miles to our north, (and this news article was written on March 4, 2024).
And there now seems to be a highly publicized crime on their subway or train system reported every 2 or 3 days. It has become very unsafe since a few months ago, and in my opinion it's returning to amounts of crime it hasn't seen since the 1980s.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/us-news/64-year-old-man-kicked-onto-roadbed-at-penn-station-in-first-of-2-subway-assaults-sunday/

A 64-year-old straphanger was kicked onto a roadbed at Penn Station in the first of two subway assaults that took place on the Big Appleā€™s beleaguered transit system Sunday, according to police.

nypost.com