Subway crime is down overall, but not assaults — leaving the vulnerable in New York City dependent on, and grateful for, vigilantes and Good Samaritans alike.
A recent video showing a man attempting to grab a 20-year-old woman off a Brooklyn subway platform — and her narrowly escaping thanks only to the intervention of bystanders — has renewed fears among local women.
A 2024 study from the mayor’s office found more than half of New Yorkers report having been harassed on the streets in the past six months.
Kelly Dillon was randomly attacked and seriously injured by a stranger in Manhattan last August. Courtesy of Kelly Dillon
Kelly Dillon had just gotten off work as a traffic reporter in Hudson Square around midnight one night last August when she was shoved to the ground by a stranger. Her elbow went through a spike in a sidewalk planter, and her head slammed