Despite the troubling increase in assaults, subway crime overall was flat last month compared to February, according to NYPD data released Friday.
There were 180 felony crimes recorded on the subways in March — down two from February. But the number of felony assaults jumped from 41 in February to 62 in March, according to the new stats.
May 2021 saw 65 felony assaults — including a vicious string of slashings committed by a single assailant in a 35-minute span on May 14.Transit assaults are at their highest since police increased their presence on subways 11 months ago.Three days later, on May 17, de Blasio relented to weeks of pressure from the state-run MTA and agreed to add the next month, and had remained stable until now.
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