This latest spurt of mayhem came as Mayor Eric Adams is set to roll out his new subway safety plan in an effort to cut down on crime on the subway system. The plan calls for more cops on top of the surge that has been underway. But now they will be joined by homeless and mental health outreach workers at major transit hubs and end-of-the-line stations like 168th Street and Broadway, the end of the C train line.
Early Monday morning, there was trouble on the No. 4 train near the 167th Street Station in the Bronx. A disturbed man who appeared homeless erupted into an unprovoked violent rage, then swung a pipe and hit a 30-year-old woman in the head.
And that followed a weekend of violence on the city's subway platforms and trains in which at least six people were stabbed.
