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Judge who let alleged NYC subway cello attacker with 8 priors walk is ex-public defender endorsed by slew of liberals

Judge Marva Brown on Thursday opted to release 23-year-old Amira Hunter after she was nabbed for allegedly smashing a bottle over a performing cellist's head at the Herald Square subway...

Thief busted in brutal subway cello attack released without bail — despite even DA’s office wanting her behind bars

Amira Hunter, 23, of Brooklyn, was captured by the NYPD Wednesday evening - 15 days after she allegedly attacked Iain S. Forrest, 29, in the station.

NYC subway cellist who was struck in the head quits station performances, calls for protection for musicians

Iain Forrest, the New York City cellist who was struck in the back of the head with a metal water bottle at a busy subway station, says he will not...

 Boy, 16, subway musician, good Samaritan and MTA worker roughed up as transit violence surges: cops

The attack came about 12 hours after a female attacker used a metal bottle to bludgeon a subway musician playing inside the 34th Street-Herald Square hub during the Tuesday evening...

NYC’s hottest new karaoke scene is at Macy’s Christmas window

Take a sing-along break while you shop.

MTA worker fatally struck by train in NYC: cops

Hilarion Joseph, 57, was working as a flagger on the roadbed of the 34th Street-Herald Square hub around 12:20 a.m. when he was struck by an oncoming northbound D train,...

'Kill the Jews' scrawled on wall of NYC subway station: cops

The antisemitic missive was written in black marker in the 34th Street-Herald Square station – alongside what appears to be a misshapen swastika.

Man, 33, stabbed during fight in NYC Target store: cops

The 33-year-old victim was knifed in the armpit inside the store on West 34th Street near Sixth Avenue just after 2 p.m., police said.

Panhandler busted in stabbing of elderly man at NYC station punched another victim the next day: cops

The panhandler wanted for stabbing an elderly man on the Herald Square subway steps was busted after allegedly attacking another man on the train – less than a day later,...

NYC panhandler stabs man, 76, during fight on Herald Square subway steps: cops

The senior was on the steps leading to the Manhattan subway station at West 35th Street and Sixth Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Sunday when he clashed with the vagrant, who...

Victim of NYC Macy's Herald Square attack, 75, relieved brute was busted but still has 'nightmares'

Jeannette Smalls, 75, said she's relieved her accused attacker is behind bars, but told The Post she still has nightmares about the unprovoked June 10 assault outside Macy's Herald Square.

Shirtless stranger shoves, kicks woman, 75, leaving Macy's Herald Square: cops

The 75-year-old victim had just walked out of the flagship store and was crossing the street at Sixth Avenue and West 34th Street around 1:15 p.m. Saturday when the unhinged...

Armed duo in black ski masks robs NYC subway rider of $4K Louis Vuitton sneakers, iPhone

The 31-year-old victim was about to get off a northbound Q train as it approached the 34th Street-Herald Square station around 6:40 p.m. Sunday when the pair approached him and...

Desperate NYC merchants turn to K-9 units to sniff out shoplifters

Shoplifting has become so rampant that one of the city's busiest commercial districts has turned to "man's best friend" to sniff out thieves.

MTA conductor whacked with stick at NYC subway station: cops

The female conductor was looking out the window of a northbound Q train at the 34th Street-Herald Square station around 6 a.m. when the male assailant hit her in the...

Back-to-back NYC subway stabbings leave 3 injured, including good Samaritan

A man was stabbed in the stomach at a Manhattan subway station while defending himself from a would-be robber -- less than a half-hour before a good Samaritan was slashed...

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Comic book vendor stabs man in dispute outside of Macy's in Herald Square

The vendor, a man in his 50s, got into a dispute with another 21-year-old man that led to a scuffle at 7th Avenue and 34th Street around 7 p.m., according...

Man slashes woman in leg on Manhattan subway platform

A man in his 20s slashed a woman in the leg while she was waiting for a train at the Herald Square subway station on Monday evening, NYPD said.