Miracle survivor of subway shove sues city, MTA for failures to protect riders: suit

Source: New York Post

A Brooklyn music programmer who miraculously survived a New Year’s Eve subway shove into the path of a train says the city and the MTA have “recklessly” ignored the threat of subway shoves, according to a new lawsuit. Joseph Lynskey, 46, filed the lawsuit over a year since his “miracle” survival after his notorious shoving in front of a speeding 1 train in Chelsea on New Years Eve 2024. The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, says the agency and city had years to do more to prevent train strikes — and calls the fixed barriers recently installed at a handful of stations “a cheaper solution than full platform doors that automatically open.