Murders up 300% in NYC subway system, robberies surge: NYPD data

Source: New York Post

Violence is up in the Big Apple’s transit system – with robberies and murders surging – even as overall crime underground is down, according to NYPD data. A maniac repeat-offender pushed an elderly man to his death on Manhattan subway stairs Thursday, cops said — the fourth subway homicide this year, a 300% spike from the one murder at the same time last year. Cops brought Rhamell Burke, described as an “emotionally disturbed person,” to Bellevue Hospital’s psych ward at 3:30 p.