New York Post

PUNCH & PUSH IN SUBWAY

Random violent acts

- By DAVID MEYER Transit Reporter Additional reporting by Tina Moore and Kenneth Garger

A woman was shoved onto the subway tracks and a 67-year-old man was punched in the face in the latest attacks to take place in the city subway system.

The 26-year-old woman said she got off a train at the Woodhaven Boulevard station and was walking on the platform Sunday when a man suddenly pushed her from behind onto the roadbed, the sources said.

Surveillan­ce video from the station shows the woman leaving the station with dirt on both pants legs and both hands, according to the sources.

The 67-year-old man, meanwhile, was socked in the face unprovoked on Monday at around 10 a.m. on the Manhattan-bound 7 train platform at the Court Square subway station, cops said.

The suspect ran out of the station and had not been arrested by early Wednesday, authoritie­s said.

The number of major felonies in the subway system dropped in February for the second straight month, according to NYPD stats shared Wednesday — but MTA leaders say subway crime continues to be a problem.

February saw 104 major felonies, compared with 114 in January and 118 in December, according to NYPD Transit Bureau data. At the same time, all but two felony categories saw month-over-month drops in February — with the exception of murder, which increased from zero to two, and robbery, which jumped from 30 to 34.

But MTA officials — who called for and received an increased police presence following attacks on transit workers and an A-train stabbing spree last month — said the numbers only tell part of the story and defended deploying more cops on the subways.

“I’m always gratified to see numbers going down but, you know, I’m always aware that oneoff numbers don’t tell the whole story. I want to see all the numbers go down consistent­ly, all the time,” interim Transit President Sarah Feinberg told reporters during a press conference after the meeting.

“I’ll leave it to the police and others to comment on whether they think numbers have improved because of the police presence,” she said.

“Certainly seems that way to me, but I would leave it to them.”

Officials noted that crime was down, 62.5 percent year-over-year, but ridership dropped by more — 65.8 percent, according to the MTA’s Web site.

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