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Police: Good Samaritan Helps Woman Fight Off Attacker At Manhattan Subway Station
Police said the woman was walking down the stairs to enter the station when the man punched her and tried to take off her skirt.

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Police said the woman was walking down the stairs to enter the station when the man punched her and tried to take off her skirt.

Officers found Anthony Laser face down in the first floor hallway of a building on Sheridan Avenue in the Concourse Village section.
Police said a worker in a bodega was killed Tuesday night during an attempted robbery, CBS2's Christina Fan reported.
He was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.
Cases are up nearly 50% since last month nationwide.
Tyler Donohue's kidneys suddenly stopped working earlier this year and he needs a transplant, CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reported Monday.
Statistics show the daily robbery average underground increased from 1.3 to 2.9. The daily major felony average rose from 3.8 to 7.8.
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge toured New York City Housing Authority buildings.
Police said the suspect made an anti-Asian remark before slapping a 58-year-old woman in the face.
“We are so interconnected with the rest of the globe. We want people to come from all over to find themselves at the doorstep of New York.
But new statistics show a jump in crime, too, CBS2's Alice Gainer reported Monday. Specifically, crime rose in November compared to October.
It's one of several New York City schools where weapons have been confiscated, CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported.
Cell phone video shows a subway car trying to stop short as it approaches a man standing on the tracks.
This latest incident renews calls for reforms as Rikers has been plagued with violence and a staffing crisis.
They say supervised drug injection centers and adult-only homeless shelters on 125th Street are causing safety issues in the neighborhood.
The percussive drumbeat stirs the soul and the joy of dance at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center is equally exhilarating.
It happened at the store located at 155 East 34th Street on Dec. 10 around 11:30 a.m.
Advisories are in effect in parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut until 4 a.m. Sunday.
The plaintiffs say they have suffered assaults and sexual abuse.
The 50-foot artificial tree on Sixth Avenue and 48th Street was set on fire early Wednesday has been replaced and is relit.