Making the subways safe for fare beaters, hatchet men and mad slashers, NYPD makes its first arrest in eight years

Saxophone busker arrested and hauled away; his dancing cats are allowed to stay

“This is exactly the kind of ‘efficient deployment’ of our police force I’m striving for”, would-be mayor Eric Adams crowed to FWIW. “Had this terrorist jumped the turnstile and set up on the track side, we’d have been powerless to stop him from assaulting the ears of the people, and how are ordinary riders gonna hear a mugger sneaking up behind them if there’s some hornplayer blasting away? But now we have 6-cop flying squads working the entrances, and we nab ‘em before they reach sanctuary. Pretty cool, huh?”

order restored