Of 63 repeat offenders with 5,000+ subway-related arrests in New York City only five are currently jailed
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:23 pm
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NEW YORK CITY - Subway crime has dipped in the Big Apple — but try telling that to the victims of these transit terrors.
A cluster of 63 career criminals continues to wreak havoc in the city’s underground, racking up more than 5,000 busts between them — yet only five of them are currently behind bars, The Post has learned.
The motley crew has amassed a disturbing rap sheet for crimes including assault, robbery, theft, turnstile-jumping and a string of other nuisance offenses — but they largely remain free because the state’s lax criminal-justice reforms bar judges from holding them on bail.
Subway crime is down citywide, but a cluster of career criminals remains the most troublesome in the transit system.
“Crime is down in the subways, but it’s the same handful of criminals making it feel like chaos,” a frustrated law-enforcement source said. “This kid gloves approach to bail and lack of prosecution isn’t cutting it.”
The latest NYPD statistics show that transit crime in the five boroughs has been on the decline, down 3.8% over the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in 2024 and dipping nearly 6% in the past two years thanks to focused enforcement and police deployments.
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That’s no thanks to the state’s 2019 criminal justice reforms, which bar judges from setting bail on most crimes, including all non-violent crimes.
Under the so-called reforms, repeat offenders busted for any crime other than violent felonies typically get a slap on the wrist and are cut loose while their cases are pending — with many allegedly committing new crimes.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/m ... se-in-nyc/