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A Queens woman suspected of being the mom who abandoned her newborn at a Manhattan subway station was arrested and charged Wednesday, police said. Assa Diawara, 30, allegedly admitted to ditching her newborn — with her umbilical cord still attached — at the 34th Street-Penn Station stop in Midtown Monday morning, sources told The Post.
New York City police have released footage of the person who they say left a newborn girl at a Midtown Manhattan subway station during the morning rush hour.
Amtrak will begin accepting proposals from developers seeking to redesign Penn Station by the end of the month, kicking off an aggressive timeline to select a master plan and break ground on it by 2027 under a mandate from President Donald Trump.
A clip released by the NYPD Tuesday shows the woman holding a bundle wrapped in white cloths in her arms as she walks down the sidewalk near 7th Avenue and 34th Street in Midtown — not far from where the baby was discovered at the 34th Street-Penn Station. She was wearing pink pants, a red headscarf and glasses, the video shows.
The mother of a newborn baby found at a Midtown Manhattan subway station has been taken into custody in Queens, law enforcement sources said.
Andy Byford is back in New York to build a shiny new Penn Station, but he's already admitted he's not the guy in charge.
According to the MTA, there was a decoupling between the third and fourth car of a No. 4 train, meaning the cars separated. The NYPD said it happened at around 5:15 p.m. Sunday on the southbound tracks between 161st an 149th streets.
No injuries were reported, but several hours of service disruptions resulted Sunday evening following the separation of cars on a New York subway train. WABC-TV reports the third and fourth cars of a 4 train detached near the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station in the Bronx,
For the first time, Metro-North will run trains past Poughkeepsie through the Hudson Valley to Albany. Some Amtrak service will also be restored.