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Democrat Brian Benjamin pleads not guilty in Manhattan to several charges, as arrest creates political crisis for governor Kathy Hochul.

Hochul in September plucked Benjamin, then a state lawmaker, to serve as second-in-command when she became governor, taking over from Cuomo. Hochul was Cuomo’s lieutenant governor. While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as lieutenant governor. He was released and bail was set at $250,000.

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has resigned after a federal court announced charges of bribery and wire fraud against him Tuesday for procuring illicit ...

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The gunman who injured 23 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, escaped, but the police identified a person of interest.

It was clear that the construction worker was eavesdropping on us. The prosecutors said he attempted to conceal his involvement by giving Benjamin checks drawn on the accounts of relatives or an L.L.C. he controlled. We continued to chat as the train crossed the river. A seat next to us was empty, and construction worker in hard hat and work boots asked whether we would mind if he sat down. Benjamin was also accused of offering to help Migdol win a zoning variance if he gave $15,000 to a separate fund for State Senate Democrats. Keechant Sewell, the police commissioner, added that there were online “postings possibly connected to the man where he mentions homelessness, he mentions New York and he does mention Mayor Adams.” As a result, she said, the mayor’s security detail was being tightened “in an abundance of caution” On his 216th day as the second-most powerful state official in New York, Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned, hours after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of directing a corruption scheme. He announced plans in January to order hundreds of street-level patrol officers to inspect subway stations regularly and to redeploy officers from desk jobs onto the trains. Adams, confined to Gracie Mansion after testing positive for the coronavirus this week, said in radio and television interviews that the police presence in the subways would be doubled and that officers assigned to day shifts would work into the evening. For January and February, felony assaults were up 10 percent over the same period last year, and for many passengers, safety is a paramount concern. They said the van had been rented in Philadelphia. My colleague Sarah Maslin Nir writes that there were a few panicked screams before the train pulled into the next stop, the doors opened and riders who could escape poured out, gasping in the smoke.

Mayor Eric Adams issues a subway safety plan in February, and placed a strong emphasis on moving unhoused people from subway stations into housing.

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US police are scouring for Frank James - a man named as a person of interest in the investigation into the US subway shooting, while a $73000 reward is also ...

“There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car,” she said. New York has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city’s subways. New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is isolating following a positive Covid-19 test on Sunday, said in a video statement that the city “will not allow New Yorkers to be terrorised, even by a single individual.” High school student John Butsikaris was riding the other train when he saw a conductor urging everyone to get in. In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car and wails erupt as passengers run for an exit while a few others limp off the train. She also saw people on the ground who had “obviously been shot”. Speaking to CNN after his surgery, he described the gunshot wound as “the worst pain of my entire life”. It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation's busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut. Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said that the attack was not being investigated as terrorism, but that she was “not ruling out anything.” FBI agents and members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force surveyed nearby businesses, interviewing witnesses and searching for surveillance video. “This individual is still on the loose. Early on Tuesday, the gunman donned a gas mask and set off a smoke canister, before opening fire on commuters. Police helicopters hovered overhead for hours as authorities searched for the shooter.

At least 13 people have been injured in a shooting during morning rush hour at a New York subway station. Shots were fired at the 36th Street station in ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Are you in the area? There is a "huge" number of police and emergency responders attending, reports the BBC's New York bureau chief John Mervin who is at the scene. The woman said she saw the suspect dropping "some kind of cylinder that sparked at the top" - initially believing him to be a subway worker because of the orange vest that she said he was wearing. "My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming," eyewitness Sam Carcamo told the Associated Press. He added that a billow of smoke poured out of the train once its doors opened.

People like working in their pajamas. But when employees don't return to office, the city economy feels the pain.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the ball over the playground fence. Adams has so far proposed creating a joint city and state panel to study the future of work and its implications for the city. “The level of Holocaust denial right now is staggering. More about the asterisk in a moment. The story surfaced a decade ago, when Margot Wölk, then 95, was quoted as saying she had been a taster at Hitler’s bunker in occupied Poland. The title is what it is. The evening will be partly cloudy, with temps dropping to the low 50s. And the state has yet to move toward relaxing zoning regulations that hamper the conversion of office buildings to residential housing, including low-income units. Manhattan office buildings underwrote more than a quarter of the city’s property tax revenues before the pandemic, according to the state comptroller’s office. Even so, policymakers have barely begun to address what that could mean for schools, parks and the police, all of which depend on tax revenues. And Penguin Random House, the publishing house with roughly 2,500 employees in the New York City area, has no mandatory return-to-office plans at all. And, a playwright who decided not to change the name of her play.

Police said 16 people were hurt in the attack at a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday during morning rush hour. Authorities are still looking for the ...

We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene, and we will update as the situation develops. "People were pounding and looking behind them, running, trying to get onto the train," Fonda said. The shooter donned what appeared to be a gas mask before removing a canister from a bag, Sewell said.

An unidentified gunman detonated a smoke bomb and opened fire at Brooklyn's 36th Street station during rush hour.

“There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car,” she said. New York City has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile bloodshed in recent months, including on the city’s subways. High school student John Butsikaris was riding the other train when he saw a conductor urging everyone to get in. In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car, some limping. Police were scouring the city for the shooter and found a rental van possibly connected to the violence. “This individual is still on the loose. "This is an active shooter situation right now in the city of New York.” It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation's busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut. By early evening, police found a matching, unoccupied U-Haul van in Brooklyn, one of the officials said. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has completed an urgent trace to identify the gun's manufacturer, seller and initial owner. They said the suspect is believed to have had at least two extended magazines. At least one collapsed on the platform.

Times photographers are at the location where several people were shot during the morning rush at a train station in Brooklyn.

The Fire Department reported that 16 people were injured, including several by gunfire. Preliminary reports suggested that five people were shot at the station, where the D, N and R lines pass through the Sunset Park neighborhood, around 8:30 a.m., the Police Department said. Emergency workers in the Sunset Park area after the shooting at the subway station. A uniformed officer approached, said his radio was not working and asked passengers to call 911. He heard someone calling for a doctor and followed that person to the front of the train. Times photographers are documenting the scene in the aftermath of the shooting.

At least 29 people were injured, 10 with gunshot wounds, following the shock attack on a Subway train travelling to Manhattan during the height of Tuesday ...

There was a lot of blood trailing on the floor. "There was blood on the floor. At a press conference, Commissioner Sewell initially said the incident was not being investigated as terrorism. The suspect is described as being around 1.7 metres tall, black and wearing a green construction type vest and hooded sweatshirt. The train at that time began to fill with smoke. One video shows commuters, some screaming, streaming from the carriage where the shooting took place.

A gunman wearing a gas mask has set off a smoke bomb and shot 10 people in a New York subway car during the morning commute, authorities say.

Rescue workers "did a good job of coming quick and fast, and the ambulance came in and they took her." The White House said its staff were in touch with Adams and Sewell to offer any assistance and that President Joe Biden had been briefed about the incident. But officials told WABC-TV that there were no working cameras at the 36th Street station, likely complicating any investigation. The system is one of the world's oldest and most extensive. "The train at that time began to fill with smoke. Some riders collapsed to the ground as they poured on to the platform in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighbourhood.

Suspect remains at large after opening fire on commuters in Brooklyn, though no injuries are life-threatening.

“Frank Robert James fired numerous gun shots inside an 'N' line subway car at 36th & 4th Ave subway station causing serious injuries to 10 people,” the NYPD ...

That key led investigators to James, who has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. “I’m just grateful to be alive,” said passenger Jordan Javier, who thought the first popping sound he heard was a book dropping. The gunman sent off smoke grenades in a crowded subway car and then fired at least 33 shots with a 9mm handgun, police said. There’s nothing going to stop that,” James said in one video. At least a dozen others who escaped gunshot wounds were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries. Anyone with info about the incident or his whereabouts should contact@NYPDTipsor call 1-800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/MaeF16i4bX

The attack on Tuesday brought to life a horror that the city had long avoided: a mass shooting on the subway.

Ensuring a safe subway system has been part of a strategy to lure people back to offices, and tourists back to the city. Video captured by riders and people on the platform showed the familiar space of a subway car transformed into a trap. Nayah Martin, 22, who uses the 36th Street station to get to her job at a surgery center nearby, was planning on taking an Uber. “It spooked me,” Ms. Martin said. “I’m not trying to stay on the subway.” Ridership had begun to tick up: For the third week of March — the most recent for which statistics are available — the subway averaged about 3.2 million riders per weekday, about 58 percent of the prepandemic average. “In a mass shooting, there is a lot of attention focused on people who are killed or who are injured, and rightfully so,” she said. Subway ridership has been hobbled by the shift to remote work. Mayor Eric Adams had vowed to crack down on subway violence, and the shooting came amid what was already an increased police presence. And in an instant, it turned the subway — New York City’s quotidian icon — into a bloody scene of horror. “There is a heightened sense of insecurity that results from these type of attacks, because it is easy for us to relate to them, because we can see ourselves in them.” In 2021, rates of violent crime in the subway per million weekday passengers spiked almost across the board compared with 2019, before the pandemic. Their subway, once the target of mundane gripes over tardiness and trash, had become the latest symbol of a city frayed by violence.

A gunman in a construction vest donned a gas mask, set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train and shot at least 10 people, authorities said. The.

"There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car," she said. New York City has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city's subways. High school student John Butsikaris was riding the other train when he saw a conductor urging everyone to get in. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and US Attorney General Merrick Garland were briefed on the incident. It wasn't immediately clear whether officers had already been inside the station when the shootings occurred. One falls to the platform, and a person hollers, "Someone call 911!" In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car and wails erupt as passengers run for an exit while a few others limp off the train. This person is dangerous," the Democrat said at news conference. Multiple smoke devices were found on the scene, said mayoral spokesperson Fabien Levy. It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation's busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut. The shooter has not been identified and the motive remains unknown. One video shows commuters, some screaming, streaming from the carriage where the shooting took place.

New York forward Chris Kreider, 30, scored his 50th goal of the season Tuesday night, becoming only the fourth player in team history to do so, ...

With a $6.5 million salary-cap hit, and a career that never featured more than 28 goals in any single season, the Massachusetts native certainly had something to prove headed into this season. "It's something that we can talk about probably on another day," Kreider said after the game. Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, and Aho added two assists. "I think it is awesome that he's scored 50 goals. It couldn't happen to a nicer kid." "He's a special player.

Investigators announced a $50000 reward for information leading to the capture of Mr. James, 62, but stopped short of calling him a suspect.

Another video on the channel, posted in 2020, appeared to have been taken in New York’s subways. In a video posted to YouTube on March 1, the person featured in the video criticized Mayor Eric Adams by name for recently announced policies addressing public safety in the subways, which focused on homeless people. “He can’t stop no crime in no subways,” the man said, using multiple expletives. It appeared that Mr. James had rented the van in Philadelphia sometime over the last several days, driven it close to the subway line where the attack occurred and abandoned it there, one official said. But New York’s police commissioner, Keechant Sewell, said that citizens should call with any information they had on Mr. James. The man, Frank R. James, 62, has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, the police said.

Police said 16 people were hurt in the attack at a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday during morning rush hour. Authorities are still looking for the ...

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The police identified a 62-year-old man as a “person of interest” after the mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn. At least 23 people were injured. Video. Advertisement. LIVE. 00:00. 1:46. 1:46. Gunman at Large After New York Subway Shooting.

Mr. Benkada told CNN that he boarded the last car of the N train and sat next to a man with a duffel bag who was wearing an M.T.A. vest. “I think we’re going to have to have a conversation about who hurt others and why that happens,” Ms. Ghosh said. The police named Mr. James a person of interest in the shooting. She will probably focus the conversation on expressing their feelings, she said, and explaining what to do if they find themselves caught in a situation like this. Hourari Benkada, 27, said he was sitting next to the man who carried out an attack on the subway in Brooklyn Tuesday morning. The police have not said whether they believe that Mr. James was the gunman, and did not call him a suspect. A law enforcement official said that none of the cameras were in full operation. Police have identified a person of interest and said the reward could go to those who help find him. It appeared that Mr. James had rented the van in Philadelphia sometime over the last several days, driven it close to the subway line where the attack occurred and abandoned it there, one official said. He said the train was as full as it usually was, but that other people were eying each other and seemed more cautious than usual. Mr. James has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, and the authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for his capture. The man, Frank R. James, 62, was not named as a suspect, but the authorities said that people should call with any information they had on Mr. James.

NEW YORK — When Nick Laforte heard about Tuesday morning's shooting at the 36th Street subway station, he first thought of his wife and daughter.

“The only way to stop that is a uniformed police presence.” “There is certainly a lot of talk about crime being on the rise, and our safety, and I can certainly understand that,” she said. Mitaynes (D) urged policymakers to “have a larger conversation about how we’re going to tackle it instead of just preying on people’s fears.” And that “really means investing in our community,” not just increasing police funding, she said. “I feel like it’s a very scary place to live now.” In the same survey, three-quarters of the city’s voters said that crime is a very serious problem, the highest proportion since the survey started asking the question in 1999. Hochul and Adams recently pushed to give judges more discretion in setting bail for a larger number of offenses, rolling back landmark legislation on bail reform passed in 2019. In an interview with CNN, Adams said he planned to double the number of officers patrolling the city’s subways. “We need a national response to this issue.” A recent poll by Quinnipiac University found that less than half of the city’s voters felt safe using the subway during the daytime, compared to 76 percent six years ago. The current increase in crime in no way compares to the wave of violence that engulfed New York in the 1970s. NEW YORK — When Nick Laforte heard about Tuesday morning’s shooting at the 36th Street subway station, he first thought of his wife and daughter. Robberies are up nearly 50 percent while shooting incidents have risen 14 percent, according to data from the New York Police Department.

Police and federal agents searched into the early hours of Wednesday for a man who set off smoke bombs and sprayed fellow passengers with gunfire aboard a ...

New York City has seen a sharp rise in violent crime during the pandemic, including a string of seemingly random attacks on its subways. The gunman removed two canisters from his bag and opened them, sending smoke throughout the train car. “It's clear that this individual wanted to create terror and violence," he said. James was first linked to the scene after police found a U-Haul van parked on a Brooklyn street. Initially the police said he was viewed only as a "person of interest," having been linked by evidence to the crime scene. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

New York City was already on edge about rising gun violence, lawlessness and hate crimes. Then came Tuesday's attack on a Brooklyn subway, in which a masked ...

The Rev. Spencer Reece speaks during an all-day poetry event at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Queens, New York. Photo: Greg Kessler.

As featured poets Carmen Giménez Smith and Ariel Francisco read their work, periods of audience discussion were interspersed between the poems, followed by a question-and-answer session with the poets and another responsive poem. Helms started Logos in 2019, wanting to celebrate spirituality in poetry and break out of the sometimes stuffy and academic nature of poetry readings. The buffalo was the big provider and to see Christ in those terms, to see Christ in Native terms, which is a great interest of mine.” They finished with the world premiere of “From the Atlas of Imaginary Places,” a sequence inspired by different mythical lands from literature composed by Victoria Bond, who was also in attendance. Logos events – which took place at a brewery in Austin, Texas, before the pandemic but have mostly moved online for the time being – include two feature poets but also elements of audience participation, such as call-and-response poetry and discussions about the poems. Raised by surrogate fathers as his own father struggled with drug addiction, Morín explores loneliness in his poems and his translations, including the forlorn opening of Dante’s “Inferno.” [I wondered] what it would be like for a Native person to see Christianity from their own point of view – that Christ is something like a buffalo, who provided all the needs, from the tepee to the food to medicine, whatever. Diane Glancy, who is of partial Cherokee descent, read her poem “Holy Week at the Mission School” (at 41:12 in the video above), which references the experiences of Native American children in boarding schools run by the U.S. government and some churches. For the recent April 7 event, in recognition of both Lent and National Poetry Month, Reece put together a program that built on the existing Red Door formula and added more elements. Curated by Reece and several other local poets, the series brings a poet to the church every Wednesday evening, when they read a poem, followed by 10-15 minutes of silence, and then read the poem a second time. From noon to 4 p.m., a different poet performed every half-hour, reading a poem twice, interspersed by periods of silence. Reece, who has published two critically acclaimed poetry collections, a prose devotional and a memoir, took over leadership of the parish seven months after the death of the previous rector, the Very Rev. Antonio Checo, who died of COVID-19 at age 67.

A gunman in a gas mask and a construction vest set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn and shot at least 10 people.

“There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car,” she said. New York City has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile bloodshed in recent months, including on the city’s subways. High school student John Butsikaris was riding the other train when he saw a conductor urging everyone to get in. In another video, smoke and people pour out of a subway car, some limping. “This individual is still on the loose. "This is an active shooter situation right now in the city of New York.” Police were trying to track down the renter of a van possibly connected to the violence. It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation's busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has completed an urgent trace to identify the gun’s manufacturer, seller and initial owner. At least one rider collapsed on the platform. She said the posts were “concerning.” The attack made the subway a scene of horror: a smoke-filled car with at least 33 rounds of gunfire going off, police said.

The manhunt ramped up for Frank R James who had rented a U-Haul found at a scene, keys to which were recovered by the police.

At least a third of New Yorkers – about 3 million people – ride the subway, but passenger numbers are still down more than 40% compared with pre-pandemic numbers. By early Wednesday morning, subway service had resumed at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as police finished their crime scene investigation. The security detail for Adams, who is currently at home recovering from Covid, will be strengthened in light of the videos, according to New York’s police commissioner, Keechant Sewell.

The gunman sent off smoke grenades in a crowded subway car and then fired at least 33 shots with a 9 mm handgun, police said.

Other video shows James entering a subway station in Brooklyn with a large bag, the official said. A February 20 video says the mayor and governor’s plan to address homelessness and safety in the subway system “is doomed for failure” and refers to himself as a “victim” of the city's mental health programs. Police did find other items, including pillows, suggesting he may have been sleeping or planned to sleep in the van, the official said. The gunman sent off smoke grenades in a crowded subway car and then fired at least 33 shots with a 9 mm handgun, police said. Mayor Eric Adams said in a series of media interviews on Thursday that investigators had upgraded James to a suspect, but did not offer details beyond citing “new information that became available to the team.” No explosives or firearms were found in the van, a law enforcement official said.

Suspect Frank James faces federal terror charge in connection with shooting that shook the city.

Authorities are trying to learn more information about the suspect identified following a mass shooting at a New York City subway station on Tuesday.

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Federal officials charged Mr. James with carrying out a terrorist attack on a mass transit system, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in ...

At the busy Atlantic-Barclays station on Wednesday, he said he was still in shock, and that he was struggling to overcome feelings that he should avoid the subway. Police officials said that he was arrested nine times in New York between 1992 to 1998, on a number of charges including possession of burglary tools, a criminal sex act and criminal tampering. In others, he mused about violent acts and alluded vaguely to the possibility of committing them. The video shows Mr. James in an orange reflective jacket and yellow construction hat, carrying a bag that was later found at the crime scene, said an official close to the investigation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly. He then gets the attention of a station agent and enters the station through a gate. Many riders said they were determined to go on with their normal routines, but some admitted to heightened feelings of unease as they rode the trains. Rudy Pérez, 20, was struck in the left leg and had to be helped off the train by another passenger, he said. The shooting victims ranged from a 15-year-old boy to men and women in their 40s. The U-Haul vehicle he rented was found three blocks away from that station, Chief Essig said. A number of law enforcement officials also said that Mr. James himself may have called the tip line. Police officials and prosecutors have not yet provided a motive for the shooting, which left 10 people wounded by gunfire and at least 13 others with other injuries. He is expected to appear in court on Thursday.

New Yorkers breathed easier Wednesday after police arrested Frank James, the suspect in Tuesday's rush-hour shooting in the city's subway.

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Mr. James, whose YouTube videos suggest he is furious at the world and perhaps mentally ill, allegedly set off a smoke bomb in a subway car and shot and wounded 10 people. The shooting shocked New Yorkers because it happened in the city’s central nervous system—and because it symbolizes the larger and steep decline in law and order.

Completed last month, 111 West 57th is the skinniest skyscraper in the world with a staggering ratio of 24:1. The SHoP Architects-designed luxury tower, which ...

At its thinnest, it has a ratio of 10.5:1, just qualifying as a super-skinny skyscraper. Construction of the tower began in 2014, but stalled in 2017 due to financial difficulties. The SHoP Architects-designed luxury tower, which tapers to a pencil-like top, has only one condominium per floor. The 60-storey is known locally as the "Jenga Tower" because of the jagged, stacked nature of its facade. The building, which has a ratio of 18:1, reached its full height in 2019 and opened to residents in 2021. The 77-storey building, which is 1,050 feet (320 metres) tall, is the 11th highest building in the city and has a height to width ratio of 12:1.

New Yorkers breathed easier Wednesday after police arrested Frank James, the suspect in Tuesday's rush-hour shooting in the city's subway.

You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Mr. James, whose YouTube videos suggest he is furious at the world and perhaps mentally ill, allegedly set off a smoke bomb in a subway car and shot and wounded 10 people. The shooting shocked New Yorkers because it happened in the city’s central nervous system—and because it symbolizes the larger and steep decline in law and order.

"We got him," says New York mayor following massive manhunt in wake of the Brooklyn subway shooting.

An FBI affidavit said the agency believes Mr James rented the U-Haul in Philadelphia on Monday and drove it to New York, arriving the next day. The suspected gunman escaped the scene but was linked to the attack through a rented U-Haul van. Officials said Mr James was the sole suspect in the shooting at Brooklyn's 36th Street station on Tuesday morning, in which 23 people were wounded, 10 of them from gunfire.

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Frank James with conducting a violent attack on a mass transportation vehicle ...

“Today’s arrest of Frank James was in large part due to the vigilance and a concerted effort by New Yorkers to aid law enforcement in the apprehension of violent criminals. As set forth in the complaint, during rush hour on the morning of April 12, 2022, James used a Glock 17 pistol he purchased in Ohio to conduct a mass shooting on an N subway train in Brooklyn. James, dressed in an orange reflective jacket, yellow hard hat, and surgical mask, set off a smoke-emitting device in one of the train cars before firing at subway riders. Thanks to the incredible work by all involved to identify James and get the proper information out to the public, he's in federal custody and New Yorkers can breathe a little easier in our city today,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll. “Today, after nearly 30 hours of dogged police work, Frank James was arrested by the NYPD without incident,” stated NYPD Commissioner Sewell. “From the moment Mr. James committed this appalling crime, the police began shrinking his world until he had nowhere to turn – and the people of our city were working right alongside us. In videos he posted publicly on YouTube before the attack, James made various statements about the New York City subway system. James had arrived in New York earlier that day in a rental van driven from Pennsylvania. He parked the van on Kings Highway, approximately two blocks from the entrance to an N-train station, near where the shooting took place. And, we continue to pray for the victims and their loved ones as they recover from this traumatic event, both physically and emotionally.” We at ATF applaud the public’s engagement and participation in providing vital information to apprehend James, and we hope for a speedy recovery for all victims. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand.” James also made statements, in sum and substance, about various conspiracy theories, including that: “And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting motherf---ers.” What’s happening with this homeless situation?” and “Every car I went to wa[s] loaded with homeless people. I am grateful to our law enforcement partners, the first responders and the everyday New Yorkers who stepped up during this crisis and showed the best of our city. “Yesterday, as everyday New Yorkers commuted through Brooklyn on our subway system, Frank James – as alleged – committed a horrific act that resulted in an around-the-clock effort by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, the NYPD, and the ATF to find him and bring him to justice.