“Assaulting conductors who are doing their jobs helping riders get to jobs, healthcare and other places they need to go is intolerable, outrageous and will result in aggressive investigation. Having made a rapid arrest, it is now up to prosecutors to ensure the law is enforced, so this violent perpetrator faces consequences, and the victims receive justice they deserve.”

On Background

• Pursuant to investigation, a male, 17 years old, was arrested March 23, 2023, and charged with two counts of felony assault in the second degree and one count of robbery in the second degree.
• The assault occurred March 22, 2023, at 10:37 a.m., when two conductors requested a passenger pay the fare. The perpetrator refused, took a ticket-issuing machine from them, and subsequently assaulted the two conductors. The incident took place on LIRR train #1717 as it headed west through Brooklyn en route to Atlantic Terminal. The perpetrator fled the train at East New York station. Both conductors were taken to a hospital in Brooklyn following the attack for treatment of injuries.
• MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber spoke with both conductors on the day of the incident to check on their condition.