New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing criticism after posting that she was making subways safer just hours after police say a woman was burned to death in a subway car. Police say at around 7:30 a.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul faced intense criticism after touting the safety of the city's subway system in a social media post, just hours after a.

The "person of interest" was taken into custody hours after the attack while riding another train, according to NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta.

Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her. The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.

A suspect has been arrested in New York over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident on Sunday as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being".

A female passenger died after being set on fire by a man on a New York City subway train Sunday morning, according to police.

A woman sleeping on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York was set on fire, and now the New York City Police Department is searching for the suspect.

The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire.

A person of interest is in custody after a woman was set on fire and killed aboard a subway train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning.