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New York City police on Tuesday released images of a woman wanted for questioning after an infant girl with her umbilical cord still attached was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station.
Police have launched an investigation after a newborn baby girl was found at a bustling New York City subway station during the morning rush hour. The infant was discovered around 9.30 a.m. on stairs leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains at 34th Street- Penn Station, near Madison Square Garden, authorities said.
The 3 to 4-month-old boy was “conscious and alert” when he was found in a stroller inside of the coffee shop around 8 a.m., police said.
The baby girl was found on the stairs leading to the southbound No. 1, 2 and 3 trains about 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 20.
The Trump administration threatened to cut city and state funding if New York doesn't halt work on the 34th Street busway.
New York City halted a plan to add a busway to Manhattan's 34th Street after the Trump administration threatened to withold federal funding for other projects.
The baby girl was discovered wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1, 2 and 3 train platform, US News, Times Now
A huge rally in Midtown to urge President Trump to get his meathooks off our transit included DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who is poised to capitulate.
The city DOT confirmed on Friday that the project has been paused as they work with the federal government to resolve the matter.