New Yorkers, commuters and tourists rely on the transit system daily and deserve to be safe when they travel, and we will hold those accountable who commit these acts of violence," Bragg said.

On Wednesday, veteran federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was, as she later wrote in an email to former colleagues, fired “without reason” by the Justice Department. Comey, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York for nearly ...