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The Observer goes all crime blotter - yes, all the incidents seem to take place on the Upper East Side - today and lead with a stonecold crime. A woman got her handbag stuck in the doors of a 6 train (an out-of-towner - go figure!)
Fortunately, there are people employed to push you onto the train and help you extricate your personal property in just such an emergency. Unfortunately, they work on the Ginza line of the Tokyo subway system, not for New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority.That is just stonecold! If only there was an intrepid fellow straphanger who could take a photograph of the thief - maybe the NYPD could cross check that with anyone getting a new coif at Vidal Sassoon.
Instead, in this case, an unknown male remaining on the platform approached the subway and started to rifle through his victim’s bag. He held onto the handbag, opened it and removed her property—all while the woman was trying to pull her pocketbook to safety. Before she managed to free it, the thief absconded with a $100 Vidal Sassoon gift card, a $120 Metro-North 10-pack of tickets and her ladies’ Cole Haan wallet, in addition to her driver’s license and credit cards.
If something is stolen from you on the subway, we guess you'd contact the transit police or NYPD - we haven't found a clearcut page on the MTA website that explaisn what to do. And this fetching, "leather-like" handbag is available from the Transit Museum Store - just $34.
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If someone robs you on the subway, call the NYPD. The transit police have not existed for over ten years.
You wouldn't get much in my handbag..lets see..about 5 or 6 different lipgloss, a million pens, broken down headphones, tylenol, pack of matches, hand sanitizer, sunglasses, an old ticket that is paid, three burned out metrocards..oh and if your lucky a piece of gum or a partridge in a pear tree.
that is horrible! every day on the E i see someone get their purse or briefcase caught in the doors sometimes that is because they are running to make it and go bag first to hold the doors(DUMB!), or they get their bag stuck while they themselves are on the train safely. usually the doors open up and allows them to pull their bag to safety. it is unfortunate that this happened, and while someone could rob you at any point getting your bag stuck in the door seems to me to be preventable in most cases.
If the incident happened in the NYCTA system then you contact the NYPD. The MTA Police patrol the LIRR, MNRR and SI Rapid Transit. When in doubt contact the nearest law enforcement agency and you will be directed on where to file your complaint.