When police came to New York City mother Norma Nazario’s home in 2023 to tell her that her 15-year-old son Zackery had died in a horrific subway surfing accident, she was stunned. But when she later ...

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber demanded Wednesday that social media companies take down viral videos of New Yorkers “surfing” atop subway trains, comparing it to sharing footage of people playing Russian ...

“Getting on top of a subway car isn’t ‘surfing’ — it’s suicide,” Demetrius Crichlow, the president of NYC Transit, said after two girls were found dead on top of a New York City subway train. The ...

For all his interest in being a tech-friendly mayor, Eric Adams is ultra-wary of social media. He’s repeatedly criticized the effects of social media on young people in particular, once calling on ...

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New York City teenagers who post daredevil videos online showing them riding on the outside of subway trains may have a harder time going viral, Mayor Eric Adams and MTA officials said on Tuesday.

Isa Islam, a Brooklyn man who lost his left eye while subway surfing and is now legally blind, is warning other thrill-seekers not to follow in his footsteps. "I'm an example of why you shouldn't do ...

So, we all know internet challenges can be fun. Some of them are relatively harmless, such as the ice bucket challenge, which, by the way, raised millions for The ALS Association as the challenge was ...

Six times so far this year, someone has climbed out on top of a moving subway train and died. That’s one more than in 2023; the stats underlying those totals signal a danger that is here to stay.