{"id":168594,"date":"2026-03-19T21:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168594\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:28:31","slug":"nj-man-charged-after-fatal-nyc-subway-platform-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168594\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ man charged after fatal NYC subway platform assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2705 A 55-year-old man dies after being punched on NYC subway platform\u2705 Hillside suspect charged with assault, released pending court\u2705 Incident caught on video; more charges possible after autopsy<\/p>\n<p>A Union County resident was charged with assault after a man found unconscious on a subway platform Saturday died.<\/p>\n<p>A 55-year-old man was found on the platform at the 34th Street\u20138th Avenue subway station early Saturday evening, according to the NYPD. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.<\/p>\n<p>Nassadir\u00a0Tate, 21, of Hillside, was charged with assault. He was released and is due back in court on April 1.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/16\/us-news\/nj-man-released-with-ticket-in-nyc-subway-assault-that-turned-fatal-as-cause-of-death-remains-unclear\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the New York Post<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0the man bumped Tate, who then punched him in the face and walked away. The man \u201chobbled around the platform\u201d for about five minutes before collapsing, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/nj1015.com\/uber-driver-fatal-crash-nj\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Metal against metal&#8217;: NJ rider&#8217;s nightmare from fatal chase<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nassadir Tate<\/p>\n<p>NYC subway assaiult suspect from Hillside, Nassadir Tate (Nassadir Tate via LinkedIn)Video evidence<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/man-given-ticket-and-released-after-death-of-penn-station-subway-punch-victim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gothamist reported<\/a>\u00a0that the incident was captured on video, and additional charges are possible pending the results of an autopsy by the medical examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD did not disclose the victim&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nassadir-tate-b51370243\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tate&#8217;s LinkedIn page<\/a>\u00a0described him as a &#8220;part-time model soon to be programmer and server administrator.&#8221; His family told the Post he is a \u201cgood kid\u201d who was not an instigator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nj1015.com\/new-york-subway-incident\/mailto:trenton.dme@townsquaremedia.com?subject=Feedback or correction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report a correction<\/a> \ud83d\udc48 | \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/nj1015.com\/contact-nj-1015-cranfor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contact our newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which states have the most expensive electric bills?<\/p>\n<p>The average total electricity cost in the United States last year was $1,820. That was an increase of $110, or 6.4%, from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Energy Information Administration\u00a0via the Joint Economic Committee\u00a0Democrats<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: New Jersey 101.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2705 A 55-year-old man dies after being punched on NYC subway platform\u2705 Hillside suspect charged with assault, released&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,14472,9,24,63,129,131,130,17805],"class_list":["post-168594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-jersey-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-ultimate-new-jersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}