{"id":301999,"date":"2026-07-21T18:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301999\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:13:20","slug":"violent-parolee-arrested-after-allegedly-tossing-elderly-woman-onto-nyc-subway-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301999\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent parolee arrested after allegedly tossing elderly woman onto NYC subway tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A violent criminal on parole was charged with attempted murder for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/18\/us-news\/nyc-woman-70-shoved-and-tossed-onto-subway-tracks-as-suspect-remains-at-large\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly tossing an elderly woman onto Midtown subway tracks<\/a> in a terrifying weekend attack, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Zaki Smith, 36, was picked up by eagle-eyed cops during the Monday evening rush and charged in connection to the 11:30 a.m. Saturday attack at the 57th Street and 7th Avenue station that left the 70-year-old victim with a head wound, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith \u2014 who has 14 previous arrests \u2014 was also charged with felony and misdemeanor assault in the senseless shove, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Zaki Smith has been accused of pushing an elderly woman onto subway tracks in Midtown.<\/p>\n<p>An elderly woman was pushed in front of subway train at the 57th Street and 7th Avenue station. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Commuters who witnessed the attack heroically jumped onto the tracks and pulled the senior back onto the platform.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition, where she is being treated for the head injury, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was locked up in upstate prison on a Manhattan felony assault conviction from November of 2021 through May of 2025, when he was released on parole, State Corrections records show.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at the 57th Street and 7th Avenue subway station in Midtown. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>His post-release supervision is set to expire in 2030, according to the records.<\/p>\n<p>His rap sheet also includes a May 2025 robbery of an MTA worker, in which he was also found in possession of FDNY work phones, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Commuters wait for a train at the 57th Street and 7th Avenue subway station. Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is investigating an elderly woman being shoved onto subway tracks.  Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>His most recent arrest was on June 16 of this year \u2014 for allegedly stealing Lysol and cleaning rags from a Flatiron building that he used a service elevator to access, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>He was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday in connection to the subway shove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A violent criminal on parole was charged with attempted murder for allegedly tossing an elderly woman onto Midtown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[303,57,141,9,56,63,65,64,103,615,1686,58],"class_list":["post-301999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-crime","tag-metro","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-subway","tag-subway-shoves","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301999","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=301999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}