# #479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'

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Podcast: [The Bowery Boys: New York City History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bowery-boys-new-york-city-history-745168)
Published: 2026-02-13T05:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

Looking back at the violent 'Subway Vigilante' incident and the subsequent trial which dominated headlines in mid-1980s New York City

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