Queens man gets 15 years for pushing woman onto train tracks

Man who shoved 82-year-old woman onto subway tracks sentenced to 15 years

QUEENS, NY — A man who pushed an elderly woman onto subway tracks in a shocking unprovoked attack at a busy Queens station will spend the next 15 years behind bars, prosecutors said.

Brandon Harris, 36, of Flushing, was sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted murder in connection with the October incident that left an 82-year-old woman with severe, life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said the victim had just exited a 7 train with her husband at the Flushing-Main Street station and was walking along the platform whe...