Twice as many people have been shoved onto New York City subway tracks this year compared to last, according to records obtained by The Post — but the NYPD claims that’s not true.
According to MTA sources, 14 people have been pushed onto subway tracks so far in 2020 — compared to seven in all of 2019.
The latest incident came around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, when Aditya Vemulapati, 24, allegedly ran up behind the woman and pushed her off the northbound 4/5/6 train platform and onto the tracks at the 14th Street-Union Square station.
The woman was not seriously injured.
Vemulapati is awaiting arraignment on attempted murder and assault charges.
On Wednesday, another straphanger escaped serious injury at the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station when he was shoved onto the tracks there around 7 p.m., according to police.
Suspect Justin Pena was arrested in that attack on Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted.
On Oct. 23 a 28-year-old New Jersey woman was also attacked at a Times Square station but also emerged with only minor injuries.
Just four days earlier, a 73-year-old woman was pushed off a Brooklyn platform after asking a homeless man to stop smoking and also survived.
Police arrested suspects in both those cases and they are awaiting trial.
In a statement Thursday, officials at City Hall dispute that there had been a spike in shoving incidents at transit stations.
“The NYPD transit bureau maintains a 24/7 presence in the city’s subways to protect public safety,” the statement said. “This year, through November 15, pushing incidents in the subway has not gone up compared to last year.
The city did not immediately provide the numbers it based that assertion on.