Harrison Man Gets Prison For Shoving Stranger Onto Subway Tracks After Argument

HARRISON, NY — A Westchester man will go to prison after a jury found him guilty of a shocking act of violencel

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that the Harrsion man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for shoving a stranger onto the subway tracks at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays station in Brooklyn.

"It is every New Yorker’s worst fear to be senselessly shoved without warning onto the subway tracks," Gonzalez said. "Today’s sentence holds this defendant accountable for doing just that. Thankfully, the victim in this case was able to safely get off the tracks just before a train entered the station."

Andrew Pashinin, 20, was sentenced in Brooklyn Supreme Court to three-and-a-half years in prison and two years of post-release supervision. He was convicted of first-degree attempted assault and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon on Aug.24.

On Dec. 7, 2024, at approximately 11:35 a.m., on the south bound D train platform of the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays station Pashinin pulled out a knife and walked behind the 33-year-old man standing on the platform. He then put the knife away, pulled out a camera and began recording the victim.

The Pashinin and the man got into an argument and the vcitim walked away, but Pashinin followed the vicitm and shoved him from behind onto the subway tracks. The victim was able to get himself off the tracks, and onto the platform seconds before a train entered the station.

Pashinin fled, but was arrested weeks later on Jan. 21, 2025, following an investigation.