NYPD pursue bizarre 'Green Goblin' subway attack crew members with 15 prior arrests

The New York City Police Department has identified four members of the green bodysuit-clad group that mugged two women on a weekend Times Square subway train.

The attackers have been dubbed the “Green Goblin” gang for the neon green full-body leotards they wore as they punched and shoved the two women in a train car early Sunday morning. A phone and handbag were reportedly stolen.

Authorities said Friday that they identified four members of the group - Emily Soto, 34, and Mairam Cisse Issouf, Ciante Alston and Dariana Peguero – all 26.

NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told reporters that Peguero has the most extensive criminal record with nine prior arrests, followed by Alston with three, Soto with two and Issouf with one.

All four identified suspects live in the city’s Queensboro public housing projects, according to Essig.

Video of the incident posted to social media shows two women being thrown around by the bizarre group of bodysuit bullies. Fellow passengers can be seen passing through the scuffle undisturbed.

N train to Astoria, Sunday around 2 a.m.
Anyone who would like to try to explain this is welcome to. pic.twitter.com/xsAYLcpDFi

— Crime in NYC (@CrimeInNYC) October 3, 2022

The mother of one victim told the New York Post on Monday that the attack took place on her daughter’s 19th birthday.

“They were just literally standing to get on the train. These wretched grown women came down the stairs being all loud. They went to get into the train, and one of them bumped [the friend],” she said.

“My daughter was like, ‘Come on’ [to her friend], and they got on the other car. Then the women came on their car through the door between the cars. They attacked my daughter.

The mother that some bystanders stepped in to defend the victims but was enraged at how others stood by watching or even recording the attack.

“All these men sitting there taking videos and watching, and none of them helped while a group of 10 women were beating two young girls,” the mom added.

She blasted state officials for their soft-on-crime criminal justice reforms, accusing them of “making these ridiculous laws and letting savages walk the streets with nothing but a slap on the wrist.”

The mother called for Gov. Kathy Hochul and other lawmakers to “Watch the videos of these two girls getting beaten by a gang of grown women, and imagine it was your daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother or friend. Put yourself in that situation.”