The first subway train left from City Hall on Oct. 27, 1904. Riders on the C train say the subway is essential to their lives as New Yorkers.

The New York City subway system has been open for 120 years, and it's no secret that, at times, it shows its age.The subway undoubtedly could use some much-needed attention – from crippling infrastructure to outdated and dirty subway cars that are older than some of the people who ride them to elevated structures that appear to be on their last legs.

Police in New York City are searching for a man who they say shot another man on a Manhattan street and then fled into the city’s vast subway system, leading