A man who was shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an incoming train in New York City on New Year's Eve is expected to make a full recovery, a relative said, while the person accused of pushing him was being held without bail Thursday on attempted murder and assault charges.

NYPD officers responded to an assault in progress and found that a 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after being allegedly shoved onto the subway tracks.

NEW YORK -- The woman killed when she was set on fire in a Brooklyn subway car has been identified by police, after using fingerprint and dental information and DNA evidence. On Tuesday, NYPD officers identified her as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam, originally from Toms River, New Jersey.

Police arrested a man who allegedly lit a sleeping homeless woman on fire in a Brooklyn subway car Sunday morning, then watched calmly as she burned to death, NYPD officials said.

The man accused of setting a woman on fire onboard a Brooklyn subway train was charged Monday with first and second-degree murder.