NYC woman charged for abandoning newborn baby at Penn Station subway

New York police accused a woman of leaving her newborn child at a subway stop.

Police say 30-year-old Assa Diawara of Queens is the woman caught on camera before abandoning a baby girl who was found alive at Penn Station in Manhattan on Monday morning.

The woman was arrested early Wednesday morning on charges of abandoning a child and endangering the welfare of a child, the New York Police Department said in an update.

Police asked for the public’s help in identifying the woman carrying the baby in the video.

POLICE PUBLISHED THE PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT WHO Abandoned the baby whose umbilical cord was found on it

According to police reports, the baby was found on the stairs leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains at the 34th Street-Penn Station stop around 9:30 a.m. local time on Monday.

Authorities were alerted after an anonymous caller reported seeing the baby left unattended on the stairs at West 34th Street and 7th Avenue.

THE STORY OF THE MOTHER WHO MISSED AFTER ALLEGED KIDNAPPING FOR 7 MONTHS WAS INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES

Construction near Penn Station in New York, USA, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When first responders arrive FDNY and when NYPD arrived they found the baby wrapped in a blanket, conscious and awake. The baby was later taken to Bellevue Hospital.

The umbilical cord was still tied FOX 5 New York reported.

ID baby’s parents has not been made public yet.

A baby was found wrapped in a blanket on the subway stairs of New York’s Penn Station. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Under New York’s Safe Harbor Law, parents are allowed to legally and safely surrender their newborn babies to hospitals, police stations, or fire stations without facing criminal charges, as long as the child is left in the care of responsible personnel.

Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.