An NYPD officer was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted assault and official misconduct, with police and prosecutors alleging he punched a man multiple times and forced him out of a Bronx subway station more than a year ago.
Joseph Demaio, 33, was taken into custody Thursday morning, according to police. He pleaded not guilty in Bronx Criminal Court and was released on his own recognizance.
The charges stem from a Dec. 21, 2024 encounter at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse station, where Demaio was on duty and in uniform assigned to Transit District 11, according to prosecutors and the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau. In July 2025, he was transferred to a unit that monitors security cameras in public housing developments, an assignment commonly given to officers facing disciplinary scrutiny…