Newborn girl found abandoned at Penn Station, police seek woman

A newborn girl was found abandoned and alive Monday morning on the stairs leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains at the 34th Street Penn Station stop in Midtown Manhattan, and police released surveillance footage Tuesday seeking the person who left her. The infant, discovered around 9:30 a.m., was conscious and alert and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where officials said she remained in stable condition and was undergoing evaluation.

Police said an anonymous caller reported seeing the baby at the foot of the stairway at West 34th Street and 7th Avenue. First responders from the fire department and the police department arrived and transported the child to Bellevue. Officers later reviewed camera footage and on Tuesday released clips showing a woman walking near 7th Avenue and 34th Street carrying a bundle wrapped in cloth before entering the station.

The woman, described by officials as appearing to be in her 40s, was shown wearing a red headscarf, pink pants, glasses and a multicolored top that officials said might be a hospital gown. Authorities said the footage suggests she entered the subway around 9 a.m., left the baby at the bottom of the staircase and then exited the...