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Assa Diawara, 30, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct. 22, with charges of endangering and abandoning a child

Diawara allegedly abandoned her newborn daughter at the 34th Street-Penn Station subway stop on Monday, Oct. 20

The baby is reportedly in stable condition

The mother of an infant abandoned in a midtown Manhattan subway station has been charged with endangerment of a child.

Assa Diawara, a resident of Queens, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct. 22, and charged with abandoning and endangering a child. She was expected to appear in court later Wednesday, NBC News and ABC News reported.

The baby was reportedly found in a passageway at the 34th Street-Penn Station subway stop on Monday, Oct. 20, during rush ho

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