Man sentenced to life in prison for attempted 2017 attack on New York subway station Andres Kudacki/AP FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2017 file photo, police stand guard inside the Port Authority Bus Terminal following an explosion near Times Square, in New York. Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant whose subway pipe bomb mostly misfired, was sentenced Thursday, April 22, 2021, to life in prison for the 2017 attack in New York City busiest station. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File) By: The Associated Press & Scripps National Posted at 9:50 AM, Apr 22, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-22 12:50:51-04 NEW YORK â A judge has sentenced to life in prison a Bangladeshi immigrant who plotted to kill as many people as he could in New York City's busiest subway station.