NEW YORK -- The mother of a baby girl found abandoned at Penn Station in New York City earlier this week has been arrested.

Assa Diawara, 30, was located in Queens early Wednesday morning and arrested by police.

She is facing charges of abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. She expected to appear in court sometime Wednesday.

Police released a photo of the mother carrying the baby.

An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. Monday.

The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform.

Police say surveillance video shows Diawara outside Penn Station.

The baby was taken to a local hospital by police where she was said to be in stable c

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