The widow of a grandfather killed on a Brooklyn train a year ago says Gov. Kathy Hochul's subway safety plan failed to stop her husband's ruthless killer. And she hasn't set foot on the railroad tracks since her husband's unsolved murder.
“9-to-5 is a good start,” grieving Jakeba Dockery, 43, told the Post of Hochul's efforts to increase police patrols on the subway from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. talked about.
“[But] My husband had been killed before so it wouldn't have helped at all [9 p.m.]. 24 hours is a good gesture and even better. ”
Dockery's husband and beloved school crossing guard, Richard Henderson, 45, was shot and killed on January 14, 2024, during an argument over loud music on the Brooklyn Line 3. This was exactly one year before Hochul announced the plan in his State of the Union address. “State of the State'' Address in Albany on Tuesday.
Henderson, who had three children and two grandchildren with Dockery, committed his first subway murder in 2024, followed by nine more.
“It's sad that my husband is among those 10 people. That breaks my heart even more,” Dockery said Wednesday. “It’s just sad.”
“Everyone is walking around with this atmosphere of anger. Things haven't been good since my husband was killed,” she added of the violence on the subway.
“The situation has worsened.”
The family marked the one-year anniversary of the tragedy by releasing balloons in front of their Crown Heights home on Tuesday.
Dockery has refused to ride the train since Hendeson was murdered.
“The MTA was my best friend. I loved the MTA. I really, really did,” Dockery said.
“Everyone seems angry at the MTA right now.”
During a year of grief, she founded a nonprofit organization. Richard's path It's an ode to her husband's passion for helping his children while waiting for the police to catch his killer.
She is offering a $10,000 cash reward to help find Henderson's killer.
“It's infuriating that the culprit is walking around all year with no clues.”
Dockery also called on Big Apple leaders to increase patrols on the train where her husband died.
“If they focused more on Line 3 and just the Eastern New York area, that would be a great start,” she says.
“I hope it makes a difference.”
