Gov. Cathy Hochul on Thursday finally revealed details about long-awaited subway safety improvements, saying hundreds of NYPD officers will begin patrolling night trains next week.
“Starting Monday, you'll start to see signs of night on the train,” she said at a news conference in Grand Central Station, wearing a windbreaker.
When the effort reaches its maximum capacity, Hochul said, two officers will be patrolling each of the approximately 150 night trains.
Hochul first announced plans to put police officers on all night trains during Tuesday's State of the Union address, but offered few substantive details such as timing, staffing or cost, saying neither straphangers nor officers Equally confused.
Her press conference at Grand Central outlined a number of details, but could not reveal the exact times that all 300 officers would board all trains, as promised, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. There wasn't.
The governor said the state will spend $77 million on the expected six-month rollout.
An additional 750 police officers will be stationed on platforms and stations.
The governor said the surge will not affect the duties of the 2,500 people already assigned to transit agencies.
“This is not a distraction from existing law enforcement agencies,” Hochul said.
