New York Governor Kathy Hochul is deploying the National Guard to New York City to help police curb a surge in crime in the city’s subways.
On Wednesday, the Democratic governor announced a five-point plan that would deploy 750 National Guard troops to subways to help New York City police check bags at busy station entrances.
“This will at least create a deterrent effect for people who are thinking about bringing guns and knives onto the subway. They might be thinking, ‘Well, just because you heard what the mayor and I said. , it might be a waste.’ The governor listened and there will be more people checking my luggage,” Hochul said at a news conference in New York City.
Kathy Hochul announced a new plan Wednesday to combat rising crime on New York City’s subways. (Getty Images)
The move comes as part of a larger effort by the governor’s office to combat crime on the subway, which includes a three-year term for those convicted of assaulting subway passengers. The bill included banning people from boarding trains and installing cameras in conductor rooms. To protect transportation workers.
The governor’s plan also includes an additional $20 million to strengthen collaboration with district attorneys to prevent recidivism and expand subway awareness programs.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that police will step up patrols in the subways in an effort to curb a nearly 20% year-over-year increase in crime levels in the first two months of 2024, according to NYPD data. Announced plans to increase staff. Quoted by the New York Post.
New York police walk inside the Mount Eden subway station as they investigate a platform shooting in the Bronx, New York City, Monday, February 12, 2024. Several people were shot and killed at a New York City subway station on Monday, police said. (New York City Police Department, Associated Press)
Between January and February, three underground murders occurred, and cases of grand larceny, felony assault, and robbery have also increased sharply.
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On Sunday, a 64-year-old postal worker was kicked onto the tracks at Penn Station in Manhattan, and a 20-year-old woman in Queens struggled with a man who punched her in the face and tried to rape her. Last week, a subway conductor stuck his head out of a cabin window and was slashed in the neck while stopped at a Brooklyn station.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
