New York state has deployed National Guard, state police and MTA officers to New York City’s subways to help commuters “feel safe” amid the mayor’s leadership failures that have devastated the city.
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul (D) on Wednesday sent state police and a “team of mental health workers” to the Big Apple’s subway system to “make sure commuters and visitors to the city feel safe.” Then he announced. according to to new york times.
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The addition of law enforcement officers has already increased their presence in the metro, with Mayor Eric Adams adding 1,000 police officers in February after a 45% spike in major crimes in January compared to the same period last year. Additional deployment was ordered.
Police said grand larceny (theft without the use of force) was a major factor in the spike in crime in January. Grand theft is defined by police as a crime as serious as murder, assault, and robbery.
Hochul is deploying 1,000 state police, National Guard and MTA officers to ostensibly conduct “bag checks.” It is unclear how that plan will be implemented on the service, which is used by more than 3 million passengers per day.
“Such brazen and brutal attacks on our nation’s subway system will not be tolerated,” Hochul said Wednesday. “People heading to work, visiting family, or going to the hospital should not have to worry that the person sitting next to them has a weapon.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Democratic) did not attend Hochul’s announcement.
“According to New York City Police Department statistics, subway crime rates have skyrocketed in the first two months of this year, spiking nearly 20% compared to this time last year. This year alone, three New Yorkers have been killed on the train. and were shot to death on subway platforms.” new york post report.
“In addition to increased patrols, Mr. Hochul said he would introduce a new law that would allow judges to ban those convicted of violent traffic assaults from riding the Big Apple’s subways and buses.” Ta. post I have written.
Ms. Hochul did not go into detail about how this part of her “plan” would be implemented, especially given the skyrocketing usage of rotary hoppers. Fee The subway system has $690 million in unpaid fares in 2022, not including installing cameras in conductor booths and having the NYPD and district attorney “build a new early warning system” for subway repeat offenders. climb.
“This deployment is part of what Ms. Hochul described as a five-point plan that will provide $20 million to pay for 10 teams of mental health workers to help people on the subway.” Stated. times Additional report.
As Breitbart reported, the number of felony assaults against New Yorkers continues to rise across the city, especially in the borough of Manhattan.
Violent crime will increase in New York City in 2022 23 percent; More than 126,500 people have been arrested in seven major crime categories: murder and manslaughter, robbery, felonious assault, rape, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of a motor vehicle.
Felony assault, frequently random attack The number of massive rap sheet posts about New Yorkers by career criminals totaled more than 26,000 last year. This represents a 60 percent increase compared to 2008, when felony assaults were significantly down.
There was a significant increase in the number of felony assaults in 2022 compared to previous years in recent years.
For example, felony assaults increased by 14 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, 27 percent compared to 2020, 26 percent compared to 2019, 29 percent compared to 2018, and 20 percent compared to 2017. increased by 30%.
Last year’s spike in felony assaults against New Yorkers continues into this year (2023).
The announcement comes as New York state maintains a bail reform law that allows criminals to be released without bail.
Breitbart reported that as a result of the law, criminals are more likely to reoffend than they were before the proclamation went into effect.
Felony suspects who are released without bail thanks to New York State’s bail reform law are more likely to be rearrested for more felonies, including violent crimes, than suspects who were granted bail before the law went into effect. Highly sexual.
Overall, the study found that 47 percent of New York City suspects previously charged with a felony were rearrested for a crime, with more than 31 percent rearrested for a felony and more than 17 percent rearrested for a violent crime. Approximately 4 percent were found to have been rearrested with firearms. Fee.
Across all three categories: felonies, violent crimes, and firearms charges, felon suspects were more likely to be re-arrested after being released without bail than suspects who were arrested and posted on bail before the new law took effect. .
mayor adams Posted X (formerly Twitter) tweeted Wednesday, “Homicides are down. Shootings are down. Traffic crime is down. Car theft is down. America’s safest big city is even safer. became.”
