CV NEWS FEED // Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that her administration is sending the New York State Police and National Guard to monitor the Big Apple’s crime-plagued subway system. The news comes after Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams decried migrant crime and called for changes to the city’s “sanctuary” status.
The New York Post reported that in 2024 alone, “three New Yorkers have been shot dead on trains and subway platforms.”
The Post added that Hochul “specifically noted the brutal Feb. 26 slashing of an MTA conductor in Brooklyn and a 64-year-old postal worker being kicked onto the tracks at Penn Station over the weekend as part of the push behind the subway crackdown.”
“These brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” the governor said in announcing her five-point plan to protect New York City’s subway riders. “Bag checks will be conducted by over 1,000 members of the New York State Police, MTA Police, National Guard in addition to what the City is doing.”
“We’re coordinating with the City of New York, so people will see this,” Hochul went on. She specified that her plan also includes:
A bill to allow judges to ban people from using the subway – people who attack others and are convicted of a violent crime. Improved coordination between police and DAs to keep violent criminals off the subways. Cameras on and in the conductor cabins and expanding our mental health outreach teams.
“[A]nyone looking to do harm or spread fear on our subways – you will be caught,” Hochul emphasized. “There will be consequences. This has to end. New Yorkers deserve no less.”
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The New York Times noted that the “[a]dditional law enforcement officers” that Hochul requested “would add to an already large presence in the subways.”
Specifically, the Times indicated that “Mayor Eric Adams ordered an additional 1,000 officers in February following a 45 percent spike in major crimes in January compared with the same time last year.”
“Grand larcenies — thefts without the use of force — were a main driver of the January spike in crime, according to the police,” the Times report added.
Last week, Adams cited New York City’s surging crime wave in calling for changes to its “sanctuary city” status.
“We should not be allowing people who are repeatedly committing crimes to remain here,” Adams said. “If you commit a felony, a violent act, we should be able to turn you over to [U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] and have you deported.”
