The crime rate is bad enough so Governor Hochul has deployed the New York National Guard, state police and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or MTA security so commuters can “feel safe”. The city has no leadership. One thousand officers will be ostensibly doing “bag checks”. How that will be conducted is unclear. Mayor Eric Adams wasn’t present when Hochul made the announcement.
New York policies invite crime
The Governor is also deploying “teams of mental health workers,” to “help commuters and visitors to the city feel safe.” The Times reported,
“Additional law enforcement officers would add to an already large presence in the subways, where 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. Grand larcenies are defined by the police as major crimes, along with homicides, assaults and robberies.”
Hochul declared, “These brazen heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated. No one heading to their job or to visit family or go to a doctor appointment should worry that the person sitting next to them possesses a deadly weapon.”
New York statistics saw a spike
The New York Post remarked,
“Subway crime rates surged in the first two months of this year — spiking by nearly 20% compared to this time last year, NYPD stats show. This year alone, three New Yorkers have been shot dead on trains and subway platforms. In addition to the patrol boost, Hochul said she will introduce a new law that allows judges to ban anyone who has been convicted of a violent transit assault from riding the Big Apple’s subway or bus system.”
Hochul didn’t get into details. Among other things that cost the city are turnstile hoppers. That’s $690 million in fares lost. Cameras might be installed in conductors’ booths and have the NYPD and district attorney’s offices put together an early warning system for subway recidivists.
A New York five point plan
The Times reported, “The deployment is part of what Ms. Hochul described as a five-point plan, which would provide $20 million and pay for 10 teams of mental health workers who would help people on the subway.” Assault is on the rise in the city.
Breitbart reported that,
“In 2022, violent crime in New York City rose 23 percent, with more than 126,500 arrests made for murder and non-negligent manslaughter, robbery, felony assault, rape, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto — the seven major crime categories. Felony assaults, often random attacks on New Yorkers by career criminals with extensive rap sheets, totaled more than 26,000 last year. This represents a 60 percent increase from 2008, when felony assaults were at a significant low. Even compared to recent prior years, felony assaults in 2022 were way up. For example, felony assaults rose 14 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, 27 percent compared to 2020, 26 percent compared to 2019, 29 percent compared to 2018, and 30 percent compared to 2017. Last year’s surge in felony assaults on New Yorkers is now continuing this year (2023).”
