Hundreds of NYPD officers will start patrolling overnight trains next week, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday – finally detailing her much-anticipated subway safety surge. “Monday, you’ll start to see the overnight presence on the trains,” she said, wearing a windbreaker in a Grand Central Station news conference.
N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to allocate $77 million to have a police officer stationed on every subway overnight, sources say.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s 17 years in public service went out the window about a month and a half into her new gig as the boss of the NYPD.
Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged on Thursday funding to have at least two cops on every subway train overnight without diverting officers from over patrols — but the NYPD’s top police union says there aren’t enough cops to do the job.
The deployment will include 300 officers deployed on every overnight train and an additional 750 on stations and platforms, the governor said.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants "to see more uniformed police officers" on New York City subway trains to combat crime, she said in her State of the State address.
The proposal, which would only extend to students ages 25 to 55, covers the costs of tuition and fees for certain associate programs at SUNY and CUNY.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is leaning into NYPD overtime spending for her subway safety strategy, amplifying the city’s already historic overtime spending on law enforcement. Some transit and good governance observers, however, say they are skeptical of the cost-effectiveness.
A dead woman was found aboard a New York City City subway car Saturday, police said. Officers received a 911 call at around 1:43 pm to help a female on a northbound F train at the Jamaica–179th Street station.
Mind the gap. Straphangers tentatively cheered Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to put New York’s Finest on every overnight subway train Wednesday — but it remained unclear how the NYPD
Gov. Hochul says about 750 NYPD officers will be deployed at stations across the city.