New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced a five-point plan to fight
crime in the New York City subway on Wednesday, including deploying 750
National Guard members to the city.

Hochul made the announcement during a lengthy speech in which she detailed
some of the recent crimes on the subway, praised New Yorkers for their
efforts to help one another after attacks on the subway, but vowed to make
the system safe for all riders.

Hochul�s plan will also see some additional 250 New York State and MTA
police officers brought into the subway system. She tweeted out the
bullets of her plan, which include:

Increase public safety personnel
Introduce legislation to protect riders & workers
Add security cameras
Boost collaboration to hold offenders accountable
Expand SCOUT Teams

The legislation Hochul is pushing for includes a state that �allows judges
to block a person from riding the subway or buses for three years if they
are convicted of attacking a passenger,� reported local media. She also
wants New York�s DAs to bar repeat offenders from using the subway system.

Hochul�s announcement stood in stark contrast to New York City Mayor Eric
Adams�s remarks the day before in which he declared, �Overall crime is
down. Double-digit decreases in subway crime in February 2024.�

Mayor Adams deployed hundreds more police into the subway system in recent
month and has brought back random bag checks, a controversial practice
ended by his predecessor.

�They are doing an excellent job in identifying razors, knives, scissors
other sharp objects,� Adams said of the checks.

�To me, that�s a low bar. I want to be able to identify a gun. We have
seen some promising technology that I think in the next, you know, year
we�re going to really see something that people felt was not possible,�
Adams said of new camera systems that can scan for heavy weapons on the
subway.

Watch Hochul�s speech above.

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