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Hochul, NYPD, MTA leadership tout drop in subway crime amid recent high-profile violent incidents
Officials attribute the 15% crime drop since 2019 to $77 million funding for 600 daily officers, cameras, lighting, and platform barriers in the subway system.
- On Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at Grand Central Madison that the state will invest $77 million starting next year to expand subway police patrols, which will begin ramping up in the coming weeks.
- Rising ridership broke a post-pandemic record on Dec. 11 and is up almost 8% year to date with more than 1.2 billion rides, despite a recent stabbing on a Queens bus raising concern.
- The funding will put roughly 600 officers a day into the subway system, paired with platform barriers at 115 stations, according to officials.
- Hochul said major transit crime is down 5.2% year‑over‑year and 14.4% from 2019, adding `One crime is one too many` as the year nears the second safest aside from the pandemic years.
- Hochul framed the investment as 'not a celebration moment' but a continuation of measures that are working, with officials saying safety gains are to be sustained amid public concern.
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Subway crime drops to lowest level in 16 years, Hochul says, while committing another $77 million for NYPD patrols – amNewYork
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that subway crime has dropped to its lowest level in 16 years while also committing another $77 million toward keeping an increased police presence on the system through next year. The governor said crime on the rails has dropped by nearly 15% since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and that 2025 is on track to be the second safest non-pandemic year on record for the city's system on record, behind only …
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