Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced Wednesday that she’s deploying 250 extra Nationwide Guard troops into New York Metropolis’s subways to assist shield straphangers in the course of the holidays.
The added troopers will swell the Nationwide Guard’s whole subway deployment to 1,000 troops, Hochul mentioned throughout a information convention within the One Vanderbilt entrance to Grand Central Station.
Hochul famous that as much as 8 million extra individuals are anticipated within the subway system in the course of the vacation season.
“I need them to know after they stroll via the turnstile they are going to be protected,” she mentioned.
The governor argued her controversial first deployment of Nationwide Guard troops into the subway in March has led to a dramatic drop in transit crime.
“It’s about persevering with this technique that has confirmed its success,” she mentioned.
“Subway crime is down 10% simply since final March,” Hochul mentioned. “Solely two years for the reason that yr 1970 have we had fewer subway crimes than we had this previous yr.”
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