Hochul to invest $154M in NYPD overtime for subway safety strategy
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.
New subway safety measures unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul
New York City police officers will be stationed on the subway during overnight hours starting as early as Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. That's not all. Hochul said there will also be new turnstile gates to stop fair evasion,
The $77 million plan, which will be accomplished by paying overtime, will be paid from state funds, Hochul said.
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NY plan to add more cops to NYC subway has $154M price tagThe state has helped to fund the NYPD’s overtime in the past and although Hochul said this was funding that would be worked out with the legislature during budget negotiations, her staff had to later ...
The $77 million strategy will put 750 more police officers on platforms and in stations and 300 more officers on overnight trains.
The deployment will include 300 officers deployed on every overnight train and an additional 750 on stations and platforms, ...
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Hochul’s state-funded proposal puts NYPD officers on every train for eight hours per night for the next six months.
The governor responded to a rash of violent incidents on the city’s subway system by announcing the deployment of police ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to offer free tuition for certain associate degree programs at state and city ...
The widow of a grandfather killed on a Brooklyn train a year ago said Gov. Kathy Hochul's subway safety plan wouldn't have ...
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