Gov. Kathy Hochul's temporary "surge" in police officers in the subway isn't enough to reduce transit crime.
In late October, after four transit murders in a month, Gov. Kathy Hochul “surged” cops on the subway, allegedly sending 1,200 more officers into the trains daily. It worked — in getting the governor elected two weeks later. But a temporary police “surge” can’t stop the killings, as yet another subway murder — the year’s 10th — shows.
Early Thursday, just after midnight, cops found the body of an unidentified homeless man, fatally stabbed, at the West Fourth Street station in the Village and declared the death a homicide.
Police have released scant details, but we know enough to know it’s disturbing.
First, homeless men have been disproportionately vulnerable to random crime since New York gave up on maintaining basic order.
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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