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Commentary By Nicole Gelinas

Hochul’s Latest Subway Safety Gimmick Isn’t a Fix for Violence, Crime

Public Safety, Cities, Governance New York, New York City, Crime Control, Policing

King Henry IV promised his subjects in 16th-century France “a chicken in every pot” — and now Gov. Hochul pledges two cops on every overnight subway train.

It’s the latest in a trifecta of Hochul subway-crime gimmicks, none of which address the system’s underlying problems.

In last week’s State of the State speech, Hochul promised, “We will put an [NYPD] officer on every single train, overnight — 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.”

The new program launched Monday night, with 70 cops riding the rails.

This initiative will require at least 300 nightly shifts, and Hochul is throwing in another 750 cops in stations during the days as well as overnight.

This can work: It’s been done before.

In 1965, violent crime was becoming a problem for the first time ever on the previously safe subway system.

Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post

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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. Nicole is the author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Caravailable now.

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