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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.
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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 Car, available now.