Latest Subway-Cop Surge Is Born of Short-Term Political Panic, Not a Long-Term Plan

After four subway murders in 17 days, Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul will surge the number of cops in the transit system, directing 1,200 more officers daily to spend more time on platforms and trains. It’s a massive display of presence, and it’s useful now as it may save someone’s life. But make no mistake: This initiative is born of short-term political panic and is not a long-term policy plan.  

This surge has nothing to do with the violent crime numbers underground, which have been horrific. Rather, it involves a different measurement: the polls.

Hochul wanted nothing to do with soaring subway murders in recent weeks. She left it up to her opponent in next month’s election, Republican Lee Zeldin, to repeatedly show up at the scenes of random homicides and near-homicides to direct some attention to the crisis.

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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.

This piece originally appeared in New York Post