N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to allocate $77 million to have a police officer stationed on every subway overnight, sources say.
It’s cynical and it’s kind of a projection of fearfulness rather than strength,” John Kaehny, Executive Director of good government group Reinvent Albany, told The Post.
Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged on Thursday funding to have at least two cops on every subway train overnight without diverting officers from over patrols — but the NYPD’s top police union says there aren’t enough cops to do the job.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants "to see more uniformed police officers" on New York City subway trains to combat crime, she said in her State of the State address.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out an ambitious agenda for 2025 during her State of the State address at the Hart Theater in Albany on Tuesday.
Governor Kathy Hochul introduces a safety initiative to increase NYPD presence and infrastructure updates on NY subways.
The proposal, which would only extend to students ages 25 to 55, covers the costs of tuition and fees for certain associate programs at SUNY and CUNY.
Mind the gap. Straphangers tentatively cheered Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to put New York’s Finest on every overnight subway train Wednesday — but it remained unclear how the NYPD
A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT, A COP IN EVERY SUBWAY: Gov. Kathy Hochul spent her fourth State of the State championing the cause she continued to emphasize over the last two months. She also unveiled a serious proposal to combat subway crime — placing an NYPD officer on every train throughout the city’s sprawling underground transit system every night.
Police are searching for an unidentified man accused of setting multiple fires across the city last week, including inside two subway stations and a police car.
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.