New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) said on Wednesday that National Guard soldiers and state police officers will be deployed to the New York City subway system.
The officers and guardsmen will patrol platforms and help check bags following a 45% spike in crime in January compared with the same time last year.
The New York City subway system is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a state agency.
According to The New York Times, Gov. Hochul will deploy 1,000 members of the authority, the New York State Police and the National Guard to “conduct bag checks in the city's busiest stations.”
“These brazen heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” Ms. Hochul said during a news conference, referring to a number of recent high-profile assaults.
There will be 750 members of the New York National Guard and an additional 250 personnel from the State Police and the M.T.A.
“No one heading to their job or to visit family or go to a doctor appointment should worry that the person sitting next to them possesses a deadly weapon,” she said.
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