NY Gov Deploys National Guardsmen To NYC Subway

Gothamist reports:

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy the National Guard and state police to check bags on New York City’s subway system was immediately met with concerns that it was more rooted in politics than public safety. Then Hochul said as much on TV.

“I’m also going to demonstrate that Democrats fight crime as well,” she said during an interview on MSNBC on Thursday. “This narrative that Republicans have said and hijacked the story that we’re soft on crime, that we defund the police. No.”

The move, announced on Wednesday, comes amid heightened anxieties around subway crime after a spate of high-profile incidents. But it struck some as an overreaction, as crime statistics have started to trend downward.

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