{"id":251715,"date":"2021-05-17T18:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-to-add-250-nypd-officers-to-nyc-subway-system\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T18:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:35:41","slug":"de-blasio-to-add-250-nypd-officers-to-nyc-subway-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-to-add-250-nypd-officers-to-nyc-subway-system\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio to add 250 NYPD officers to NYC subway system"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#De Blasio to add 250 NYPD officers to NYC subway system<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The city will temporarily add 250 more police officers to its NYPD subway patrols, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday \u2014 bowing to months of pressure from MTA leaders concerned about crime in the city\u2019s mass transit system.<\/p>\n

The influx of cops brings the total number of officers patrolling the subways to 3,250, de Blasio said \u2014 making it the largest show of NYPD force on mass transit in at least 25 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to send a really powerful message,\u201d Hizzoner said during his Monday morning press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The subways saw 2.32 felony crimes per million riders in March 2021, the most recent stats available \u2014 versus just 1.47 per million riders across the year 2019.<\/p>\n

Amid a spate of attacks in the system, MTA officials have asked de Blasio and the NYPD to add more and more police officers. The mayor relented with around 500 cops in February, but crime persisted \u2014 including a vicious string of alleged gang-related slashings on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Mayor de Blasio shifted blame to the MTA, saying they need \u201cto focus the police force where the riders are.\u201d<\/figcaption>
ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The alleged perpetrators were arrested hours after the slashing attacks, which occurred along the 6 and D train lines in Manhattan. The mayor insisted the quick arrest \u201c[shows] there is accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hizzoner also took some parting swipes at MTA leadership, with whom he has feuded over the extent and severity of subway crimes.<\/p>\n

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The addition of extra officers brings the total number of cops patrolling the subways to 3,250.<\/figcaption>
Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

De Blasio called out transit leaders for hundreds of vacancies in the agency\u2019s in-house police department and said the city would provide NYPD training for the new cops whom the MTA hires.<\/p>\n

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MTA leaders, like Interim Transit President Sarah Feinberg, have voiced concerns about crime in the city\u2019s mass transit system.<\/figcaption>
Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe need the MTA to pull their own weight as well. It is easy to criticize. How about simply contributing and helping achieve the mission together?\u201d the mayor asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MTA needs to step up, they need to hire, they need to fill those vacancies, then they need to do another thing, they\u2019ve got to focus the police force where the riders are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York City subways saw 2.32 felony crimes per million riders in March 2021.<\/figcaption>
Michael App<\/a>leton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speaking to the business group A Better New York on Monday, MTA Chairman Pat Foye commended the mayor for the additional officers on the beat \u2014 but said it still wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the city saw multiple slashing attacks against subway riders.<\/figcaption>
Anthony Behar\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI spoke to the mayor last night about this. I think the addition of 250 officers is a very positive step forward,\u201d he said. \u201cThe MTA has been, and will continue adding an additional 100 MTA police officers to the subway.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we need more beyond that, but the dialogue between the MTA, and the state and the city should continue and I thank the mayor for the additional police officers.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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