{"id":517991,"date":"2022-11-29T18:52:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/subway-crime-is-down-amid-recent-influx-of-cops-mta-boss-says\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:52:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:52:23","slug":"subway-crime-is-down-amid-recent-influx-of-cops-mta-boss-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/subway-crime-is-down-amid-recent-influx-of-cops-mta-boss-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#Subway crime is down amid recent influx of cops, MTA boss says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fd2159d47f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fd2159d47f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/subway-crime-is-down-amid-recent-influx-of-cops-mta-boss-says\/#%E2%80%9CSubway_crime_is_down_amid_recent_influx_of_cops_MTA_boss_says%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Subway crime is down amid recent influx of cops, MTA boss says&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSubway_crime_is_down_amid_recent_influx_of_cops_MTA_boss_says%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Subway crime is down amid recent influx of cops, MTA boss says&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>New York City\u2019s top subway honcho pushed back on reports of a crime wave on the rails, saying crime is down and arrests are up since more than a thousand additional cops were deployed to the system last month.<\/p>\n<p>MTA chief executive officer Janno Lieber said Monday that even though felony crimes were up 40% this year \u2014 roughly keeping pace with ridership increases \u2014 the past 28 days since officials ordered an NYPD\u00a0subway patrol blitz had seen a decrease in crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the month of November, this is important, we\u2019re actually down 13%,\u201d Lieber said <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/inside-city-hall\/2022\/11\/29\/mta-ceo-janno-lieber-details-plans-to-mitigate-subway-crime#\">on Spectrum News NY1\u2032<\/a>s \u201cInside City Hall.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, since the governor and the mayor took action in late October to increase the number of NYPD officers and MTAPD officers in the system, we\u2019ve actually had a statistically significant reversal of that trend, so that\u2019s good,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Screenshot of MTA Chief Executive Officer Janno Lieber on NY1 Monday.\" class=\"wp-image-24823492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>MTA chief executive officer Janno Lieber <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on NY1\u2019s \u201cInside City Hall\u201d Monday to push back against reports of surging crime in the subway system.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Spectrum <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> NY1<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLast week alone we were down 22% versus 2021,\u201d Lieber told anchor Errol Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Lieber said felony crimes last week were also down 6% from pre-pandemic days in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s less crime in the subway system than there was before COVID,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, ridership is down too, so [it\u2019s] way, way, way too early to declare victory, but there is a positive trend and we\u2019re going to keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCops, Cameras, Care\u201d\u00a0initiative, announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams two weeks before the Albany Democrat faced a challenge from surging law-and-order Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, added 1,200 extra daily overtime shifts for cops and ramped up the installation of cameras in the MTA\u2019s 6,500 subway cars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-09.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NYPD officers from Transit Division 4 patrol the Broadway Lafayette subway station in lower Manhattan. &#10;\" class=\"wp-image-24823487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-09.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Some 1,200 extra officers were deployed into the transit system every day last month as Gov. Kathy Hochul faced a tough race against law-and-order challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The transit boss also touted a sharp increase in arrests and a reduction in hate crimes in the subway. <\/p>\n<p>Cops had busted 47% more criminals this year compared to last year through October, and there was a 93% increase in arrests for minor crimes, Lieber said. Hate crimes against Asians were down 41% and bias crimes against white people had plummeted by 83% during that time period, he told NY1.<\/p>\n<p>Arrests in the system were down 18% from 2019 before the pandemic decimated ridership, according to NYPD statistics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Police escort a man from the subway on a stretcher\" class=\"wp-image-24824675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/subway-crimes-down-mta-chief-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lieber says the past 28 days since officials ordered an NYPD\u00a0subway patrol blitz had seen a decrease in crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lieber told the local cable news outlet the additional cops and cameras have helped drive down crimes of opportunity in the transit system while contributing to a perception of safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do want to make sure that there\u2019s a sense of order that\u2019s coming back into the system,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no question during COVID, this is true of all our public spaces in New York, there is, there has crept in some sense of disorder. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in the subway, small things like people smoking on trains, people, open drug use, you know that is alarming to people \u2019cause they wonder, \u2018What might that person do to me in a closed subway car?&#8217;\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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