Hundreds of NYPD officers will start patrolling overnight trains next week, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday – finally detailing her much-anticipated subway safety surge. “Monday, you’ll start to see the overnight presence on the trains,” she said, wearing a windbreaker in a Grand Central Station news conference.
The NYPD is set to deploy dozens of additional officers throughout the MTA overnight starting Monday night as part of the governor’s latest plan to address safety. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the phased approach subway safety last week during her State of the State address.
Governor Kathy Hochul's safety plan deploys additional NYPD officers on NYC's overnight subways to enhance security.
Kathy Hochul has added hundreds of NYPD officers to subway platforms and trains during overnight hours in an attempt to stop a rash of crimes that has shocked the city in recent months. Officers were seen being given their instructions before boarding trains at the Metropolitan Avenue station in Williamsburg,
NYC police officers will be stationed on the subway during overnight hours​ starting as early as Monday, the governor says.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) pushed for the NYPD to patrol every train during overnight hours as part of her plan to address crime on the subway.
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s initiative to improve subway safety is officially underway, as the NYPD deployed 100 officers at the Metropolitan Avenue Subway Station. The first phase of the plan, which calls for two officers to be present on each overnight train, kicked off Tuesday night.
An invitation from the Trump Administration to attend the presidential inauguration arrived for Mayor Adams sometime after midnight and he headed to DC overnight.
A 16-year-old schoolgirl was punched in the face by a deranged woman in yet another random attack in the city's beleaguered subway system, police said this week.
A woman between 50 and 60 years old and believed to be homeless was discovered dead on a subway train in New York City on Saturday, police say.
Governor Kathy Hochul is set to present New York’s fiscal year 2026 Executive Budget on Tuesday at 1 p.m. You can watch the presentation in the player above once it starts.