The NY Times notes, as above, the expansion of police presence. The problem is clear from the above photo from the Times, the police just clump together totally disregarding the people. In addition one often sees a police office and wonders who this bearded creature is. Grooming and presence is 99% of the battle. It demands respect. Shabby dress and hirsute presentation does not.
As the NY Post notes:
Nearly 1,000 New York National Guardsmen, state police and MTA cops are being deployed to carry out bag checks in the Big Apple’s crime-ridden subway system, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. The additional forces – made up of 750 guardsmen and 250 law enforcement officers — will work alongside the NYPD to patrol “the city’s busiest transit stations” amid a recent surge in underground violence, Hochul said. “These brazen heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated,” Hochul said as she announced a five-point plan to crackdown on the city’s burgeoning underground crime wave.
I am back into NYC this week but I suspect these 1,000 new faces will just hang in small groups glued to their smart phones. Going from Penn Station to Times Square and then to the East side is akin to trying a northbound trip on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 1968 flying a US Flag!
For the past ten plus years it has just become a crime ridden place, with police clearly ignoring the situation. Thus one wonders what 1,000 more eyes looking at smart phone screens will accomplish.
So say a prayers for my safety, that may be the only way to move cross town. Oh yes, one could walk, but that is equally risky between the assaults and massive clouds of formerly illegal substances.
Dante, you would have had fun with this place!
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