NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams took a Friday victory lap as the pair rolled out new subway crime statistics showing significant drop-offs across the last three months.
The two officials, after rolling out plans in October for a surge of police in the subways, cited a 28% drop off in robberies and a 16% reduction in overall crime, with a rate of 1.7 major crimes per 1 million straphangers so far in 2023 — the lowest figure since the pandemic hit the city.
“That is an amazing turnaround,” said Hochul, joined by the mayor inside the Fulton Transit Center. “The data is showing us that New Yorkers feel safer ... We had to answer the question ‘Will I be safe?’ We have answered that with a resounding yes.”
