New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a plan to send 750 members of the National Guard to assist the New York Police Department in conducting bag searches at entrances to busy train stations in the city's subway system. This decision comes in response to a series of high-profile crimes on city trains, aiming to enhance public safety and deter individuals from carrying weapons onto the subway.
The governor's office is taking a multi-faceted approach to address crime in the subway, including a legislative proposal to ban individuals convicted of assaulting subway passengers from trains for three years. Additionally, cameras will be installed in conductor cabins to protect transit workers.
