NEW YORK — They are the two words certain to grab the attention of New Yorkers: Subway crime.
The city’s sprawling mass transit system carries 3.5 million daily riders, a cross-section of all ages and ethnicities. And this year’s jarring 41% jump in subterranean crime has spilled into the upcoming gubernatorial race as city dwellers hope a new policing plan unveiled last week can curb the myriad reports of robberies and increasingly random assaults.
Straphanger Christine Martin, noting the extra police in the subway system this past week, welcomed their arrival during this year of scary and spiraling transit crime.
