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More cops deployed to NYC’s 50 highest-crime subway stations
More police officers are being deployed to the top 50 subway stations in New York City where the most crimes occur, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday. Tisch said the NYPD is deploying more police officers onto subway platforms in the 50 highest-crime stations in New York City.
The NYPD is dispatching more police officers to NYC’s subway stations with the highest crime rates
According to the NYPD’s most recent crime report , 2024 saw a 5.4% drop in crime within the subway system—more than double the crime reduction in 2023. And that’s included in the overall reduction of crime of 3% or about 3,662 fewer incidents across the boroughs.
NYPD sends 200 more officers to subways; mayor says there is more fear although subway crime fell last year
Both Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch acknowledged Monday that the perception of higher subway crime, despite statistics showing an overall decrease last year, is resulting in more public fear of riding subways and requires shifting more officers to the transit system.
NYC to put more police on subway cars and platforms, despite 3% drop in overall crime
While overall crime in the city edged down 3% in 2024, city and police officials said Monday that they plan to put 200 more police officers on trains and platforms in order to make New Yorkers feel safer, especially on the subway.
NYC to add 200 more NYPD officers to subway
While crime in NYC dropped by three percent in 2024, city officials are adding 200 NYPD officers to the subway after a string of high-profile incidents.
NYC increasing police presence on subways: 'People don't feel safe'
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she has ordered more officers to patrol the subway trains and platforms following the "terrifying acts of random violence."
NYPD officers deployed to patrol subway system amid crime concerns
The MTA hopes congestion pricing will push more people to use mass transit, but riders have reservations after a spate of violence underground.
NYPD to deploy 200 more officers to patrol subway, as transit crime drops 5.4% and grisly attacks alarm riders
The city will surge another 200 NYPD officers into the subway system, even as transit crime dropped over the past year, officials said Monday.
New York Crime Rate Falls, but Number of Felony Assaults Rises Again
Killings and shootings have dropped, but headlines have been dominated by terrifying crimes, like the killing of a woman who ...
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Was New York City crime up or down in 2024?
On the subway, felony assaults were up 65% from 2019 to 2024, according to the MTA. In 2019, 374 felony assaults were ...
NY GOP-sponsored bill would give $10M in grants to take down repeat offenders
The House bill authorizes the DOJ block grants only for states and localities that allow judges “to consider the danger an ...
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NYPD releases NYC crime statistics for October 2024
Saratoga County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Saturday morning shooting on Route 146 in Halfmoon. Law enforcement said one person is being treated at Albany Medical Center with non-life ...
NYC Mayor Adams, NYPD commissioner tout 3% crime drop
That number represents a more than 40% drop from last year’s gun violence. More significantly, those figures represent the lowest annual tally for Staten Island ever recorded in the era of NYPD ...
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Queens worse than city on crime stats
Queens’ end-of-year crime statistics for 2024 varied from city-wide trends the wrong way in a few categories, according to NYPD CompStat figures.While the city saw a 2.9 percent decline in ...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch: New Yorkers deserve an end to soft-on-crime laws that allow recidivists to make your life hell
Shooting incidents and shooting victims were down for the third straight year — including the lowest number of shooting ...