Hochul’s Militarization of NYC Subway Is About Politics, Not Public Safety

On March 14, a coalition of community and civil rights organizations issued a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing her decision to flood the New York City subway system with 1,000 state police and National Guard troops. Hochul’s decision to militarize the policing of the subways comes after some high-profile incidents of serious violence, but serious crime in the subway is lower relative...

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