The MTA and NYPD were on the hot seat about subway safety at a City Council hearing Monday. It came hours after a 65-year-old was slashed at the Bowling Green Station, and a week after the 10th homicide in the system this year. LisaRoznerTV reports.
It came hours after a 65-year-old rider was slashed at the Bowling Green Station, and a week afterCouncil members asked officials how they are making the subway system safer. NYC Transit President Richard Davey said the agency is asking the NYPD to put cops on platforms, but he acknowledged that's only one tool.
"Simply having someone there to manage the gate for its proper purpose is paying for itself in many stations and not leading to confrontation," Davey said. "Out of everyone arrested for a major crime in the subway system, just north of 40% have documented psychiatric history," said NYPD Acting Chief of Transit Michael Kemper.
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