NYC subway safety: Hochul promises $77M to put cops on overnight trains – but is the NYPD stretched too thin?

Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged on Thursday funding to have at least two cops on every subway train overnight without diverting officers from over patrols — but the NYPD’s top police union says there aren’t enough cops to do the job.

Hochul stood in Grand Central Station on Jan. 16 flanked by officers to announce that her new subway safety plan would begin on Monday. Some 300 transit cops are expected to be situated in pairs on the trains, while another 750 are expected to be placed on station platforms.