Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday detailed how the NYPD will implement a new strategy to place two uniformed officers on every subway car running overnight — an initiative first announced in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address last week.
The latest surge of cops into the subways, aimed at stemming violent crimes on the system that have grabbed headlines in recent weeks, began on Monday night, Adams said during his weekly news conference on Tuesday. The strategy will see 300 uniformed officers deployed between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. across nearly 150 trains between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the next six months. There will be two officers assigned to each train.
