New York deploys National Guard to subways

by ian

National Guard troops are filling New York subways as the city grapples with violent crime.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the drastic move yesterday as part of her broader plan to fight transit crime, which also bars violent offenders from riding the subway.

It comes in the wake of the brutal slashing of a MTA conductor in late February. According to police data, subway crime is up by 13% for the year.

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