Post by Prosay on Apr 20, 2020 19:44:58 GMT -5
He does have his own priorities, obviously none of which is police work....
nypost.com
Subway robberies up despite dramatically lower ridership amid coronavirus
By Craig McCarthy and David Meyer
3 minutes
April 20, 2020 | 1:55pm | Updated April 20, 2020 | 5:33pm
Subway robberies are skyrocketing despite a plunge in ridership during the coronavirus crisis — forcing the MTA to call in outside contractors for backup, according to sources.
March saw 51 robberies across the 472-station subway system — compared to 33 the previous year, according to NYPD stats.
There was a mere 3.4 percent drop in overall major felonies on the system, even as ridership dropped by nearly 90 percent from pre-crisis levels.
The surge came while the MTA and NYPD struggle with virus-induced personnel shortages, with 5,055 NYPD personnel still out of work due to the virus as of Sunday evening.
To cope, the MTA has deployed 70 privately contracted security guards to city transit, and plans to add more “as needed,” a senior MTA source told The Post, confirming a report from The City. (Where's Lynch?: "Unit Work" violation....)
The security contractors are meant to serve as extra “eyes and ears,” not additional law enforcement, the source said.
Transit officials have also redeployed the MTA’s own in-house cops to subways from the commuter railroads.
An MTA source said transit officials even weighed asking for help from the National Guard, but it was “quickly dismissed” as not the “right fit.” State police were also considered, sources said.(In the subways? Yeah, right...they're pissed off they're at the airports)
Subway crimes have persisted into April, touching all corners of the city — from a string of robberies by a group of teens in Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan to a $100 pickpocket-by-force at 170th Street Station in The Bronx, according to the NYPD.
Last Thursday, an alleged turnstile-jumper who was handcuffed in Harlem kicked an NYPD cop so hard the officer fell off the platform and onto the tracks.
The officer — who was also spat on by the attacker — broke her wrist when she fell.
Stats released Monday show that crime citywide after March 12 was down year-over-year in every category except burglary and auto theft, which increased by 45 and 95 percent, respectively.
Between March 23 and this past Sunday, citywide robberies were down by nearly a third, with 618 over the last few weeks compared to 881 during the same time last year.
Subway robberies up despite dramatically lower ridership amid coronavirus
By Craig McCarthy and David Meyer
3 minutes
April 20, 2020 | 1:55pm | Updated April 20, 2020 | 5:33pm
Subway robberies are skyrocketing despite a plunge in ridership during the coronavirus crisis — forcing the MTA to call in outside contractors for backup, according to sources.
March saw 51 robberies across the 472-station subway system — compared to 33 the previous year, according to NYPD stats.
There was a mere 3.4 percent drop in overall major felonies on the system, even as ridership dropped by nearly 90 percent from pre-crisis levels.
The surge came while the MTA and NYPD struggle with virus-induced personnel shortages, with 5,055 NYPD personnel still out of work due to the virus as of Sunday evening.
To cope, the MTA has deployed 70 privately contracted security guards to city transit, and plans to add more “as needed,” a senior MTA source told The Post, confirming a report from The City. (Where's Lynch?: "Unit Work" violation....)
The security contractors are meant to serve as extra “eyes and ears,” not additional law enforcement, the source said.
Transit officials have also redeployed the MTA’s own in-house cops to subways from the commuter railroads.
An MTA source said transit officials even weighed asking for help from the National Guard, but it was “quickly dismissed” as not the “right fit.” State police were also considered, sources said.(In the subways? Yeah, right...they're pissed off they're at the airports)
Subway crimes have persisted into April, touching all corners of the city — from a string of robberies by a group of teens in Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan to a $100 pickpocket-by-force at 170th Street Station in The Bronx, according to the NYPD.
Last Thursday, an alleged turnstile-jumper who was handcuffed in Harlem kicked an NYPD cop so hard the officer fell off the platform and onto the tracks.
The officer — who was also spat on by the attacker — broke her wrist when she fell.
Stats released Monday show that crime citywide after March 12 was down year-over-year in every category except burglary and auto theft, which increased by 45 and 95 percent, respectively.
Between March 23 and this past Sunday, citywide robberies were down by nearly a third, with 618 over the last few weeks compared to 881 during the same time last year.