Extra security presence seen in NYC subways

in New York City tonight National Guard troops are now on patrol in the city Subways why authorities took this move and what Riders are already saying tonight Aaron kki now in New York tonight armed and in full uniform 750 New York National Guard members are now patrolling the nation's largest transit system in addition to these National Guardsmen the NYPD has surged a thousand police officers into the subway in more than 100 stations around the city nypd's chief of Transit Michael keer hopes it all reassures Riders now the going to see National Guard members in addition to your cops yep yep and and look we welcome you know all the help we can get this is all about public safet despite the increased presence more violent incidents in the past 24 hours police releasing this video of the person suspected of hitting a female conductor in the head with a bottle on Wednesday and overnight a 53-year-old man was stabbed on a train in the Bronx last year saw the highest number of Subway assaults in 27 years so far this year Transit crime is up more than 133% in the city compared to last year they've made over 3,000 arrests already this year in the subway system but unfortunately we find ourselves arresting the same small G group of people over and over and over again after a spike Subway crime is coming down but David after some high-profile instances of violence the authorities well know it's not the statistics that matter it's how people feel when they ride the subway David no question about that Aaron kki down in the subway for us tonight and thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Fri Mar 08 2024