Only half the cash needed for the 300-cop, six-month surge is lined up — and Hochul asked for the remaining funds in the budget plan she unveiled Tuesday.

Hundreds of NYPD officers will start patrolling overnight trains next week, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday – finally detailing her much-anticipated subway safety surge. “Monday, you’ll start to see the overnight presence on the trains,” she said, wearing a windbreaker in a Grand Central Station news conference.

The MTA estimates 44% of bus riders and 10% of subway riders skipped the fare during the final three months of 2024.

NYC police officers will be stationed on the subway during overnight hours​ starting as early as Monday, the governor says.

Federal agents, led by new DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, made a high-profile arrest in New York City on Tuesday as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul defended the operation, emphasizing its focus on violent offenders while reaffirming sanctuary policies.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday during her State of the State address a new plan to increase subway safety in New York City, including new infrastructure improvements and increased police presence on trains.

A homeless man is accused of pushing a 23-year-old woman into a moving train at a Washington Heights subway station Monday morning, police said. The victim was standing on the northbound A train platform at the 175th Street station around 9 a.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is leaning into NYPD overtime spending for her subway safety strategy, amplifying the city’s already historic overtime spending on law enforcement. Some transit and good ...

The deployment will include 300 officers deployed on every overnight train and an additional 750 on stations and platforms, the governor said.

Governor Kathy Hochul's safety plan deploys additional NYPD officers on NYC's overnight subways to enhance security.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's plan to bolster subway safety has begun with 2,500 police officers patrolling platforms and trains.

In her state of the state address, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised the NYPD would patrol every single subway train overnight, but this means that hundreds of police officers have been reassigned and taken away from their local precincts.