REPORTING LIVE, ROMNEY SMITH,
NEWS 4 NEW YORK. >>> WE GOT ANOTHER VIDEO OF
ANOTHER ATTACK ON AN MTA WORKER. POLICE SAY A 38-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
WAS ON DUTY ON A SOUTHBOUND 4
TRAIN WHEN THIS GUY APPROACHED
HER, HIT HER IN THE FACE WITH A
GLASS BOTTLE AND RAN OFF.
SHE SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY TO HER FACE, ONE DAY AFTER GOVERNOR
HOCHUL ANNOUNCED 1,000 NATIONAL
GUARD MEMBERS WILL BE NOW
PATROLLING THE SUBWAYS.
TRACIE STRAHAN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CERTAINLY PROBABLY SAW
DURING YOUR MORNING COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAVEN’T, YOU MAY IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
PART OF THE GOVERNOR’S PLAN AIMED AT CURBING CRIME IN THE
SUBWAY SYSTEM, SOME ARE ALREADY
WONDERING IF IT GOES FAR ENOUGH.
THE PLAN UNVEILED BY THE
GOVERNOR SHOWS INCREASED
MANPOWER.
A TEAM OF A THOUSAND, INCLUDES
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND STATE
TROOPERS, WHO WILL BE ASSISTING
THE MTA POLICE, HOW ALL OF THEM
WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING WHAT THE MTA IS ALREADY DOING, RANDOM BAG
CHECKS IN SOME OF THE BUSIEST
AND MOST PROBLEMATIC SUBWAY
STATIONS.
THE PLAN CALLS FOR ADDING NEW
CAMERAS ON CONDUCTOR CABINS, AND A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW JUDGES TO
BAN REPEAT OFFENDERS FROM THE
SYSTEM.
>> I WANT TO CHANGE THE
PSYCHOLOGY AROUND CRIME IN NEW YORK CITY.
WE HAVE THE SAFEST BIG CITY IN AMERICAS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE
FOR US.
>>
>>.
>> Reporter: THE ONE THING ISN’T
THE INCREASED OVERTIME OF NYPD
THAT THE CITY IS SPENDING ON
OFFICERS IN THE SUBWAY. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT MAYOR
ADAMS HAS ASKED THE STATE FOR.
GOVERNOR HOCHUL SAYS THESE
SAFETY MEASURES WILL BE IN PLACE AS LONG AS NECESSARY.