NEW YORK – Despite all the precautions taken in the New York subway, the security problem continues to increase. This situation causes the residents of the city to turn to alternative means of transportation.
With the new application launched by former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio 11 months ago, the number of police in subway stations and vehicles has been increased. New York’s mayor of police origin, Eric Adams, who took office in the new year, took new additional measures in subway stations and vehicles.
Homeless people sheltering in subway cars and stations have been forcibly removed, but all the new measures have not reduced crime in the New York subway.
According to the latest data, attacks in the subway have increased by 50 percent since 11 months ago, when the police measures were increased. Despite all the security measures taken in the New York subway and the increased number of patrol officers, the crime rate increased by 61 percent. Compared to last year, general thefts on the New York subway increased by 72 percent and money-stealing crimes by 110 percent.
It was stated that racist attacks in the New York subway increased compared to last year, and people from many different ethnic groups other than Asians were exposed to racist attacks.
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials noted that the number of people who want to use the subway for free by jumping over the turnstiles has increased at an alarming rate in recent weeks, and when other subway passengers see those breaking the rules, they are worried about what else a person who does this can do to me.
According to the Metropolitan Transportation Department, free rides on the city’s public transport have become an epidemic. The head of the department, Janno Lieber, stated that this situation disrupts the city’s public transportation authority, creates insecurity and will encourage violence and crimes to be committed in the subway, “We have to impose sanctions and find a solution. The rate of those who get on the subway and buses for free has reached 12 percent. Lieber stated that a total of 664 crimes were committed in public transportation vehicles this year, an increase of 67 percent compared to the same period last year.
About three weeks ago, in the attack carried out by a person with guns and gas bombs in the New York subway during rush hour, 10 people were injured with a gun and 20 people were injured by the effect of gas. Three days ago, a person died at the Jamaica subway station in the Queens area of the city, after an argument between them while waiting for the train, from the gun of a person he did not know.