Police union leaders and others have pilloried the plan to redeploy officers in and around subway stations to combat rising crime underground as unworkable and politically motivated.
The plan, announced last week by Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul, calls for giving MTA Police for the first time primary responsibility for patrolling the city’s commuter rail hubs — Penn Station, Grand Central, Atlantic Terminal, and Jamaica Station — thereby freeing up NYPD cops to cover more ground.
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