Traffic & Transit
First Of 500 New Subway Cops Sworn In
The first of 500 new police officers who are being assigned to the subways were sworn in this week.
NEW YORK CITY — More officers will now be watching over subways and trains across our area, but they’re not NYPD.
Forty MTA police officers were sworn in on Wednesday.
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They’re the first of 500 being added in a controversial plan from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The new officers will be assigned to New York City transit, the Long Island Railroad and Metro-North.
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Another 100 officers are expected to be sworn in next month.
