MTA Study Finds Limited Police Presence At Subway Stations; Riders Split On More Cops

CBS New York

May 27, 2021

As crime continues to spike underground, an internal Metropolitan Transportation Authority study reveals there is very little police presence at most subway stations.

An MTA conductor was recently punched in the face at the 96th Street and Broadway station. A man was pushed onto the tracks at the 21st Street-Queensbridge station, and another man was shot in a Bronx subway station during a robbery.

As CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported, those are just a few of the crimes that have some riders on edge.

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