Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to flood the subway with national guard troops is a costly form of political theater.
National Guard members are on duty at a security checkpoint at Penn Station in New York City, New York, on March 7, 2024.National Guard members are on duty at a security checkpoint at Penn Station in New York City, New York, on March 7, 2024.On March 14, a coalition of community and civil rights organizationsto New York Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing her decision to flood the New York City subway system with 1,000 state police and National Guard troops.
According to Jin Hee Lee of the Legal Defense Fund, “The deployment of military personnel and state police in New York City subways is reminiscent of the city’s failed ‘stop-and-frisk’ era that threatened the safety of Black and Brown New Yorkers and their right to be free of unwarranted intrusions.
If the governor’s interventions are unlikely to produce a safer subway system, divert resources and attention from much needed services, and are likely to exacerbate racial inequities, then why is she doing them? In essence, Hochul is attempting to engage in more law enforcement theater in order to win over more conservative voters outside of New York City. Most of the districts being contested fall outside the city limits but within the greater New York media market, meaning that coverage of both crime and Hochul’s response will be front and center in their news feeds.
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