The pressure is on the mayor to create a perception of safety underground.
It’s an image that tells you everything you need to know about how safe straphangers feel on the subways — Stephanie Perez of the Bronx standing far, far away from the edge of the platform.Then there is another image that goes to subway safety — the hatchet used in an attempted assault on two riders on the No. 4 train Franklin Avenue platform in Crown Heights. It was among eight incidents over the weekend, stabbings and assaults that stoke the perception the subways are not safe.“I don’t know.
“As the mayor made clear on Friday, there are no quick fixes for these issues that have been ignored for far too long. This plan is a first step towards ending homelessness in our subways, providing comprehensive mental health services to those in need, and keeping all New Yorkers safe while using our transit system,” press secretary Fabien Levy said.
The mayor said that for New York City to make a full recovery from the pandemic people have to take the subways and feel safe doing it, but criminal justice experts say it’s not just about hiring more cops. “You start by making it look like it’s safe. Change, you know, fix the lightbulbs that are burnt out, clean out the garbage. I mean I was in the city the other day and I’m dodging bottles and cans on the subway platforms and on the staircases,” said Joe Giacalone of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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