Update 11:26 p.m.: A long time ago, all the way back in August of 2005, the MTA unveiled plans to install security cameras in subway stations as part of its counterterrorism efforts. The cameras were supposed to be installed and fully operation within three years which would put this project’s completion date in, oh, […]
After a few weeks of random purse-snatches and one escape through a subway tunnel that have led to lingering tensions between New York City Transit and the NYPD, the cops finally arrested the suspected purse-snatcher. While the resolution of this drama is a welcome denouement, the real story comes from an analysis of recent […]
Get ready to smile for your MTA overlords. Over a year after the MTA first started grumbling about putting security cameras in subway cars, the security plan may get off the ground sometime this year. Or maybe next year. No one really knows yet.
What we do know is that the MTA will begin one […]
I introduced you in February to the plans to bring armed security personnel into the subway. Yesterday, SUBWAYblogger saw a few of the first armed teams dispatched as part of Operation Torch, and today, the Daily News writes about rider reaction the underground submachine guns. Makeda Mays-Green summed it up: “I just got off the […]
New York City’s tenuous race relations are back in the news in a big way. In a three-piece special investigative feature, the Daily News on Sunday unveiled the alarming fact that the city’s black and Latino subway riders are far more likely to be stopped by the police than whites and Asians in the […]
On and off over the last few weeks, I’ve questioned the delays in implementation the MTA has faced as the agency has tried to implement its long-overdue security plan. While Homeland Security has funneled more money toward the MTA, the reality is that the MTA’s $1.1 billion plan to secure the subways is short […]
Coming soon to the subway: Police officers with automatic rifles and submachine guns in your subway car. And bomb-sniffing dogs. And Kevlar-helmets. Oh, my.
Thanks to an influx of Homeland Security funds, New York City and the MTA are beefing up subway security. While I can’t complain about the money or the focus on the […]
Apparently, the MTA anti-terrorism tip line doesn’t yield too many leads. Raise your hand if you’re surprised.
In a rather amusing piece in Monday’s Times, William Neuman crunches some numbers and runs some anecdotes to find that no terrorist activity was reported but New Yorkers sure are paranoid. And, oh yeah, friends like to try […]
Don’t feel safe on the subway? Well, then, what’s wrong with you? Subway crime has hit a new low with an average of just six reported crimes per day. Once upon a time, back in the good old days of 1990, subway crime numbers sat at 48 per day. Maybe all of the people who […]
Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.
Closed-circuit security cameras are already everywhere in New York City. I can count upwards of 30 of them between 8th Ave. at 16th St. and the elevator to my office building in the heart of Chelsea Market. But if the city officials have their way, more and more cameras will be […]
