NYC crime on subways continues to alarm commuters despite the NYPD’s efforts. Push/shove assaults account for 2/3 of subway crimes from January to Saturday. There have been 121 incidents involving a pushing or shoving assault in the past month, according to law enforcement data. While the police have made progress in other subway crime, including homicides, radios that signal trains’ locations, police presence and response time, crime experts and advocacy groups have urged the NYPD to develop a comprehensive approach to subway crime that goes beyond reacting to events as they occur. The subway system remains the largest target for street-level violence in a city that is the safest among big American cities. In 2021, crime on subways dropped 9.5%, resulting in 2,316 crimes, half the number recorded in 2018. However, the subway system administered $900 million worth of crime-prevention funds last year, and New York City received the lowest grade among the 50 largest American cities in crime prevention by the nonprofit Council for a Strong America. The Council praised the creation of the NYPD Transit Task Force and graded it as “good direction”, while demanding further measures such as raising the number of police officers on subways and including fewer non-essential functions to their spirits as policing on the streets and in subways.
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