Thinktank58 t1_jd1u41e wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:48 AM

Reply to comment by Rottimer in NYPD Blows Overtime Budget by Nearly $100 Million, On Pace for Record | The New York City Police Department’s budget overage defies a pledge by Mayor Eric Adams to cut overtime spending by half in his first year in office. by bloomberg

Really? Posting a police presence after multiple people are attacked and pushed onto subway tracks is performance theater?

fireblyxx t1_jd1vzsa wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:12 AM

Yes, given that there aren’t enough cops to be everywhere at once and the presence of the cops isn’t necessarily going to deter random acts of violence.

Plus cops end up posted by the turnstiles looking to ticket fare jumpers than be on the platforms doing fuck-all.

Sickpup831 t1_jd2lfz0 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:56 AM

Except your whole argument falls apart because crimes in the subway went down significantly after the mayor/governor flooded the subway system with cops.