New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a multi-million dollar initiative to install surveillance cameras in every train car.
In her announcement, Hochul implied that the cameras were also intended to boost ridership, as well as security. She referenced the relatively low number of riders returning to the subway in the wake of the pandemic. On September 14, daily ridership surpassed 3.7 million for the first time since March 2020, she said. However, total ridership is still hovering around 67% of what it was pre-Covid.
Though she admitted a portion of that flatlining return is likely due to the staying power of work-from-home or hybrid office arrangements, Hochul attributed some of the stalled ridership to fears of crime on transit. Yet, the situation she described was one of decreasing crime—down 4% from 2019 numbers and 21% from June to September of 2022.“I’m optimistic, and I believe these’ll be a deterrent to people,” said Hochul. The Governor also claimed the cameras would also make it easier to solve crimes that do occur, allowing law enforcement to quickly identify perpetrators.
Adding cameras to every car will cost an estimated $5.5 million. That funding comes, in part, from the Department of Homeland Security, with $2 million from DHS’
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