Multiple NDG merchants have been the victims of break-ins over the last few weeks, with the thief or thieves appearing to use the same smash and grab method at each business.
this individual and they re scouring records to see if there were threats made previously that hadn t been responded to. there s a lot going on. i think we ll have a lot more detail later in the afternoon when they do the next pres conference, probably at police headquarters. the problem at the moment is the city and the subway were already dealing with an explosion of crime. not as bad as it was certainly back in the 1990s, when i first got here, but it s been of increasing concern. and this is only going to exacerbate that tremendously. people going home in the rush hour going to have increased concern about safety on the subway. the comment about this station, is a neighborhood station, it s not times square, not in manhattan and police can t be everywhere. almost a thousand additional officers on patrol in the subway, trying to deal with the rise of crime in the subway.