Hochul expected to announce NYS will help NYPD in subways amid violence

Vanessa and Craig, we've seen a spike in crime day after day. We're talking about slashing, stabbings, beatings and shoves onto the subway track, making riders extremely uncomfortable. While there's been a thousand officers flooded into the transit system, the governor will be speaking out today about what the state plans on doing and how resources will be added. Governor Hochul expected to say riders will certainly feel the change. Subway riders will see the changes, and that includes random bag checks underground with the goal of confiscating more weapons. High-tech metal detectors could also be installed before the end of the year. Subway crime is up more than 13 percent compared to last year. While the mayor tried to spin the numbers... We have an average of probably six felonies a day in that four million ridership. We want to get rid of every one of those six felonies, every one of them. We want to get rid of them. ...MTA workers aren't buying it. You cannot employ us and tell us to move this city and tell us to put our safety over service. We will not do it any longer. Last week, MTA conductor Alton Scott was slashed in the neck and nearly bled out, but was saved by a doctor on board. It was a very close call. He's lucky. On Sunday, 64-year-old Abu Khan was kicked onto the track at Penn Station, causing a brain bleed. Go back by the wall, and he kicked me in my back, and I threw out and fell down to the track. The slashings, beatings, and shoves onto the tracks have rail riders on high alert. Back in the day, I used to close my eyes, half-hour snooze. Now, I'm like, no, keep your eyes open. The mayor says he's certainly been listening to riders and knows that they want to see more uniformed officers in the subway system. Saying 1,000 is not enough, they want to see the changes so that they can feel safer on the subways. In Columbus Circle, I'm Calorama, PIX 11 News.