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Deploy 500 Extra Cops to Curtail Fare Evasion and Worker Assaults

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 6/18/19

Governor Cuomo announced June 17 that 500 additional police officers will be deployed in city subways and along its bus routes to combat rising fare evasion and assaults on transit workers.

He linked the two troubling trends and credited Transport Workers Union Local 100 for persistently raising the issue.  

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