{"id":463604,"date":"2025-12-22T04:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463604\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T04:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:22:23","slug":"nassau-county-executive-bruce-blakeman-claims-hochul-failing-on-nyc-subway-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/463604\/","title":{"rendered":"Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman claims Hochul failing on NYC subway crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Kathy Hochul is dropping the ball on Big Apple subway safety, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman said Sunday \u2014 citing a Friday night transit stabbing on the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n

\u201cCriminals know they can get away with violence in Kathy Hochul\u2019s New York,\u201d Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, said in a statement. \u201cThese attacks didn\u2019t just happen; they were allowed to happen because of Hochul\u2019s soft on crime policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cCashless bail, raise the age, erased criminal records, and soft sentences have created a system where criminals know they can strike again and again without facing real consequences. When people are stabbed in the middle of rush hour, it\u2019s obvious the system is out of control and leadership is failing.\u201d<\/p>\n

James Keivom<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announced a $77 million state plan to beef up Big Apple transit safety. Brigitte Stelzer<\/p>\n

He cited the attack on a 23-year-old straphanger, who was stabbed in the back in a random<\/a> attack on a No. 1 train platform at 96th Street and Broadway around 7 p.m. Friday. <\/p>\n

The victim was taken to Mt. Sinai-Morningside Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n

Blakeman also mentioned a similar attack earlier this month at the Union Square station, where a 45-year-old passenger was also stabbed in the back by a brute who fled the scene. <\/p>\n

Not noted by the pol were two other subway attacks<\/a> on Saturday, when a 38-year-old man was stabbed on a No. 6 train at Grand Central Station around 5 p.m., and a 15-year-old was slashed in the back at the 42nd Street station just over an hour later.<\/p>\n

Blakeman blamed Hochul\u2019s \u201csoft on crime policies\u201d for the violence, despite her recent $77 million transit safety plan. James Keivom<\/p>\n

There were three random subway slashings in the Big Apple over the weekend and another earlier in the month. Dakota Santiago\/FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n

Bruce Blakeman became the early leader for the GOP nod in the New York governor\u2019s race, thanks to Trump. Michael Nigro<\/p>\n

However, the recent attacks come as NYPD stats show historic lows in transit crime in the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

Last week, Hochul announced a $77 million state investment to beef up police patrols and install safety equipment at city subway stations, with Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and MTA CEO Janno Lieber all chiming in on the press release.<\/p>\n

In a statement Sunday, Hochul campaign rep Sarafina Chitika took a shot back at Blakeman, who became the early GOP frontrunner for governor after President Trump\u2019s endorsement nudged US Rep. Elise Stefanik out of the running late last week.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Donald Trump said it best: Bruce Blakeman is \u2018MAGA all the way,’\u201d Chitika said. \u201c\u2019He\u2019s sold out Nassau and tied himself to Trump\u2019s toxic agenda at every turn \u2014 backing policies that raise costs, gut health care, and undermine abortion rights. <\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers don\u2019t elect MAGA extremists that bow down to Trump and make their lives more expensive \u2014 which is why Backup Blakeman has lost every statewide race he\u2019s ever run, just like he\u2019ll lose next November,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Kathy Hochul is dropping the ball on Big Apple subway safety, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman said…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":463605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,22807,69,5371,5248,9904,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,82992,28715,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-463604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bruce-blakeman","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-kathy-hochul","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-mta","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-subway-slashings","21":"tag-subways","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115761312415116397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}