The MTA is asking for 1,500 additional cops to be assigned to the city’s beleaguered transit system — triple the number the NYPD said it would send in by Monday. Police brass vowed Saturday to put at least 500 more cops in the system after a homeless man launched a random weekend slashing rampage that left two people dead and two guys wounded. "Assaults on our workers, from harassment and threats to physical violence, continue to occur far too often," Foye and Feinberg wrote. The bloody weekend slashings on the A Train line marked the latest in the recent rash of transit violence. "They will work hand in hand with the thousands of officers and outreach workers who already do this work in our communities and subways every day."

Source: Fox News February 15, 2021 12:45 UTC