"Assessing New York City's Subway Safety: National Guard Deployment and Public Opinion"

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to deploy 750 National Guard members and state troopers into the city's subway system has sparked debate about the city's safety. While major crime in the transit system has increased, overall crime fell last year, and the rate of violent crime on the subway is low. A new study by New York University's Center for Urban Science and Progress shows that New York City is outperforming expectations in terms of gun homicides, indicating that it is doing better than other big cities in the country. The study used urban scaling theory to analyze gun violence and population data, highlighting the complexity of crime in urban areas and the need for a better understanding of how crime concentrates in cities.