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Kathy Hochul: “Crime was up, ridership was down, customer satisfaction was…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Gov. Kathy Hochul Presents New York City Subway Performance, Safety Report

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

When I first took office four years ago, I inherited a system that can only be described as a real mess. Crime was up, ridership was down, customer satisfaction was down, fare evasion was up, homelessness was up [when I took office]. So we're looking at all these factors and we knew we had a lot of work to do to roll up our sleeves and get started. (01:23–01:33)

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Asserts that crime, fare evasion, and homelessness were up, while ridership and customer satisfaction were down when she took office.

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