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MTA to install over 100 security cameras in
Forest Hills and Rego Park subway stations
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The MTA announced a plan
last week to install around
138 new security cameras
between four subway stations in
Forest Hills and Rego Park to help
the NYPD monitor and deter crime
in the area.
The plan was sparked by an incident
last March when a 21-year-old
man was shot in the leg in the 75th
Avenue subway platform.
According to amNew York Metro,
officers looked through security
footage from nearby businesses
for possible surveillance images of
the suspects following the incident,
but it didn’t immediately lead to the
identification of the suspects.
After Assemblyman Andrew
Hevesi offered up $250,000 in funding
toward the project, the MTA was
able to work with the 112th Precinct
and the 112th Community Council
to execute the additional security
measures.
“I am thrilled that Assemblyman
Hevesi was able to secure the
funding and achieve this result of
permanently improving our community’s
safety by the installation of
these cameras,” said 112th Precinct
Community Council President Heidi
Harrison Chain.
In the wake of the shooting, Chain
snapped into action, though she said
that the her experience monitoring
crime with the precinct council had
put the idea on her radar for a while.
As has been documented across the
five boroughs over the past year,
Chain said that she has noticed
a correspondent rise in subway
crimes in her precinct.
“This is really a permanent improvement
for our safety because
once they have it there hopefully it
will be a deterrent,” Chain said.
While the plans for the installation
have yet to be finalized, the
proposal is to install approximately
37 cameras at the 75th Avenue station,
approximately 37 cameras at
Forest Hills/71st Avenue station,
approximately 21 cameras at 67th
Avenue, and 63rd Drive/Rego Park
station.
“Heidi cannot be thanked enough
for her contributions to our communities,
which are most recently
on display through her role in securing
these cameras. I also want
to thank our former Commanding
Officer Jonathan Cermeli and Captain
Mullaney for their efforts, and
every member of 112th Precinct for
ensuring that our neighborhoods
remain among the safest in the city,”
said Hevesi.
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