Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during the daily media briefing in New York City. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)
While the policy was intended to coerce New York City residents to use public transportation such as the subway, rising fear of violent crime has made New Yorkers double down on avoiding the system.
Cuomo claimed in his piece that an increased police presence and crackdown on crime would be necessary to restore trust in the city's public transportation – but blamed "progressives" for inaction.
"That simple logic is impolitic with today’s self-defined 'progressives.' Cries to 'defund, disband and disarm' the police are politically powerful, and many politicians are intimidated," Cuomo wrote. "While certainly police reform was and is necessary as evidenced by the George Floyd murder, the answer is not to abandon public safety."
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Then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the New York State Fair Grounds in Syracuse. (N. Scott Trimble/Syracuse Post-Standard via AP)
Fox News Digital's Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
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