{"id":2208568,"date":"2024-03-28T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-putting-body-scanners-in-subway-mayor-calls-it-sputnik-moment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:33:30","slug":"nyc-putting-body-scanners-in-subway-mayor-calls-it-sputnik-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-putting-body-scanners-in-subway-mayor-calls-it-sputnik-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Introduces Body Scanners in Subway, Mayor Compares it to &#8216;Sputnik Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-putting-body-scanners-in-subway-mayor-calls-it-sputnik-moment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New\u2063 York City is\u2063 set to\u200d introduce body scanners in \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1000-nyc-fare-beaters-had-active-arrest-warrants-report\/\" title=\"Over 1,000 NYC fare evaders had arrest warrants: Report.\">select <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-in-nyc-arrested-for-a-string-of-attacks-on-women\/\" title=\"Man in NYC arrested for a string of attacks on women\">subway stations<\/a><\/a> to detect firearms.\u200c Mayor \u200bEric Adams likened the initiative to a significant historical\u2064 moment, referring to it as &#8220;our\u200c Sputnik moment.&#8221; While the\u200c scanners demonstrated effective firearm detection capabilities, they won&#8217;t be mandatory\u200b for subway riders to \u200bpass through. The\u2062 NYPD will undergo a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-government-will-cover-100-of-recovery-costs-for-largest-wildfire-in-new-mexicos-history\/\" title=\"Federal Government Will Cover 100% of Recovery Costs for Largest Wildfire in New Mexico's History\">90-day period<\/a> to select weapons detection technology vendors and\u2062 gather \u2062public feedback.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> will soon install body scanners at several busy subway stations meant to check for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyson-fury-doubles-down-on-support-for-the-ukrainian-resistance%ef%bf%bc\/\" title=\"Tyson Fury Doubles Down on Support for the Ukrainian Resistance\ufffc\">people carrying guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/233-24\/mayor-adams-nypd-commissioner-caban-pilot-new-technology-additional-clinicians-be#\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a pilot program for the scanners at a news conference on Thursday at the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our Sputnik moment,\u201d Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nypd-to-test-scanners-with-ai-tech-to-crack-down-on-guns-in-nyc-subway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cLike when Kennedy said we\u2019re going to put a man on the moon. \u2026 Let\u2019s bring on the scanners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event included a demonstration of how the scanners work. The scanners appeared to flag a man carrying a loaded gun, but not a man with a backpack full of electronics.<\/p>\n<p>However, subway riders will not be required to pass through the machines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: The NYPD is gearing up to pilot metal detectors with artificial intelligence in the subways to keep guns out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our Sputnik moment. Like when Kennedy said we\u2019re going to put a man on the moon,\u201d Mayor Adams said just now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZ7K5xtgE8\">pic.twitter.com\/bZ7K5xtgE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bahar Ostadan (@BaharOstadan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaharOstadan\/status\/1773379532017320032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Body scanners coming to the \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCTSubway<\/a>\u2069 system. Details to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hNUhHNdX18\">pic.twitter.com\/hNUhHNdX18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chayesmatthew\/status\/1773371661804286160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A demonstration of the body scanners that are coming \u2014 in as soon as 90 days \u2014 to the New York City subways. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9zdjjGpqZ\">pic.twitter.com\/B9zdjjGpqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chayesmatthew\/status\/1773383673074552968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new scanners will not be implemented for several months, however.<\/p>\n<p>During a legally mandated 90-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-policies-concern-second-amendment-advocates\/\" title=\"Biden gun policies concern Second Amendment advocates\">waiting period<\/a>, the NYPD will look for vendors of weapons detection technology. The public will be able to comment on the scanner program for the first 45 days of the waiting period.<\/p>\n<p>The city has not said which subway stations will get scanners as part of the pilot program. Police are expected to monitor the machines to see if the program should be expanded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking the next step forward in our ongoing efforts to make our subways even safer and ensure New Yorkers feel safer in the transit system,\u201d Adams said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new scanners come amid a sharp increase in gun violence in the subway. Four subway killings have happened so far this year, just under the five that occurred over all of last year.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD says cops have seized 19 illegal guns in the subway so far this year, up from nine by this point last year.<\/p>\n<p>Transit crime overall is up 4.4% so far this year compared to last year, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" href=\"https:\/\/compstat.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\">according<\/a> to NYPD data.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) deployed 750 National Guard soldiers into he subway system to check riders\u2019 bags. Last month, the NYPD started sending another 1,000 officers into the subway system each day.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the city\u2019s announcement of new body scanners was met with criticism online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTSA-ifying the subway is not going to fix anything,\u201d one X user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristenmag\/status\/1773409450826826116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho will man this? A police officer? And how about when it does beep will there be enough police there to tackle the person if they get out of control? Yeah it\u2019s all well and good to hear the beeping but then what do you do after?\u201d another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miriam_riviera\/status\/1773407712015008248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City plans to deploy body scanners at select subway stations to detect firearms. Mayor Eric Adams revealed a trial initiative for these scanners during a press event at Lower Manhattan&#8217;s Fulton Street subway station on Thursday. Adams likened this move to a significant moment in history, stating, \u201cThis is our Sputnik moment,\u201d drawing a parallel to Kennedy&#8217;s era<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2208569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-157664957.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-157664957.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}