NYC subway bag checks reminiscent of 'stop and frisk': advocates

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to increase subway bag checks and ban violent offenders from the system will only further endanger vulnerable New Yorkers, a slew of advocates said Thursday.  Dozens of electeds and community organizations pleaded with Hochul to “abandon [the] dangerous policies” they say won’t actually reduce subway violence.  [...]