OVER THE PAST two decades, New Yorkers have become used to the slow creep of armed security in public spaces. Yet Kathy Hochul's announcement on March 6 that National Guard members and State Police officers would start doing bag checks and patrols at the turnstiles brought with it fresh unease.
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