MIDTOWN — The true symbol of New York City isn't the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building or Grand Central — it's the subway pole.
At least, that's what NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton sees as an icon of hope for the metropolis.
“The subway pole is truly the symbol of New York City,” Bratton told Charlie Rose in an interview that aired on PBS Wednesday night.
“You look at all those different hands, black, brown, yellow, grease under the fingernails, jewelry, manicured fingernails.
"I love the subways because it’s the future of the world and it’s happening now in New York City," he continued."
“The idea that 6 million people can cram into those subway cars and on an average day we have four or five reported crimes throughout the city on the subways… that’s why I have so much hope for the city."
