a law enforcement source telling cnn the suspect has plebdged allegiance to isis and that he was motivated by recent actions in gaza. most recently, investigators say ullah had worked during the port authority, doing electrical work along with his brother. he had been licensed to drive a taxi in new york, but it s unclear if he ever did. his license expired in 2015. ullah is a permanent legal resident who came to the united states in 2011 to join family members already living in new york. this attack comes just over a month after an isis sympathizer killed eight people by driving a truck down a busy new york bike path. and tonight, new questions about security levels in new york s transportation hubs. listen, we have almost 3,000 transit cops that work in the subway system every day. we have the strategic response group, we have the critical response command. all parts of this system are controlled. this is new york. the reality is that we are a
sustained minor injuries. the subject was placed in custody and transported to bellevue hospital. immediate police response to the scene included members of the transit bureau, emergency service division, bomb squad, counter terrorism, state troopers and f.b.i. s joint terrorist task force. in addition, the nypd response group and critical response command were assigned to other key transportation hubs in other locations throughout the city as a precaution. this incident was captured on transit system tv. a thorough background check into the suspect is being conducted. we re asking anyone with any information about this individual or incident to call the terror hotline. 888-nyc-safe. just as the governor and mayor said, we re new yorkers and we don t live in fear. if you see something that doesn t look right you have an
body. he intentionally detonated that divide. looks like there are three other people in the immediate area that also sustained injuries. the subject was placed in custody and transported to bellevue hospital. immediate police response to the scene included members of the trans transit bureau, state troopers and the fbi s joint terrorist task force. in addition, the nypd strategic response group, critical response command, assigned to other commercial hubs in other locations throughout the city as a precaution. this incident was captured on transit system video. further review and interview of witnesses is under way. thorough background investigation into ullah is being conducted by the task force. we are asking anyone who may have any information about this individual or incident to call the terror hot line and that s 888-nyc-safe. just as the governor said, as
critical response command cops assigned counterterrorism duties, working alongside strategic response group officers and patrol cops in the emergency service unit too. there will be what the public won t see as well. reporter: their aren t any specific concerns for terrorism, any threats at this point but new york city has the best anti-terrorism unit in the world so they will be all over that through the entire morning. the other story is the weather, temperatures fell through the overnight hours. look at forecast maps, yesterday sitting in the 50s, feel like temperature is in the 20s, making my eyes water. it shouldn t be enough to affect any of the floats since 90 people are dragging each of these across the street. by 10:00 temperatures will climb into the mid-30s winds 10 to 15
our city. and we ve enhanced security for this also. it s going to be a very safe event. we ve added more sand trucks, more blocker vehicles. i can t give you the exact number. i do have it, i can t give it to you, but it will be the most ever deployed at this event. we more than doubled our observation teams, our rooftop observation posts, as well as our counter-sniper teams from the emergency services unit throughout the boroughs, not just here in manhattan. and we ve also added more heavy weapons teams throughout the city. officers from our emergency services unit, from our strategic response group, and from our critical response command. they ll at fixed locations along the route. but they will also have a mobile response capability, if they are needed elsewhere. and this increase will supplement the already large substantial detail of uniformed officers that you ll see along the route, but there will also be officers in civilian attire, in plain clothes that you won t