NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- For over a century in New York City, most subway trains have run with a two-person crew, an engineer and a conductor.

Advocates say operating as a pair is a crucial safety measure.

Critics are calling it expensive and outdated.

The clock is now ticking for Governor Kathy Hochul to decide if it will be a one or two-person crew that moves millions beneath the streets of New York City.

Subway conductors are the transit workers who ride in the middle of the train and ensure passengers get on and off safely and assist during emergencies.

"The train operator's job is to move the train. My job is to make sure the passengers get on properly so we are definitely needed we are needed," conductor Lashawn Murray said.

Murray considers herself a second set of eyes since t

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