| re: NYC safety for tourists during the Christmas season | |
| Posted by: Teacher64 06:43 am EDT 08/10/21 | |
| In reply to: NYC safety for tourists during the Christmas season - musicalguy25 10:51 am EDT 08/09/21 | |
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| For the month of April 2021, overall index crime in New York City rose 30.4% compared with April 2020, driven by a 66% increase in grand larceny (2,659 v. 1,601) and a 35.6% increase in felony assault (1,630 v. 1,202). Robbery saw a 28.6% increase compared to April 2020 (885 v. 688), and shooting incidents increased to 149 v. 56 in April 2020 (+166.1%). Burglary was the only index crime to post a reduction – down 26% (855 v. 1,155) in April 2021, compared to the previous year. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0505/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-april-2021 For the month of May 2021, overall index crime in New York City rose 22% compared with May 2020, driven by a 46.7% increase in robbery (1,182 v. 806) and a 35.6% increase in grand larceny (2,848 v. 2,101). Felony assault saw a 20.5% increase compared to May 2020 (1,979 v. 1,643), and shooting incidents increased to 173 v. 100 in May 2020 (+73%). Burglary was the only index crime to post a reduction – down 21.8% (942 v. 1,205) in May 2021, compared to the previous year. There were 37 murders in May 2021, the same as May 2020. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0603/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-may-2021 At the height of Times Square’s “bad old days,” prostitution, child exploitation and drugs were on every corner and there was so much blood-soaked violence, only Broadway was barely hanging on as a tourist destination. The Crossroads of the World has long since cleaned up its act but experts say recent broad-daylight shootings in the tourist hub reflect a new crime wave that’s beginning to envelop every pocket of the five boroughs — even the ones that have long been considered safe. “The Times Square shootings are a wake-up call on how far things have deteriorated in the city,” Randy Mastro, a former federal prosecutor and the deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, told The Post. “The latest shooting in Times Square is only going to feed the perception, if not the reality, that the city is far less safe.” https://nypost.com/2021/06/29/how-nycs-soaring-crime-is-bleeding-into-times-square/ Shootings have surged across New York City by more than 68 percent so far in 2021, according to new NYPD crime statistics — with the typically bloody summer months still to come. https://nypost.com/2021/06/07/shootings-surge-in-nyc-with-potential-for-bloody-summer/ Man Stabbed in Head in Unprovoked NYC Sidewalk Attack: Cops It happened in broad daylight -- and there's no clear reason why Published August 9, 2021 Police are looking for a man who stabbed a 49-year-old in the head in an unprovoked attack in the Bronx, authorities say. The victim was walking on St. Paul's Place around 5 p.m. Sunday when cops say the attacker swooped in and stabbed him. No words were exchanged. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-stabbed-in-head-in-unprovoked-nyc-attack-cops/3210712/ Nope, nothing wrong here. |
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