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A year into Eric Adams mayoralty, NYC is still losing ground on crime
New York Post ^ | February 12, 2023 | Post Editorial Board

Posted on 02/13/2023 1:05:43 PM PST by george76

Bad news: On basically every other front, crime is winning.

It sure looks like the NYPD just lacks the resources needed for an across-the-board sea change, at least as long as the Legislature refuses to fix its disastrous criminal-justice reforms. And the mayor’s occasional claims that public fears about crime are just a “perception” are wildly false.

Major crimes — the ones most tracked by CompStat: murder, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, car theft and rape — hit 126,588, up 22.4% from 2021 and a post-2007 high. Every category except homicide last year topped the 2021 level.

And those categories don’t include a host of “non-major” felonies, such as criminal mischief, criminal contempt (typically for violating a judicial order) and dangerous-weapons complaints.

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In all, the city last year saw more than 170,000 felonies reported, the most since it started releasing such stats in 2006. The record 172,852 for 2022 is up 20.4% from the 143,522 in 2021. (The 2006 total: 171,318 felony complaints.)

Meanwhile, misdemeanors in 2022 hit an eight-year high at 264,672 — including almost 100,000 complaints of harassment, plus more than 40,000 minor assaults.

Not to mention shoplifting, which is also setting records (over 63,000 in 2022, a 45% jump over 2021 and more than 2½ times the level of the mid-2000s) even though merchants increasingly don’t even bother reporting it.

Retailers tell The Post that nothing’s improved in the two months since the mayor’s high-profile December summit on the shoplifting catastrophe.

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crime will keep on soaring, and regular citizens will keep on suffering and fuming, for the foreseeable future.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; anarchotyranny; crime; diversity; dystopia; equity; ericadams; newyork; nyc; nypd; socialjustice; usefulidiot
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1 posted on 02/13/2023 1:05:43 PM PST by george76
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Well, he did win with 75% of da vote


2 posted on 02/13/2023 1:07:22 PM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: george76

This is news? It’s almost like they think there would be some other outcome.


3 posted on 02/13/2023 1:10:20 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: george76

No surprise there.

After all, he is a democrat, and no matter what the background, they all stick together policy-wise.

The only remedy for NYC and all other blue cities/states what have high-crime problems, it to get rid of the democrats running those areas, and preferably elect tough-on-crime republicans (iow: no RINOs).


4 posted on 02/13/2023 1:11:46 PM PST by adorno
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To: 2banana

Ballots ( Dominion machines connected to the internet, illegals... ) are different than votes from citizens.


5 posted on 02/13/2023 1:16:44 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

What? A uhaul driver just ran into a crowd in Brooklyn.


6 posted on 02/13/2023 1:17:15 PM PST by stanne
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To: george76

The folks that could leave, have left-
Many folks planning on getting out, ASAP.
Some just a bit longer to wait - kids, parents job etc . . .

Those that stay get what they refuse to fight-

Zeldin, the weakest of weak Candidates, came close.
They’ll never let that happen again-

Florida has a larger population, and HALF the state budget.
get that? HALF

New York and NYC will never be anything like it was -
Al the things that made it great are gone for good.
Turn the page folks.


7 posted on 02/13/2023 1:18:01 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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Is it his fault or is it the DA’s fault? Maybe Adams can call Ray Kelly...and Bratton as well...and sign them up as consultants.


8 posted on 02/13/2023 1:21:38 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: ConservativeInPA
Doomberg...to his credit...kept Rudy's policing policies in place. Things started going down the toilet under Comrade Wilhelm and his lesbian “wife”.
9 posted on 02/13/2023 1:24:11 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: george76

Brilliant deduction NY Post,,,,,Criminals are released with in a few hours after arrest, what do you expect the bad guys to do?


10 posted on 02/13/2023 1:55:38 PM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: george76

affirmative action, diversity equity and social justice is evident with these mayors of color in rat cities


11 posted on 02/13/2023 1:59:01 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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But they’ve achieved true Social Justice! It’s heaven on earth.


12 posted on 02/13/2023 1:59:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: Macoozie

About fifteen years ago, a colleague was offered an economic development contract by NYS to improve its attractiveness to business and industry. I told him it was just laughable to think they would do anything serious to actually improve their business climate. I can’t remember if he took the job.


13 posted on 02/13/2023 2:01:31 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: george76

They don’t have enough bunk space at Rikers.


14 posted on 02/13/2023 2:39:53 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: 2banana

RE: he got 75% of the vote.

“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
—Thomas Jefferson


15 posted on 02/13/2023 3:27:17 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Yeah and who had the job before him it’s NYC.


16 posted on 02/13/2023 3:32:10 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: ConservativeInPA

My new thought for a tagline
Soft on crime? I’m gonna be hard on you.

But I love my old one.


17 posted on 02/13/2023 3:35:07 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: george76

The Big Apple is rotting from the inside.


18 posted on 02/13/2023 3:46:06 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: george76

It couldn’t be because of the no bail policy that releases criminals back on the street before the arresting officer can complete the paper work. Could it?


19 posted on 02/13/2023 4:49:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Blacks have placed stronger chains on themselves than the slave masters of old ever forged.)
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Why Eric Adams remains our enthusiastic choice to be NYC’s next mayor

By Post Editorial Board October 21, 2021 | 7:12pm

“With all due respect to GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa, Eric Adams remains our choice for mayor. He’s simply far better suited to do what they both agree is Job No. 1: Get on top of the crime and public disorder plaguing New York.

He’s also better equipped to lead the fightback against the other issues afflicting this great city post-pandemic: Get businesses reopened, get commuters and tourists back . . . and keep them back.”

So, how is that going, New York Post?


20 posted on 02/13/2023 5:49:08 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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