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Major crime in NYC continues to climb under Mayor Eric Adams — while NYPD response times slow: report

Serious felony crime nearly topped 127,000 reports over the fiscal year 2023 — a 6.4% jump from the prior year, according to the Mayor’s Management Report.

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Major crime in NYC continues to climb under Mayor Eric Adams — while NYPD response times slow: report​

By
Craig McCarthy and
Nolan Hicks



Published Sep. 15, 2023, 7:15 p.m. ET

Serious felony crime nearly topped 127,000 reports over the fiscal year 2023 -- a 6.4% jump from the prior year, according to the Mayor's Management Report. James Messerschmidt for NY Post




Major crime continued to rise during Mayor Eric Adams’s first fiscal year in office — as NYPD response times slowed across the board, according to the mayor’s yearly report.
The sprawling Mayor’s Management Report, — which addresses every facet of city government and this year mentions the migrant crisis more than two dozen times — says felony crime nearly topped 127,000 reports over the fiscal year 2023, a 6.4% jump from the prior year.
That’s also a more than 35.6% jump from pre-pandemic times, according to the report which covers the period from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.
Only two categories, murder and rape, saw an improvement, while the rest ticked up year over year.
At the same time, average response times for all crimes jumped by nearly two minutes to 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
Even critical and serious crimes in progress showed sluggish responses, with critical active incidents slowing more than half a minute to 9 minutes and reports of serious crimes taking just over 13 minutes for a cop to arrive, which is more than a minute slower.

Crime jumped under Mayor Eric Adams during his first fiscal year in office.Brigitte Stelzer
The breakdown of crime from the report reveals:

• Murder was down 9% — 424 vs 465
• Rape was down 7% — 1,088 vs 1,168
• Robbery was up 5% — 17.047 vs 16,178
• Felony assault was up 8% — 26,959 vs 25,034
• Burglary was up 2% — 15,054 vs 14,793
• Grand larceny was up 5% — 51,455 vs 49,227
• Car theft was up 20% — 14,902 vs 12,448

The report also highlights the NYPD’s clear refocus on broken windows policing — issuing 134,580 minor tickets, which is nearly double that last year.


The Post revealed earlier this year that cops had been doling out an astounding number of tickets for drinking in public under the new administration.


The city highlighted the department’s successes in closing cases, noting that major felony arrests jumped to nearly 50,000, which was up about 7,000 collars.


Gun play throughout the city, a key focus under the Adams administration, dropped by 23% leading to 412 fewer victims of gun violence.


“The mayor is the first to say that there is always more work to do, but the public safety gains we’ve made over the last 20 months have ensured New York City has remained the safest big city in America,” City Hall spokesman Jonah Allon said.


“Under the mayor’s leadership, the city saw a downward trend in major crimes at the end of 2022 and major crime is down overall in 2023, year-to-date, including a double-digit decrease in shootings,” he added.


In other parts of the 520-page report, the effect of the migrant crisis is laid out, including how it has pushed shelter costs into the stratosphere, leading to a surge in applications for the Big Apple’s municipal IDNYC cards.

Quality of life summonses also doubled last year.Peter Gerber
The city was so desperate for help that it even enlisted the arm of the mayor’s office dedicated to financing the arts, museums and other institutions to distribute clothes at shelters.


The number of families depending on the scandal-scarred Department of Homeless Services for shelter jumped by 50 percent last year — increasing from 8,500 families to more than 12,700.

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During the reporting period, which ran from July 2022 to June 2023, the overall number of people in DHS shelters increased to 66,195 from 45,563 the year before.


“Without the new asylum seeker population, the overall census would have been approximately 10 percent higher than just prior to the beginning of the asylum seeker influx in April 2022,” DHS wrote.


The cost of renting all the hotel rooms played out in the MMR too as the average expense for sheltering a family with children in 2023 leaped to $232.40, up from $188.20 in 2022.


The strain put on the shelter system showed up in other ways: The number of requests for interpreters nearly doubled in just one year from 47,504 to 84,020.


The Human Resources Administration, the city’s social service arm, reported that the percentage of New Yorkers successfully diverted from entering the shelter system fell slightly from 8.1% to 7.6% because of the influx of migrants, who are eligible for fewer services.


Meanwhile, applications for the Big Apple’s ID program, created to provide a form of identification for anyone without a driver’s license regardless of immigration status, jumped by 14 percent, from 168,000 in 2022 to 192,000 in 2023.





The report notes that even the arts got involved.


“This year, on top of housing teaching artists, MFTA served as a crucial resource for asylum seekers, providing desperately needed clothing and supplies to shelters,” wrote the Department of Cultural Affairs in its section of the annual report.

 

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One shot, three slashed in overnight violence in NYC

One woman was shot and three other people were slashed or stabbed in Big Apple mayhem overnight, police said.

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One shot, three slashed in overnight violence in NYC​

By
Dean Balsamini and
Larry Celona



Published Sep. 16, 2023, 12:52 p.m. ET






One woman was shot and three other people were slashed or stabbed in Big Apple mayhem overnight, police said.


In the shooting incident, a woman in her 20s was struck in the thigh during an argument with two men on Light Street, near Pratt Avenue in the Bronx around 12:40 a.m. Saturday, police said.


The women was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, cops said. The suspects ran off. There have been no arrests.


In Manhattan, a man was stabbed in the shoulder during a fight on East 14th Street, near Second Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, cops said.


The victim, 20, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. Another man, who tried to play peacemaker, was slashed in the hand for his efforts. He declined medical attention, authorities said. The knife-wielding assailant ran off.

A woman in her 20s was shot in the thigh during an argument with two men on Light Street, near Pratt Avenue in the Bronx around 12:40 a.m. Saturday, police said.Christopher Sadowski The assailant in the Prospect Park attack remains free. The victim is expected to recover, cops said.Wayne Carrington


In a separate incident in Brooklyn, a woman was slashed in the lower back by another woman in Prospect Park, near West Drive at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said. The victim, 19, was brought to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition, cops said. Her assailant ran away, police said.

 

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1 shot, 3 others hurt in overnight NYC violence: cops

One person was shot and three others slashed or stabbed in overnight Big Apple violence, police said.

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1 shot, 3 others hurt in overnight NYC violence: cops​

By
Dean Balsamini



Published Sep. 23, 2023, 1:09 p.m. ET










One person was shot and three others slashed or stabbed in overnight Big Apple violence, police said.
A 16-year-old boy walked into Harlem Hospital with a gunshot wound after being struck in the left arm at 145th Street and Lenox Avenue at around 9:20 p.m. Friday, cops said.
The victim gave no description of the gunman. There have been no arrests.

A 28-year-old man was stabbed in the back and a 32-year-old man was stabbed in both shoulders early Saturday on Wyckoff Avenue, near Palmetto Street in Queens.Seth Gottfried
In a matter of hours, three others were slashed or stabbed on Saturday, police said.

A man riding the “1” train was slashed in his left cheek at the Christopher Street/Sheridan Square subway station in the West Village around 5:30 a.m., cops said.

The victim, 40, was in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. The unidentified suspect ran off, police said.

Both victims in the Queens stabbings were taken to Elmhurst Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the NYPD said. There have been no arrests.Seth Gottfried
At 4 a.m., a 28-year-old man was stabbed in the back and a 32-year-old man was stabbed in both shoulders on Wyckoff Avenue, near Palmetto Street in Queens.

Both victims were taken to Elmhurst Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the NYPD said. There have been no arrests.

 

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5 injured by broken bottle-wielding suspect, 1 shot overnight in NYC violence: cops

One person was shot in the Bronx and five others were slashed or stabbed during a Queens bar brawl overnight, police said.

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5 injured by broken bottle-wielding suspect, 1 shot overnight in NYC violence: cops​

By
Dean Balsamini



Published Sep. 30, 2023, 12:02 p.m. ET

Five men were stabbed or slashed during a Saturday morning bar brawl in Queens, police said. Seth Gottfried






One person was shot in the Bronx and five others were slashed or stabbed during a Queens bar brawl overnight, police said.
In the shooting incident, a 27-year-old man was struck multiple times in the lower body on the 2300 block of Boston Road at around 8:50 p.m. Friday, cops said.
The victim was transported to Jacobi Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The suspected shooter was taken into custody and charges are pending, the NYPD said.
In Queens, five men were slashed or stabbed early Saturday when a brawl broke out at 43 Bar & Grill at 4306 43rd St. in Sunnyside at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
An argument between two groups — which spilled outside — turned violent when one individual used a broken bottle to slash and stab five others, authorities said.
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The brawl broke out at the 43 Bar & Grill in Sunnyside, Queens.Seth Gottfried
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The fight spilled outside of the Queens tavern, cops said.Seth Gottfried
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Cops were questioning a “person of interest” in connection with the bloody incident.Seth Gottfried
The injuries were not life-threatening, cops said. A 34-year-old man was slashed in the neck and a 41-year-old was slashed in the face. Three 29-year-old victims were slashed in the right ear, stabbed in the stomach and suffered lacerations.
Three of the victims were transported to Elmhurst Hospital and one was taken to New York-Presbyterian, Queens. A fifth person declined medical attention, cops said.
Police were questioning a “person of interest” Saturday morning, the department said.

 

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3 killed, 3 wounded in 5 separate shootings across NYC Sunday

Three people were fatally gunned down and another two were wounded in four separate shootings across New York City on Sunday, according to police.

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3 killed, 2 wounded in 4 separate shootings across NYC Sunday​

By
David Propper and
Larry Celona



Published Oct. 2, 2023, 3:13 a.m. ET

Shootings in three boroughs across New York City left three dead on Sunday. CITIZEN





Three people were fatally gunned down and another two were wounded in four separate shootings across New York City on Sunday, according to police.
The disturbing rash of gun violence left a bloody trail across three boroughs and began shortly after 5 p.m. and ended close to midnight. Two teenagers were also among the multiple gunshot victims, with an 18-year-old man dying from his wounds.
The fatal victim, identified as Anwah Armbrister, and a 15-year-old girl were inside a building at 460 East 21st Street in Brooklyn when they were shot around 5:10 p.m., cops said. The pair stumbled outside and were found by first responders near the intersection of East 21st Street and Dorchester Road, police said.
The girl’s left shin was grazed by a bullet, but Armbrister suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest, police said.
The Brooklyn resident was rushed to the Kings County Hospital and did not survive. The girl was treated at the same hospital and released.

The scene of the shooting in Washington Heights, Manhattan on W 191st St and St Nicholas Ave.CITIZEN
Around the same time in the Bronx, a 35-year-old man was fatally shot in the torso after he was chased into a bodega on East 175th Street, police and law enforcement sources said. The victim was tracked down by two men on a scooter before one of the suspects fired inside the business, sources said.


The victim, identified as Bronx resident Cleveland Smith, was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


Hours later, a 33-year-old man was fatally blasted in the chest around 11:45 p.m. at West 185th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights, police said. He was brought to Harlem Hospital, but couldn’t be saved.


A 26-year-old man was shot in the right leg near 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, also in Washington Heights, police said.CITIZEN
He has not been named by authorities pending family notification.
The non-fatal shooting Sunday night erupted around 6:45 p.m. when a 26-year-old man was shot in the right leg near 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, also in Washington Heights, police said.
He was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center by private means and was listed in stable condition.
No arrests were made in any of the four shootings as the NYPD continues to investigate.

 

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3 killed, 3 wounded in 5 separate shootings across NYC Sunday

Three people were fatally gunned down and another two were wounded in four separate shootings across New York City on Sunday, according to police.

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3 killed, 3 wounded in 5 separate shootings across NYC Sunday​

By
David Propper,
Larry Celona and
Amanda Woods



Published Oct. 2, 2023, 3:13 a.m. ET

Shootings in three boroughs across New York City left three dead on Sunday. CITIZEN



Three people were killed and another three were wounded in five separate shootings across New York City as the weekend came to a close, according to police.
The disturbing rash of gun violence left a bloody trail across three boroughs and began shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday and ended at around 1 a.m. Monday. Two teenagers were also among the multiple gunshot victims, with an 18-year-old man dying from his wounds.
The fatal victim, identified as Anwah Armbrister, and a 15-year-old girl were inside a building at 460 East 21st Street in Flatbush, Brooklyn when they were shot around 5:10 p.m., cops said. The pair stumbled outside and were found by first responders near the intersection of East 21st Street and Dorchester Road, police said.
The girl’s left shin was grazed by a bullet, but Armbrister suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest, police said.
The Brooklyn resident was rushed to the Kings County Hospital and did not survive. The girl was treated at the same hospital and released.

The scene of the shooting in Washington Heights, Manhattan on W 191st St and St Nicholas Ave.CITIZEN
Around the same time in the Bronx, a 35-year-old man was fatally shot in the torso after he was chased into a bodega on East 175th Street near Eastburn Avenue in Mount Hope, police and law enforcement sources said. The victim was tracked down by two men on a scooter before one of the suspects fired inside the business, sources said.


The victim, identified as Bronx resident Cleveland Smith, was taken to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


Hours later, a 33-year-old man was fatally blasted in the chest around 11:45 p.m. at West 185th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights, police said. He was brought to Harlem Hospital, but couldn’t be saved.

A 26-year-old man was shot in the right leg near 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, also in Washington Heights, police said.CITIZEN
He has not been named by authorities pending family notification.


The first non-fatal shooting erupted around 6:45 p.m. Sunday when a 26-year-old man was blasted in the right leg near 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, also in Washington Heights, police said.


He was taken to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center by private means and was listed in stable condition.


Just before 1 a.m. Monday, another man, 35, was wounded in a shooting at Webster Avenue and East 178th Street in the West Bronx, cops said.


The victim, who was shot in the stomach, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.


No arrests were made in any of the five shootings as the NYPD continues to investigate.

 

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Felony assaults jumped nearly 22% in NYC subway system last month: MTA data

Felony assaults in the city’s subway system jumped by nearly 22% last month compared to last year, according to MTA statistics released Monday. Forty-five felony assaults were reported in the subwa…

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Felony assaults jumped nearly 22% in NYC subway system last month: MTA data​

By
Nolan Hicks and
Amanda Woods



Published Oct. 23, 2023, 12:57 p.m. ET





Felony assaults in the city’s subway system jumped by nearly 22% last month compared to last year, according to MTA statistics released Monday.
Forty-five felony assaults were reported in the subway system in September — a 21.6% increase from the 37 such crimes recorded during the same month in 2022, the latest statistics released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority show.
Overall from January to September, the Big Apple saw a 3% spike in felony assaults on the rails — with 422 such crimes reported compared to 411 during that period last year, according to the data.
That increase appeared to be driven by the assaults tallied in September — as stats from January through August indicated that such attacks were just about even, with just a slight dip, this year compared to last.
In one of the month’s terrifying crimes underground, an unhinged 43-year-old man, Norton Blake, allegedly struck a 60-year-old woman dozens of times with her own cane during a heinous, caught-on-video attack Sept. 1 inside the West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue station, cops said.
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According to the MTA, felony assaults in the subway system increased nearly 22% last month compared to last year.MTA
Derrick Mills, 49, was also nabbed for senselessly shoving a 74-year-old man onto the subway tracks at the 68th Street-Hunter College station on Sept. 12, leaving the victim with a fractured spine, cops said.
Another alleged assailant — identified by cops as Joel Ramirez, 26 — sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman at the 14th Street-Union Square subway hub, bashing her head on the platform and then snatching her phone as she tried to call 911 early on Sept. 24.
Still, overall felony crime in the city’s subway system was down by 5% in September, and 12.5% year-to-date compared to the same time frame in 2022, the latest data shows.
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Norton Blake allegedly striking elderly woman Laurell Reynolds with her own cane in a Harlem subway station in September.Obtained by the Post
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Blake getting arrested after the subway platform assault.Steven Hirsch
Murders, rapes, robberies and grand larcenies were all down — but burglaries, though an uncommon crime in the transit system, doubled from five reported between January and September 2022 to 10 during the same period this year.
Meanwhile, arrests in transit continued to shoot up from 6,452 to 10,154 year-to-date — about a 57% leap, the data show.
Fare evasion arrests specifically soared about 143% so far this year compared to last — from 1,455 to 3,540.
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NYPD searching a Manhattan subway station after an assault in July.Robert Miller
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Sabir Jones allegedly shoved a woman in front of a subway train in Manhattan last week.
In the latest terrifying act of violence on the rails, Sabir Jones, 39, allegedly shoved a woman into a departing downtown E train at the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in a random attack last week — leaving her with life-threatening injuries.
Jones — who was nabbed in New Jersey but has not yet been transported to the Big Apple to be formally charged — has dozens of prior arrests in the Garden State and a history as an “emotionally disturbed person,” according to authorities and sources.



During a press briefing last week, MTA Chairman Janno Lieber called on the mental health system to properly evaluate the conditions of “these people who are having a disproportionate impact on the public space,” adding, “We feel for them, but we need for them to get in treatment and out of the public space.”


Mental health professionals “have to figure out how to get these people out of the public space and into treatment, so that they get in better condition for themselves. And more important for New Yorkers who are just trying to live their lives,” he said.

 

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One shot, one stabbed in overnight violence in NYC

One man was shot and another man stabbed in separate acts of overnight violence in Manhattan and Queens, police said.

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One shot, one stabbed in overnight violence in NYC​

By
Dean Balsamini



Published Nov. 4, 2023, 12:19 p.m. ET

A 39-year-old man was stabbed multiple times by two men outside Silvana on West 116th Street early Saturday. Seth Gottfried






One man was shot and another man stabbed in separate acts of overnight violence in the Big Apple, police said.
In the latest incident, a man was stabbed multiple times in the face and torso after being jumped by two men outside the Silvana restaurant, 300 West 116th St., Harlem, shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
The victim, 39, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said.
The attackers ran off.
There have been no arrests.




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The Silvana bar is usually open until 4 a.m. and the venue, which is located on the southwest corner of Frederick Douglass Blvd and 8th Avenue, hosts live music, according to its website.


The eatery was open for business Saturday morning.


One employee said he only knew “someone was hurt.”

The stabbing victim was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.Seth Gottfried The two attackers ran off following the stabbing, the NYPD said.Seth Gottfried
In Queens, a 34-year-old man was shot once in the left hand and once in the left leg on Bascom Avenue, near Rockaway Boulevard, shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, police said.


The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, cops said.





There have been no arrests.

 

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Shoplifting surged 64% in NYC — more than any other US city in past 4 years

The Big Apple saw a 64% increase in reported incidents of retail theft during the four-year span while Los Angeles experienced a 61% surge.

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Shoplifting surged 64% in NYC — more than any other US city in past 4 years​

By
Ariel Zilber



Published Nov. 8, 2023, 1:11 p.m. ET















New York City has led the US with the sharpest increase in the number of reported shoplifting incidents since before the pandemic, according to a study.
The Big Apple saw a 64% increase in reported incidents of retail theft during the four-year period between mid-2019 and June of this year, while Los Angeles experienced a 61% surge in the same metric, according to the Council on Criminal Justice.
Despite the spike in reported shoplifting incidents, New York City saw an 8% decrease in the first half of 2023, according to the study.
A New York Police Department spokesperson pointed to crime statistics showing that there were more than 93,000 incidents of petty larceny so far this year — which is 29% higher compared to the same period two years ago but 5% lower compared to the same period last year.
LA, meanwhile, saw a 109% increase in reported retail theft incidents in the first six months of this year — the highest in the country, the report found.




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New York City led the nation with the highest increase in the number of reported shoplifting incidents from the middle of 2019 to June of this year.Michael Dalton
Dallas was second with a 73% bump in the number of reported shoplifting incidents in the first half of 2023.


Virginia Beach, Dallas, Raleigh, Boston, and Pittsburgh are the other cities that saw a spike in the number of shoplifting incidents that were reported over the course of the last four years — although their gains were well short of those in New York and LA, the report found.


The analysis was put together using data gleaned from law enforcement agencies or city websites as well as statistics from the National Incident-Based Reporting System.


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NYC saw a 64% increase in reported incidents of retail theft during the four-year span while Los Angeles experienced a 61% surge in the same metric.Council on Criminal Justice
The analysis, which examined shoplifting data in 24 cities where police publish data on retail theft, found that shoplifting reports were 16% higher — about 8,450 more incidents — during the first half of 2023 compared to the first half of 2019.


With New York excluded from the sample, however, the number of incidents among the study cities was 7% lower — about 2,550 fewer incidents.


A surge in shoplifting has forced retail locations nationwide to train security cameras on product shelves containing socks and men’s underwear while locking up items such as electric toothbrushes and razors in hopes of combating the surge in shoplifting.


The authors of the Council on Criminal Justice study caution that it is unclear what lies behind the trends, though “bail reform is one possible explanation.”


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NYPD officers subdue a suspected shoplifter outside a Target in June. Retail theft has taken a toll on chains including Target.Helayne Seidman
Another factor contributing to the increased reportage of shoplifting incidents is the change in the rate which retailers contact law enforcement.


“Shoplifting, especially ‘smash and grab’ episodes caught on video, has received extensive attention from the media and policymakers, and retailers have cited theft concerns in closing stores and placing goods in locked cases,” said CCJ Research Specialist Ernesto Lopez, co-author of the report.


“Far better data from law enforcement and the retail industry data is needed to help strengthen our grasp of shoplifting trends. For now, it’s unclear if the increase is a result of increased shoplifting, increased reporting from businesses to police, or a combination of both.”


In 2019, New York State approved sweeping changes aimed at keeping defendants who can’t afford bail from being disproportionately jailed.


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Target said earlier this year that it expects to suffer as much as a $1.3 billion hit to its bottom line because of “theft and organized crime.”Helayne Seidman
But those changes have been tweaked twice before amid criticism that judges were being deprived of a tool they could use to hold people likely to commit new crimes.


In April, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that judges will have more discretion to jail people awaiting trial for alleged crimes — a policy change fiercely resisted by some of her fellow Democrats.


A recent report by the National Retail Federation, a trade group representing US retailers, said that chains had lost $112 billion due to a wave of organized theft rings in New York, San Francisco, LA, and Houston last year — up from $93.9 billion in 2021.


Target said earlier this year that it expects to suffer as much as a $1.3 billion hit to its bottom line because of “theft and organized crime.”


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Los Angeles experienced a 109% increase in reported retail theft incidents in the first six months of this year — the highest in the country, the report found.Andy – stock.adobe.com
The latest police statistics show that rates of burglary and grand larceny have fallen so far this year compared to the same period in 2022.


To date, burglary in the five boroughs has fallen 13.2% since the start of the year compared to the same period last year while grand larceny has dropped 3.3%.


Incidents of robbery have also decreased in number, according to the New York Police Department.


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Some retailers have locked up merchandise to combat the epidemic of organized retail theft.Getty Images
Since the start of the year, there have been a reported 14,159 incidents of robbery — down nearly 5% compared to the same period last year.


San Francisco and Seattle saw the two biggest drops in the number of retail theft incidents between January and June of this year, according to the research.



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Analysts found there was a 35% decrease in the number of reported shoplifting incidents in the Bay Area, where several high-profile thefts were caught on camera.


Seattle, meanwhile, saw a 31% drop during the same period.

 

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Victims slashed and beaten at random in overnight violence in NYC

An unhinged man in the Bronx pummeled one man and minutes later slashed a woman in the forehead, police said.

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Victims slashed and beaten at random in overnight violence in NYC​

By
Dean Balsamini



Published Nov. 11, 2023, 12:33 p.m. ET














A homeless man in the Bronx is under arrest for pummeling one man and slashing a woman in the forehead, police said.
Xavier Rodriguez, 29, is accused of being the unhinged attacker behind the unprovoked Friday night attacks, cops said.
He was charged with assault after being arrested Saturday, the NYPD said.
The random attacks began at approximately 8:10 p.m. Friday in front of 2265 University Ave., near West 183rd Street, where the assailant approached a 49-year-old man, knocked him to the ground and struck him with an unknown object, authorities said. The sicko then mounted the victim and tried to press his thumbs into the victim’s eyes before running off, police said.
Moments later, in front of 2324 University Ave., the same individual slashed a 52-year-old woman in the forehead and ran northbound on University Avenue toward Fordham Road, cops said.

The wanted suspect allegedly beat one man and slashed a woman in the Bronx.DCPI
Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries to their faces and were transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.




In Lower Manhattan, a 65-year-old man was slashed in the face with an unknown object in Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Forsyth Street and Hester Street at around 8:45 p.m. Friday, police said. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There are no arrests.


Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

 

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Two dead, four injured in NYC shootings

In the latest deadly incident, a 64-year-old man died after being riddled with gunfire in Bedford-Stuyvesant shortly before 9:40 p.m. Friday, police said.

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Two dead, two injured in NYC after night of violence​

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Published Nov. 18, 2023, 11:02 a.m. ET

Cops recovered a gun in East New York where a woman was shot dead and her 26-year-old son critically injured. Wayne Carrington





Two people were killed and two people were hurt in three separate shootings in Brooklyn overnight, police said.
In the latest deadly incident, a 64-year-old man died after being riddled with gunfire in front of 445 Pulaski St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant shortly before 9:40 p.m. Friday, police said.
The victim, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was transported to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
A “person of interest” was taken into custody, the NYPD said.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Shortly before 7 p.m. Friday, gunfire erupted inside an East New York residence, leaving a woman dead, her 26-year-old son fighting for his life and a man believed to be the woman’s boyfriend in custody, police said.
The bloodshed took place inside 17 Louisiana Ave., between Williams Avenue and Hegeman Street, cops said.
Police responding to a 911 call found the mother and son with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Cops took a 52-year-old man into custody in connection with the double-shooting. Wayne Carrington
EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene and transported the son to Brookdale Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.
Cops also said a 52-year-old man — believed to be the woman’s boyfriend — was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Investigators found a gun at the scene, police said.
In another Friday incident, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back on Jerome Street and New Lots Avenue in Cypress Hills at 7:45 p.m., police said.
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Cops cordoned off the crime scene where a gun was found in the shootings.Wayne Carrington
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Forensic investigators were at the double-shooting crime scene that left a woman shot dead and her son critically injured.Wayne Carrington
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A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back on Jerome Street and New Lots Avenue at around 7:45 p.m. Friday.Wayne Carrington
The teen was ambushed by four of his peers who then ran off, cops said.
The victim was transported to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.

 

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Two dead, four injured in NYC shootings

In the latest deadly incident, a 64-year-old man died after being riddled with gunfire in Bedford-Stuyvesant shortly before 9:40 p.m. Friday, police said.

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Two dead, four injured in NYC shootings​

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Published Nov. 18, 2023

Updated Nov. 18, 2023, 3:25 p.m. ET

Cops recovered a gun in East New York where a woman was shot dead and her 26-year-old son critically injured. Wayne Carrington




Two men were shot in the Bronx and the remain on the loose, police said.
A 19-year-old was shot multiple times and a 22-year-old was hit in the armpit on the 2300 block of Arthur Avenue in Belmont around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
Both victims were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. There are no arrests or motive, the NYPD said.
Overnight, two people were killed and two people were hurt in three separate shootings in Brooklyn, police said.
In the latest deadly incident, a 64-year-old man died after being riddled with gunfire in front of 445 Pulaski St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant shortly before 9:40 p.m. Friday, police said.




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The victim, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, was transported to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.


A “person of interest” was taken into custody, the NYPD said.


The investigation remains ongoing.


Shortly before 7 p.m. Friday, gunfire erupted inside an East New York residence, leaving a woman dead, her 26-year-old son fighting for his life and a man believed to be the woman’s boyfriend in custody, police said.


The bloodshed took place inside 17 Louisiana Ave., between Williams Avenue and Hegeman Street, cops said.


Police responding to a 911 call found the mother and son with multiple gunshot wounds.


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Cops took a 52-year-old man into custody in connection with the double-shooting. Wayne Carrington
EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene and transported the son to Brookdale Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.


Cops also said a 52-year-old man — believed to be the woman’s boyfriend — was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. Investigators found a gun at the scene, police said.


In another Friday incident, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back on Jerome Street and New Lots Avenue in Cypress Hills at 7:45 p.m., police said.


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Cops cordoned off the crime scene where a gun was found in the shootings.Wayne Carrington
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Forensic investigators were at the double-shooting crime scene that left a woman shot dead and her son critically injured.Wayne Carrington
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A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back on Jerome Street and New Lots Avenue at around 7:45 p.m. Friday.Wayne Carrington
The teen was ambushed by four of his peers who then ran off, cops said.


The victim was transported to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.





There are no arrests.

 

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NYPD cops leave force in alarming rate — over 2,500 turned in badges so far in 2023

New York’s Finest continue to bolt from the job at an alarming rate, according to new data obtained by The Post — and some cops worry the exodus will only get worse.

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NYPD cops leave force in alarming rate — over 2,500 turned in badges so far in 2023​

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Published Nov. 25, 2023, 9:11 a.m. ET

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New York’s Finest continue to bolt from the job at an alarming rate, according to new data obtained by The Post — and some cops worry the exodus will only get worse because the city plans to cancel the next five Police Academy classes, shrinking the nation’s largest police force to the smallest its been in decades.
A total of 2,516 NYPD cops have left so far this year, the fourth highest number in the past decade and 43% more than the 1,750 who hightailed it in 2018, before the pandemic and crime spikes hit the city, NYPD pension data show.
The number of cops quitting before they reach the 20 years required to receive their full pensions also skyrocketed from 509 in 2020 to 1,040 so far this year — an alarming 104% increase, the data show.
The years of departures and lack of replacements are now taking a toll, forcing the cops who remain on the job to work “inhumane amounts of forced overtime,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry said.
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A total of 2,516 NYPD cops have left so far this year.Stephen Yang
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The number of cops quitting before they reach the 20 years required to receive their full pensions more than doubled from 509 in 2020 to 1,040 so far this yearStephen Yang
“The workload is a leading factor driving people away from the job,” the union leader said. “If the NYPD is going to survive these staffing reductions, it cannot just keep squeezing cops for more hours.”
The union has proposed a flexible schedule that would have cops work longer hours on fewer days.
Incredibly, 21 cops walked away from the job earlier this year in just a two-day period — Feb. 20 and 21 — to join the MTA, police sources said. Even former NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell stepped down in June amid a steady stream of New York’s Finest beating her to the punch.
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Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry (center) with Detectives Endowment Association President Paul DiGiacomo (left) and PBA Financial Secretary Dan Tirelli (right). · TOMAS E. GASTON
Officers typically work 20 years or more to collect their full pension, which can equate to 50% of their final average salary.
One police officer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, told The Post he plans to leave the job this summer when he hits 20 years.
“I keep in contact with the guys that I was in the police academy with and we all have the same notion,” he said of his 2004 class of 2,400. “I think maybe 95% of us are planning on leaving.”
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An NYPD officer was assaulted in Bronx transit.
The weary officer said the workload at the whittled down NYPD is already crushing cops, and things will decline further now that the city put the kibosh on the next five Police Academy classes, as part of planned budget cuts announced by Mayor Adams on Nov. 16.
The drastic cuts will reduce the department to just 29,000 cops by the end of fiscal year 2025 — the lowest level since the mid-90s — and come amid a slew of city-wide belt tightening. The mayor has blamed the the city’s multi-billion-dollar migrant crisis.
As a 45-year-old, he said he’s having a difficult time keeping up the same punishing hours he worked when he was younger.
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Screen grabs from video show a man fighting with officers before briefly escaping and being caught again.
“We’ve been working an average of about 13 to 14 hours a day with a lot of the protests happening in the city,” he said. “Enough is enough. I’ll have maybe one day off for the week and I’m so tired from work I don’t want to do anything.”
The job is taking a similar toll on young cops.
A 28-year-old Queens cop who also asked for anonymity has four years with the NYPD said “the job is unbearable now” and he’s “looking to leave sooner than later.”
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Two NYPD officers being treated in an FDNY ambulance after they were assaulted in Manhattan.William Farrington
Spero Georgedakis, 53, a former Miami SWAT team officer who helps recruit and relocate New York City cops to greener pastures — in his case, police departments in Florida — told The Post he’s “busier than ever” and moved 60 disgruntled officers over the last two years.
“The cops who left can’t believe they ever worked there [NYPD],” the Queens native said.
He said the ex-NYPD officers tell him they were “afraid to make arrests” because of the anti-cop climate in the Big Apple, and when they do make a collar, it’s “what’s the point?” and “we’re shoveling sh-t against the tide” because the bad guys are right back out on the street.
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An NYPD police officer was assaulted in Brooklyn’s 75 Precinct. William Farrington
The exodus began after Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, triggering nationwide protests and calls to defund the police. Anti-cop hostility, bail reform, and rising crime have fed into frustration among the NYPD rank and file.
Assaults against NYPD cops have skyrocketed by more than 25% this year, police data obtained by The Post last month revealed.
“When you look at the number of resignations, you need to ask yourself why would the mayor even consider making cuts to hiring in the NYPD?” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “As the numbers continue to dwindle, things will take a dramatic turn for the worse.”
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Former Police Commission Keychant Sewell left suddenly in June without giving a reason.Paul Martinka
CHART: Number of cops who have left the NYPD in 2023 through Oct. 31
Year/Retirements (with full pension)/Resignations (without full pensions)/Total
023/1,476/1,040/2,516


2022/1,736/1,524/3,260


2021/1,408/1,051/2,459


2020/2,424/509/2,933


Source: NYPD pension data

 

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3 found dead in separate NYC incidents, including boy, 14: cops

The teen was found unconscious and unresponsive around 7:30 a.m., inside the restroom of apartment 2, within the building on Southern Boulevard near East 178th Street in West Farms, cops said.

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3 found dead in separate NYC incidents, including boy, 14: cops​

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Published Nov. 27, 2023, 5:56 p.m. ET







A 14-year-old boy was found dead in a Bronx apartment bathroom — one of three people discovered lifeless across the city in separate incidents hours apart on Monday morning.
The teen, whose body showed no obvious signs of trauma, was found unconscious and unresponsive at around 7:30 a.m. in the restroom of a unit at an apartment building on Southern Boulevard near East 178th Street in West Farms, cops said.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
About an hour later in Brooklyn, a man, described as in his 30s, was found lifeless inside the cargo portion of a U-Haul box truck on Holly Street near Loring Avenue in East New York, cops said.
He couldn’t be saved by EMS workers responding to the incident around 8:50 a.m., authorities said.





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There also were also no visible signs of trauma on his body.

A 14-year-old boy was found dead inside the bathroom of an apartment on Southern Boulevard, cops said. Google Maps
Then at around 11:20 a.m. in Manhattan, a 32-year-old woman’s body was spotted in the staircase of a building on East 128th Street near Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, cops said.


The woman, whose body also showed no visible signs of trauma, was pronounced dead by responding EMS workers, police said.

[IMG alt="Holly Street near Linden Boulevard.
A man in his 30s was found dead inside a U-Haul truck on Holly Street near Linden Boulevard in East New York around 8:50 this morning, cops said."]https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/holly-street-near-linden-boulevard-72907235.jpg?w=1024[/IMG]A man’s body was discovered inside the cargo portion of a U-Haul box truck on Holly Street near Loring Avenue in East New York, cops said. Google Maps
None of the victims’ names were immediately released, pending family notification.


Their respective causes of death will be determined by the city medical examiner’s office.

 

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NYC stabbings and slashings rise in 2023 driven by violence in homes, subways and schools

Stabbings and slashings have increased so far this year — driven by violent incidents in homes, subways and schools, according to NYPD data.

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NYC stabbings and slashings rise in 2023 driven by violence in homes, subways and schools​

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Published Dec. 9, 2023, 12:58 p.m. ET

The scene of a grisly stabbing in Far Rockaway where four people, including two children, were stabbed to death. G.N.Miller/NYPost

The number of stabbings and slashings in the Big Apple is rising — driven by violent incidents in homes, subways and schools, according to NYPD data.
There have been 4,493 knifings so far in 2023 as of Sunday, a 6% increase over the 4,237 in the same period of 2022, the data show.
At the same time, arrests for cutting crimes have increased nearly 30%, from 2,073 to 2,677, according to cops.
The increase in knifings was punctuated by a recent horrific incident in Queens.
An unhinged man fatally stabbed four of his relatives — including an 11-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy — with a steak knife and set their Far Rockaway house on fire before he injured two police officers and was shot dead by cops on Dec.3.






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A crime scene in Far Rockaway, Queens, where four people were stabbed to death. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Police rushed to the home in Far Rockaway after a young girl called 911 and said her cousin “was killing her family members” — and she then jumped out of a window to escape but died, NYPD officials and police sources said.
Attacker Courtney Gordon, 38, was shot and killed by arriving cops after stabbing two of them, police said. A 12-year-old boy, a 44-year-old woman and a man in his 30s were found stabbed to death inside of the home. Family members said Gordon was struggling with mental health issues.
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A screenshot from surveillance video showing the fight where a student was stabbed at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn.
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Schools also feel unsafe, like the one in the Bronx where a student was slashed in the face. Peter Gerber
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One man with a knife stabbed two people on subways in Brooklyn. Little Crush Film Co.
A Bronx cop said more people are carrying knives because they don’t feel safe in Gotham.

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“Assaults are up and people of New York City are scared,” the cop said. “People feel safer having a knife on them for protection than to wait for the NYPD to finally help them when there isn’t a backlog of 911 calls that they have to answer. Personnel in the precincts is short, cops have to do more with less and cops can’t get to every serious crime in the time that they can. People need to fend for themselves these days.”

 

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2 men critically injured in overnight NYC shootings: cops

Two men were critically wounded in separate shootings in Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan overnight, police said.

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2 men critically injured in overnight NYC shootings: cops​

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Published Dec. 23, 2023, 11:50 a.m. ET










Two men were critically hurt in separate shootings in Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan overnight, police said.
In the latest incident, a man was shot in the lower left leg on Lexington Avenue and East 122nd Street in Harlem at around 12:20 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
The victim, 55, was taken to Harlem Hospital and later deemed to be in critical condition, authorities said. There are no arrests.
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An officer investigates the scene where a 55-year-old man was shot in the left leg on Lexington Avenue at East 122nd Street in Harlem around 12:15 a.m. Saturday. Christopher Sadowski
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Police were seen investigating where the driver of a dollar van was shot in the chest at Flatbush Avenue and Farragut Road. Robert Mecea
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The victim, 55, was taken to Harlem Hospital and later deemed to be in critical condition, authorities said. Robert Mecea
Police said the suspect, who was wearing a bubble jacket, sped off in a black SUV following the shooting.
In Brooklyn, a 28-year-old man was shot in the chest on Flatbush Avenue and Farragut Road in Flatbush shortly before 7 p.m. Friday., cops said. EMS took the victim to Kings County Hospital in critical condition, police said.

 

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1 dead, 7 others wounded in violent night across NYC: police

One man was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in Queens on Friday afternoon that police say may be gang related.

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1 dead, 7 others wounded in violent night across NYC: police​

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Published Dec. 22, 2023

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One person was killed and seven others were wounded in several shootings throughout the Big Apple on a violent Friday night.
Four men were shot — one fatally in a shooting in Queens on Friday afternoon that police say may be gang-related.
The four victims — aged 29, 33, 33 and 39 — were standing around a vehicle outside of 117-29 143rd St. in South Jamaica when a gunman approached them and opened fire around 3:15 p.m., NYPD Assistant Chief Kevin Williams told reporters at a brief press conference.
They were rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where one of the 33-year-old men died.
The second 33-year-old is in critical condition and the other two victims are in stable condition, according to police.
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One man was shot dead and three others were wounded in Queens on Friday. Peter Gerber
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Four victims — aged 29, 33, 33 and 39 — were standing around a vehicle outside of 117-29 143rd St. in South Jamaica when a gunman approached them and opened fire. Ellis Kaplan
The shooter fled the scene on foot and no arrests have been made, Williams said.
Williams said the shooting may have a “gang nexus” and that “several of the individuals who were shot are known to police,” based on the department’s preliminary investigation.
A gun and several shell casings were recovered at the scene.
A few hours later, another three males were shot in upper Manhattan, according to police.
Police responded to a report of multiple people shot 120 Sherman Ave. in Inwood around 6 p.m., cops said.
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One person was killed and seven others were wounded in shootings in the Bip Apple on Friday night. James Keivom
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Bullet holes in the door of a building in Inwood. James Keivom
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Multiple people were shot in Inwood. James Keivom
At the scene, police found two males with graze wounds to the head and another male with a gunshot wound to the arm.
The trio were taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made.



In Brooklyn, a man was shot in the chest near Flatbush Ave, and Farragut Road just before 7 p.m., according to police.


The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. No arrests were made.

 

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Murder, shootings down in NYC in 2023 — but assault is up: NYPD

Murders and shootings dropped in New York City in 2023 — but the number of assaults continues a troubling upward trend, according to a year-end review of NYPD data.

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Murder, shootings down in NYC in 2023 — but assault is up: NYPD​

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Published Dec. 30, 2023, 8:54 a.m. ET

Murders and shootings dropped in New York City in 2023 -- but the number of assaults continue a troubling upward trend, according to a year-end review of NYPD data. Gregory P. Mango





Murders and shootings dropped in New York City in 2023 — but the number of assaults continue a troubling upward trend, according to a year-end review of NYPD data.
Overall crime in the five boroughs squeaked through the year on a high note — down .5% through Dec. 24 when compared to the same period last year, NYPD data show.
Murders declined 11%, with 380 so far this year compared to 429 in 2022.
Shootings plunged 24%, with 967 so far this year vs. 1,277 in the same span last year.
Assaults, however, ticked up 6% — to 27,299 from 25,745; while car thefts surged 15% to 15,503 from 13,430, the data through Dec. 24 show.
Retired NYPD Detective Michael Alcazar, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the growing population of homeless mentally ill people on the street could partly explain the continued upward assault trend.
“They’re in the subway system, they’re walking around in streets, and they’re not getting treatment,” he said. “They call us for everything, when really this person should be checked into the hospital.”
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Overall crime in the five boroughs just squeaked through the year on a high note — a .5 dip in crime citywide, the data through Dec. 24 show. Christopher Sadowski
Retired Sgt. Joseph Giacalone, also an adjunct at John Jay, warned that overall major crime for the year is up 22.9% when compared to 2021.
“The two-year trend overall we’re almost up 23 percent. . . . so we’re like somewhere in the early 2000s when it comes to crime,” he said.
“If the mayor or anybody says to you we’re down in crime, it’s nonsense because the current trend is up . . . this is nothing to celebrate.”
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Most crimes were down in New York City in 2023 except for assaults and auto theft.
The rise in felony assaults is particularly troubling, as the crime includes attempted murder cases such as the two teenage girls from Paraguay who were stabbed by unhinged Steven Hutcherson, 36, in Grand Central Station on Christmas.
“These two kids who got stabbed could’ve easily been homicides and not felony assaults,” Giacalone said. “He was charged with attempted murder but that’s just a felony assault, so people have to be mindful that these things can very easily turn into homicides.”
Experts and former cops agreed car thefts, which saw the highest year-to-date increase of all major crimes, will continue to spike.
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There were 380 murders citywide so far this year as of Dec. 24 compared to 429 in 2022 for an 11% drop, according to the NYPD numbers. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
“That’s up because we don’t have enough units to investigate chop shops,” said Alcazar. “There’s money to be made and that’s why it’s still prevalent — the chop shops are entertaining the bad guys breaking into cars.”
Retired NYPD Sgt. Pete Panuccio suggested cops are shying away from traffic stops, which could lead to solving a stolen vehicle case.
“Every car stop now turns into a major confrontation with police officers so they’re going to turn their blinders on unless it’s totally outrageous because nobody wants to deal with lawsuits,” he said.
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The city also saw a drop in shootings — 967 so far this year or 24% less than the 1,277 in the same span last year, the data show. Tomas E. Gaston
Panuccio was heartened to see that shooting incidents and shooting victims were down by roughly 24% and 26% each this year compared to last.
“That would give an indication that people are thinking twice about carrying guns,” he said.

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“Something is moving in the right direction.”

 

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Three shot, two slashed in overnight NYC violence

Three men were shot and a 13-year-old girl and 16-year-old were slashed in separate overnight acts of violence in the Bronx and Brooklyn, police said.

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Three shot, two slashed in overnight NYC violence​

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Published Dec. 30, 2023, 1:26 p.m. ET





Three men were shot and two teens slashed in separate incidents overnight in the Bronx and Brooklyn, police said.


In the latest incident, a 33-year-old man was shot in the head and a 41-year-old man was shot in the back at around 9:20 p.m. Friday at 124-21 Flatlands Ave., in the East New York section of Brooklyn, authorities said.


EMS took the men to Brookdale Hospital, where the 33-year-old was in critical condition and the 41-year-old was stable, the NYPD said.


There have been no arrests.


Hours earlier, at around 6:45 p.m., a man was shot in the arm outside a smoke shop on East 149th Street and Prospect Avenue in the Bronx, police said.


It was unclear if the victim, 68, was the intended target, cops said.


He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition. There are no arrests.

 

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Queens bar brawl stabbing leaves man dead, friend clinging to life in NYC’s first murder of 2024

The man and his friend had just been kicked out of a bar for fighting with another New Year’s Eve reveler.

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Queens bar brawl stabbing leaves man dead, friend clinging to life in NYC’s first murder of 2024​

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Published Jan. 1, 2024, 10:55 p.m. ET








The new year began with a violent start after a man was killed and his friend left clinging to life in a knife fight outside a Queens bar early Monday morning — marking the Big Apple’s first murder of 2024.

Tsering Wangdu, 29, died Monday evening, more than 12 hours after the brawl erupted on the corner of 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, police said.

He and his 30-year-old friend were kicked out of a nearby bar just before 4 a.m. after getting into an argument with another New Year’s Eve reveler, according to law enforcement sources.

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Tsering Wangdu was fatally stabbed on the corner of 76 Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights. Robert Mecea
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Wangdu and his 30-year-old friend were kicked out of a nearby bar just before 4 a.m. after getting into an argument with another New Year’s Eve reveler Robert Mecea
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The Queen’s double stabbing marks NYC’s first murder of 2024. Robert Mecea
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The unknown assailant is still on the run and police have made no arrests. Robert Mecea
Wangdu, who lived in the neighborhood, was stabbed in the thigh, while his friend was slashed in the chest and face, the NYPD said.

Both were rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where Wangdu was pronounced dead later that evening.

The friend remains in critical condition.

The unknown assailant is still on the run and no arrests have been made.