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At least 6 straphangers attacked during violent day in NYC subway system​



By
Joe Marino,

Tina Moore and

Amanda Woods


November 7, 2022 5:02pm
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It’s been hell for city straphangers over the past day, with at least six riders either stabbed or beaten — including a good Samaritan simply coming to the aid of a woman being harassed on a Bronx train.
The victims also included a man stabbed in the chest after his attacker hissed, “Why are you looking at me?” and another straphanger shot by a gel pellet gun and robbed of his prescription eyeglasses, according to cops and police sources.
In the Bronx incident, the 54-year-old Samaritan was knifed in the left elbow when he confronted Lason Robinson, 42, for bothering a woman on a No. 4 train as it pulled into the East 149th Street and Grand Concourse station around 9 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
The injured do-gooder told The Post on Monday, “I’m feeling OK.
Lason RobinsonNew York subway attacks continue to rise, harming innocent transit riders.William Miller Lason Robinson Lason Robinson was confronted for bothering a woman on a No. 4 train.William Miller
“My arm hurts a little bit, but I’m OK. I got stitches, but I’m all right,” insisted the man, who asked not to be named.



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“I just didn’t want anything to happen to the woman or the child,” he said, adding that he’d do the same thing again in a heartbeat.
Nothing was immediately known about a child being present on the train at the time of the attack.
Robinson was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said Monday.
Hours later in Queens, a 23-year-old man was riding an A train near the Lefferts Boulevard station just before 2 a.m. Monday when another rider confronted him, snarling, “Why are you looking at me?” according to cops and police sources.
The men began arguing, and when the train pulled into the 111th Street station, they got off, and the suspect stabbed the victim once in the chest, authorities said.
The wounded rider was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.
subway Innocent victims defending other passengers are risking their lives from the violent suspects.Tamara Beckwith/NY Post they punched himThe suspects began harassing the 34-year-old man and punched him.DCPI
The violence occurred hours after after a 34-year-old man was riding a southbound No. 7 train at Main Street in Flushing around 4:30 p.m. Sunday when the male suspects approached him and “began to harass him,” cops said.
Then they punched him and fired a “gel shot imitation pistol” toward him, police said. Such “guns” use water-absorbing polymer beads as “ammo.”
The suspects tried to grab the victim’s gold chain but were unsuccessful, and when he got off the train at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station, they swiped his prescription eyeglasses off his face, smacked him and fled, police said. The disturbing incidents were just part of fewer than 24 hours of violence on the city’s subways.

On Monday around 2:40 a.m., a 25-year-old man also was slashed in the forehead during a clash with a stranger on a J train near the Cypress Hills station in Brooklyn, authorities said.
He was taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said.
subwayThe disturbing incidents were just part of fewer than 24 hours of violence.TOMAS E. GASTON Morrison Avenue-Soundview Station in the BronxThe 44-year-old victim was standing on the No. 6 train platform.TOMAS E. GASTON
In The Bronx, another man was riding a southbound No. 4 train at the 138th Street/Grand Concourse station around 10 p.m. Sunday when a mugger hit him in the head with a gun and grabbed his wallet, police sources said.
The male suspect, joined by a woman, fled out of the station, according to the sources.
The victim suffered bruising to his face.
Earlier Sunday, a 44-year-old man was stabbed in the neck after getting into an argument with a man about half his age on a Bronx subway platform, cops said.
subway stabbingThe suspect jammed a sharp object into the victim’s neck, according to police.TOMAS E. GASTON
The 44-year-old victim was standing on the No. 6 train platform at the Morrison Avenue-Soundview Station in the Bronx around 7:15 a.m. when he clashed with 24-year-old Jared Johnson, according to police.
During the fight, Johnson jabbed a sharp object into the older man’s neck, according to police.

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The victim was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.


Johnson initially fled from the station but was later arrested on assault and harassment charges, cops said.


It’s unclear whether the two men knew each other.
 

2 men killed in separate shootings blocks apart in troubled NYC neighborhoods​



By
Allie Griffin


November 8, 2022 1:39am
Updated





Police are at the scene of a shooting at 483 Ridgewood Ave in Cyprus Hills, Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2022.
Police at the scene of a shooting at 483 Ridgewood Ave. in Cyprus Hills, Brooklyn, on Nov. 7, 2022. William Miller


Two men were killed in separate shootings just blocks apart Monday in a pair of troubled Brooklyn neighborhoods, police said.
The victims, both 35, were gunned down in East New York and Cypress Hills — neighborhoods policed by the NYPD’s 75th Precinct, which has seen over 70 shootings this year, according to the NYPD.
A third man, 29, was also shot and injured in East New York on Monday in the same roughly six-hour span, cops said.
Both victims, 35, who were gunned down in East New York and Cypress Hills died on Nov. 7, 2022.Both victims who were gunned down in East New York and Cypress Hills died on Nov. 7, 2022.William Miller
In the earliest incident, Eric Rentas was shot at least twice in the torso in front of 565 Euclid Ave. around 11:35 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
About five hours later and less than a mile away, the 29-year-old man was shot once in the buttocks near the corner of Pitkin Avenue and Lynwood Street, according to police and sources.
The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition.
There have been no arrests in the trio of shootings that happened in Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2022, according to cops.There have been no arrests in the trio of shootings that happened in Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2022, according to cops.William Miller
Multiple suspects were seen fleeing the area following the shooting, both on foot and in a gray Nissan, police said.
Bullets flew a third time less than an hour later in Cypress Hills.
The second 35-year-old man was shot in the back near 483 Ridgewood Ave. at 5:18 p.m., police said. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital but couldn’t be saved.
A detective surveys the crime scene in one of the shootings near that took place in Cyprus Hills, Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2022.A detective surveys the crime scene in one of the shootings that took place in Cyprus Hills, Brooklyn, on Nov. 7, 2022.William Miller
Cops are working to notify family members of his death before releasing his name to the public.
The gunman in that shooting fled on foot.



There have been no arrests in the trio of shootings, according to cops.


Monday’s violence adds to the 69 shootings in the 75th Precinct from the start of this year through Sunday that left 80 people wounded by bullets, according to NYPD data.
 




Overnight mayhem leaves four stabbed, three shot across NYC​



By
Dean Balsamini and

Larry Celona


November 12, 2022 11:39am
Updated





Police at the scene where two people were shot on Creston Avenue at Bush Street in the Bronx.
Police at the scene where two people were shot on Creston Avenue at Bush Street in the Bronx. Christopher Sadowski





The Bronx was bleeding as the weekend dawned, with four people stabbed and three others shot in separate incidents overnight, police said.
Four people were stabbed outside the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club on the 1,800 block of University Avenue at around 4:10 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
Police responding to a 911 call discovered a man with stab wounds to his neck, another slashed in the face, and a third stabbed in the torso. The three victims were all 26-years-old, while a fourth, a 27-year-old man, was stabbed in the back, the NYPD said.
The victims were in stable condition at local hospitals. There have been no arrests.
Hours earlier, around 12:10 a.m., a man was shot once in the left leg on Manor Avenue, near Westchester Avenue, in Soundview, cops said. The victim, 43, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. There have been no arrests.
All victims are reportedly in stable condition.All victims are reportedly in stable condition.Christopher Sadowski Two unidentified men in their 20s were also wounded by gunfire shortly after 10:30 Friday night.Two unidentified men in their 20s were also wounded by gunfire shortly after 10:30 Friday night.Christopher Sadowski



Two unidentified men in their 20s were also wounded by gunfire shortly after 10:30 Friday night on Bush Street and Creston Avenue, authorities said. One man was shot in the stomach and the other shot in the back by two assailants who sped off northbound on the Grand Concourse on a motorized scooter, police said.


The victims were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
 


One person killed, three wounded in separate shootings in Chelsea​



By
Joe Marino,

Tina Moore,

Patrick Reilly,

Kevin Sheehan and

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


November 13, 2022 2:05am
Updated














Bullets flew in Manhattan’s trendy Chelsea neighborhood over the weekend, leaving a man dead outside an upscale art gallery and three others wounded in separate shootings, police and sources said Sunday.
In the fatal shooting, cops responded to a 911 call of shots fired outside the Marlborough Art Gallery at the Chelsea Arts Tower at 545 W. 25th St. just after 10:15 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Police said they found three people with gunshot wounds at the scene, which was also near the ritzy Lavan 541 events venue. A pool of blood — and a shattered pair of Louis Vuitton glasses — remained at the site by midday Sunday.
“We were just walking down the High Line [park], and I noticed the police blocking the traffic, and now we’re walking over the crime scene?” said Oliver Breden of Britain, one of several tourists stunned at the bloodshed as they milled about the chic neighborhood Sunday.
“It’s a bit of a shock, but I guess this is what New York is like today,” said the visitor, who lives in Newcastle. “Everyone here has a gun. It’s crazy. The police don’t even have guns where we’re from. Nobody does.”


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Police investigating the scene where three people were shot in Chelsea on Saturday.
Police investigating the scene where three people were shot in Chelsea on Saturday. Robert Mecea

No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, according to the NYPD.
No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, according to the NYPD. Robert Mecea

The shooting occurred at around 10:15 Saturday evening.
The shooting occurred at around 10:15 Saturday evening. Robert Mecea


A 42-year-old man was shot and killed, and two others were injured in a shooting in Manhattan Saturday night.A bullet hole is seen in a car windshield at the scene of a shooting where a 42-year-old man was killed in Manhattan on Saturday night.Robert Mecea
Rasithamar Grant, 42, of Queens had been shot multiple times and was transported by EMS to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.


A 32-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken by EMS to Bellevue, where she was in stable condition late Saturday.


A 37-year-old man was shot multiple times in both legs and was privately transported to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he is in stable condition, according to police.


“I hear two shots — boom-boom!” said a nearby parking-garage attendant who would only give his name as Tommy. “Two shots, maybe three. I pulled the gate down immediately.

Rasithamar GrantRasithamar Grant, 42, has been identified as one of the fatal victim.


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Police gather at the scene of the shooting.
Police gather at the scene of the shooting. Seth Gottfried

Police tape blocks off the crime scene.
Police tape blocks off the crime scene. Seth Gottfried

Police stand in front of a shop at 101 W 23rd Street.
Police stand in front of a shop in Chelsea. Seth Gottfried

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The NYPD responded to a call of shots fired. Seth Gottfried



“The lady was screaming, ‘Waah, waah!’ She was saying, “Call the ambulance right now! Call the ambulance right now!’ “


Rebecca Mileham, another tourist from London strolling by the shooting scene Sunday, said, “I assumed it was a film set.


“I just thought they were filming for ‘CSI,’ ” she said. “It’s a city, things happen. I’m not really shocked being from London.”


Another local who also works at a nearby parking garage said the gunman dashed right past him after the shots rang out.


“Right here,” he said. They run here. It’s crazy. I almost lose my life!”




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An officer looks at belongings on the sidewalk.
An officer looks at belongings on the sidewalk. Seth Gottfried

An officer looks at belongings on the sidewalk.
An officer crouches down to investigate belongings on the sidewalk. Seth Gottfried

A shoe and some clothing scattered on the sidewalk following the shooting.
A shoe and some clothing scattered on the sidewalk following the shooting. Seth Gottfried

A phone and some trash on the ground.
A phone and some trash on the ground. Seth Gottfried



The second shooting in the neighborhood occurred around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, when a 32-year-old man was shot outside 101 W. 23rd St.


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Sources said the victim, identified by sources as Brandon Grant, was paroled last year in a Bronx murder case and was being sought on a warrant when he was shot. He is no relation to the dead victim in the earlier shooting, police sources said.


Records show Brandon Grant served more than seven years behind bars on a second-degree murder and assault conviction and was paroled Dec. 13, 2021.


He also has a series of other prior busts, including on rape charges.


Details on the outstanding arrest warrant against him were not immediately available.


Police have not determined a motive for the shooting.


“Unknown male walks up to him and shoots him in the chest,” a police source told The Post.


Alex Waleed, who works at a neighborhood smoke shop near the scene of the shooting, said the victim ran down the street after he was shot until he finally collapsed outside a local Dunkin’ Donuts.


“What the f–k?” Waleed said. “I’ve been in Chelsea for nine years, and it’s never been like this. It’s insane. I’m fed up with this s–t. It’s getting too nuts out here.”


The two Chelsea shootings do not appear to be connected, sources said.


While murders and shootings are down in the city, crime overall is up 29.1% through November 6, according to NYPD data. Felony assaults, rapes and robberies have all risen by double digits.
 

Man shot in face outside banquet hall among 6 hurt in latest NYC shootings​



By
Larry Celona and

Amanda Woods


November 14, 2022 12:00pm
Updated














A man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder outside a Queens banquet hall – two of at least six people hurt in a slew of citywide shootings overnight, authorities said.
The men were blasted in the doorway of the Starz Banquet Hall on Merrick Boulevard near 231st Street in Laurelton during a heated fight around 5 a.m. Monday, cops said.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the face and a 34-year-old man struck in the shoulder, police said.
The younger man was taken to Jamaica University Hospital Medical Center, and the older victim went to Mount Sinai South Nassau, both in stable condition, authorities said.
They were not known to each other, police said.
Hours earlier, around 8 p.m. Sunday, a 20-year-old man was blasted in the leg and a 32-year-old guy in the arm on Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, cops said.
Police officers stand outside of Starz Banquet Hall in Laurelton, where one man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder early Monday.Police officers stand outside of Starz Banquet Hall in Laurelton, where one man was shot in the face and another in the shoulder early Monday.G.N.Miller/NYPost Crime scene tape at the scene where two men were shot in the doorway of Starz Banquet Hall on Merrick Boulevard near 231st Street in Laurelton.Shots rang out in the doorway of the banquet hall during a fight, police said. G.N.Miller/NYPost
The younger man was taken to Jamaica and the older man to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, both in stable condition, police said.
The motive for the gunplay was not immediately known.
Nine shell casings were recovered at the scene.
First responders arrive at the scene where a 20-year-old man was shot in the leg and a 32-year-old man in the arm on Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway Sunday night.Two men were hurt when gunfire broke out around 8 p.m. Sunday at Beach Channel Drive near Beach 81st Street in Far Rockaway.Citizen
Earlier in the evening, around 6:30 p.m., another 20-year-old man was shot in the stomach and a 21-year-old male victim grazed in the face at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx.
The younger man was taken to Lincoln Medical Center in stable condition, cops said.
The other wounded man refused medical attention for his graze wound.
A crowd gathers on the sidewalk as multiple police and fire officials respond to the scene of the Sunday evening shooting at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in Mott Haven.One man was shot and another guy grazed at East 149th Street and Jackson Avenue in Mott Haven on Sunday evening. Citizen
The suspect fled on a moped, and police found 10 shell casings at the scene.
The motive is unclear.



No arrests have been made in any of the cases.
 



Two people shot, elderly man beaten with a cane in overnight NYC mayhem​



By
Dean Balsamini


November 19, 2022 8:44am
Updated





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Two people were shot and a 73-year-old man was beaten with a cane aboard a Manhattan subway train in separate incidents across the city overnight, police said.
The disturbing unprovoked subway attack occurred at around 3:30 a.m. Saturday aboard a southbound 1 train at Broadway and West 96th Street, cops said.
The unidentified attacker beat the unsuspecting senior citizen over the head and face, causing bruising and abrasion, authorities said. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said. There are no arrests.
Less than two hours later, around 5:20 a.m., a 31-year-old man was shot in the abdomen inside an apartment building on Washington Avenue and East 182nd Street, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, cops said. The shooter, clad in dark clothing, ran off, police said. There are no arrests.
nypd patrol car, subway turnstiles, buildingA 73-year-old man was beaten with a cane aboard a Manhattan subway train during an unprovoked attack, police said.Seth Gottfried Police officers in subway stationThe unidentified attacker beat the unsuspecting 73-year-old man with a cane over the head and face, cops said.Seth Gottfried nypd patrol car on streetCops are searching for a gunman who shot a 31-year-old man in the abdomen inside an apartment building on Washington Avenue and East 182nd Street.Seth Gottfried
On Friday, around 8:30 p.m., a bullet grazed the right hand of a 37-year-old woman on Greene Avenue, near Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford Stuyvesant, police said. The woman refused medical attention, cops said. There are no arrests.
 



Back-to-back NYC subway stabbings leave 3 injured, including good Samaritan​



By
Larry Celona and

Amanda Woods


November 23, 2022 11:48am
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A man was stabbed on a Manhattan train while defending himself from a would-be robber — less than a half-hour before a good Samaritan was slashed at another station as he tried to help a woman who was being attacked, cops said Wednesday.
The first of the back-to-back transit assaults took place around 10 p.m. Tuesday after a 34-year-old man got into it with a stranger who tried to steal money from him on an F train near the 34th Street-Herald Square station.
Then at around 10:25 p.m., a 28-year-old woman was slashed in the face at the Union Square station by a creep who then attacked a man who jumped in to defend her.
All three victims were expected to survive.
The man injured in the first incident had been riding a southbound train when the stranger approached, asked for a cigarette and then tried to rob him, authorities said.
Cops respond to the scene where a woman and a man -- a good Samaritan -- were stabbed on the L train platform at Union Square. Cops respond to the scene where a woman and a man — a good Samaritan — were stabbed on the L train platform at Union Square. William Miller
As the two men fought, the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim twice in the stomach. When the train pulled into the station, the tussle spilled onto the platform, where the attacker stabbed the man again before taking off, authorities said.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said. Nothing was stolen.
Just 25 minutes later, the other harrowing attack broke out on the L train platform at Union Square, when the separate suspect slashed the woman during a dispute, cops said. It’s unclear what the fight was about.
The Samaritan had a bandage wrapped around his head and a blood-drenched shirt as he was wheeled into an ambulance.The Samaritan had a bandage wrapped around his head and a blood-drenched shirt as he was wheeled into an ambulance.William Miller
A 29-year-old man who wasn’t involved in the dispute tried to step in to grab the attacker – who then turned on him, slashing him several times on the head, authorities said.
The attack left a gruesome scene for fellow commuters as blood spotted the platform and upper mezzanine.
Both the man and woman were taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
Blood splatter could be seen on the L train platform and mezzanine after the Union Square attack.Blood splatter could be seen on the L train platform and mezzanine after the Union Square attack.William Miller
Outside the station, a man with a bandage wrapped around his head and a blood-drenched shirt was wheeled into an ambulance.



The suspect fled the station in an unknown direction. No arrests had been made by Wednesday morning.
 



NYC subway slasher made anti-Muslim slurs, attacked after woman turned him down: cops​



By
Amanda Woods,

Craig McCarthy and

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


November 23, 2022 5:38pm
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The woman slashed on a Manhattan subway — in a harrowing attack that also left a good Samaritan injured — had just rejected the suspect’s advances before he pounced on her while shouting anti-Muslim slurs, police said Wednesday.
The knife-wielding brute, who remains on the loose, apparently got enraged when the woman ignored him on an Eighth Ave.-bound L train at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
He then slashed her in the face, in what police said could be classified as a hate crime.
Union Square subway slashingA woman and a good Samaritan were slashed on a Union Square subway platform Tuesday night.William Miller
A 29-year-old bystander came to the woman’s aid — prompting the attacker to turn on him and slash him in the head multiple times, police said.
Both the man and woman were taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The suspect fled the station, leaving behind a gruesome bloody scene on the platform at the Union Square station. He has not been identified.
Woman, good Samaritan slashed. Police said a good Samaritan was slashed in the head when he tried to help a woman who was first slashed at a Union Square subway station Tuesday night.William Miller
Police did not divulge details of the anti-Muslim slur, but said the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force has been notified about the incident.
The attack came less than a half-hour after another straphanger was stabbed on a Manhattan train while defending himself from a would-be robber.
The 34-year-old man had been riding a southbound F train near the 34th Street-Herald Square station when a stranger approached, asked for a cigarette and then tried to rob him, authorities said.
Union Square subway station slashing.The Union Square subway station slasher remains on the loose, police said.William Miller
As the two men fought, the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim twice in the stomach. When the train pulled into the station, the tussle spilled onto the platform, where the attacker stabbed the man again before taking off, authorities said.



The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.


The back-to-back attacks mark just the latest in the months-long uptick in New York City transit violence that has prompted officials to deploy more cops underground.
 



Thanksgiving eve violence leaves two dead, one critical in NYC: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


November 24, 2022 11:40am
Updated




Thanksgiving got off to a bloody start in New York City — leaving two people dead and another in critical condition after a spate of shootings and stabbings late Wednesday and early into Thursday morning, cops said.
An unidentified man was fatally blasted in the torso in a broad daylight Thanksgiving shooting at Hoe Ave and East 174th Street in the Charlotte Gardens section of the Bronx, cops said.
The victim was shot around 10:40 a.m. and taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The circumstances remained unclear hours later, and there were no arrests.
Another man was shot dead in his car around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday near 145th Drive and 184th Street in the Brookville section of Queens, authorities said.




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When cops responded to the intersection, they found the 40-year-old victim unconscious and unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a 2018 Nissan Maxima with gunshot wounds to his chest.


He slammed into a telephone pole after being shot, cops said.


The man, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.


No arrests had been made by Thursday morning, and the motive was unclear.

An NYPD cop probes the scene of the shooting at Sheridan Avenue and East 165th Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx.An NYPD cop probes the scene of a shooting at Sheridan Avenue and East 165th Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx.Seth Gottfried
Earlier Wednesday evening, another man was shot in the torso at East 173rd Street and Boston Road in Crotona Park East around 7:45 p.m., authorities said.


He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. The motive was not known.


Hours later, around 1:20 a.m. Thursday, a man was shot in the left leg at Sheridan Avenue and East 165th Street in the Concourse section of the Bronx, police said.

Two cops investigate at the scene where an unidentified man was shot around 1:20 a.m. at Sheridan Avenue and East 165th Street in the Bronx.An unidentified man was shot around 1:20 a.m. at Sheridan Avenue and East 165th Street in the Bronx.Seth Gottfried
He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center in critical but stable condition, cops said.


No arrests have been made, and the circumstances leading up to the shooting are unclear.


Meanwhile, around 3:50 a.m., a 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the arm by another woman at West 140th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem, cops said.

Police respond to the scene where one woman stabbed another at West 140th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.Police respond to the scene where one woman stabbed another at West 140th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.Seth Gottfried A winter coat is seen thrown on top of a car at the scene where one woman stabbed another in Harlem.A winter coat is seen thrown on top of a car at the scene where one woman stabbed another in Harlem.Seth Gottfried
The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.


Her attacker fled east on West 140th Street and no arrests have been made, police said.


Police could not immediately confirm the motive for the stabbing, or whether the two women knew each other.


Two men were also stabbed just after 11 p.m. Wednesday night at East 75th Street and First Avenue on the Upper East Side, cops said.

Police at the scene, and blood splattered on the sidewalk, where two men were stabbed at East 75th Street and First Avenue on the Upper East Side.Police at the scene, and blood splattered on the sidewalk, where two men were stabbed at East 75th Street and First Avenue on the Upper East Side.William C. Lopez
The men, 35 and 24, were hanging out in a group when they got into a fight with another guy who is known to them, authorities said.


As the feud turned violent, the suspect stabbed the older man in the leg and the younger man in the groin, cops said.

The taped-off scene where two men, 35 and 24, were stabbed at East 75th Street and First Avenue on the Upper East Side.The men were attacked during a clash with a suspect who is known to them, police said. William C. Lopez
Both men were taken to Weill Cornell in stable condition.





The assailant fled on foot in an unknown direction.
 





Girl, 14, struck by possible stray bullet in Thanksgiving NYC shooting: cops​



By
Amanda Woods


November 25, 2022 9:08am
Updated





The teen was hospitalized in stable condition, and no arrests have been made.
The teen was hospitalized in stable condition, and no arrests have been made. WABC





A 14-year-old girl believed to be an innocent bystander was hurt in a broad-daylight Bronx shooting on Thanksgiving Day, authorities said.
The teen took a bullet to the right leg on Schieffelin Avenue near East 225th Street – opposite NYCHA’s Edenwald Houses – around 2:20 p.m., cops said.
Police do not believe the teen was the intended target.
She was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.
No arrests have been made.




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Cops did not have any information on a suspect Friday morning, and it remained unclear who the shooter was targeting.


Hours later, Elijah Dukaray, 23, was shot in the neck at Bronxwood Avenue and East 233rd Street in the Wakefield section of the Bronx around 8:40 p.m., cops said.

The girl was shot across from NYCHA's Edenwald Houses, cops said. The girl was shot across from NYCHA’s Edenwald Houses, cops said. WABC
He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.


No arrests have been made.


The motive was not immediately known, but cops believe Dukaray was the intended target. He has one prior arrest, police said.


The violence continued early Friday when a 29-year-old man was shot once in the left leg on the 15th floor of a building on Park Avenue near East 156th Street in Melrose around 12:20 a.m., authorities said.


He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.


Cops believe the suspect, who fled, was last seen wearing a blue plaid shirt.


The motive for the shooting was also unclear later in the morning, but cops say the victim is “known to the department.”


The shootings followed a violent Thanksgiving morning and Thanksgiving eve, in which two other men were fatally shot.


A man was fatally blasted in the torso around 10:40 a.m. Thanksgiving at Hoe Ave and East 174th Street in the Charlotte Gardens section of the Bronx, cops said.


Cops on Friday identified him as Michael Roberts, 33.


The circumstances leading up to that shooting remain unclear.


That shooting came hours after another man was shot dead in his car around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday near 145th Drive and 184th Street in the Brookville section of Queens, authorities said.


When cops responded to the intersection, they found the victim – identified Friday as Louis Niles – unconscious and unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a 2018 Nissan Maxima with gunshot wounds to his chest.





He slammed into a telephone pole after being shot, cops said.


The motive for the shooting remained unclear Friday. Cops say Niles has six prior arrests.
 






NYC violence leaves one shot, one slashed​



By
Dean Balsamini


November 26, 2022 5:14pm
Updated





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An 18-year-old was shot in the right foot outside the Albany Houses in Crown Heights. Wayne Carrington


Big Apple bloodshed left one person shot and another slashed in separate incidents in two boroughs.
An 18-year-old was shot in the right foot outside the Albany Houses, a NYCHA building on the 1400 block of Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn around 6:10 p.m. Friday, cops said.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. The unknown assailant ran off. There were no arrests.
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The shooting victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. WAYNE CARRINGTON 209th-street-murdockPolice respond to a man who was slashed in the face on 209th Street and Murdock Avenue in Queens Village.
Shortly after 10 p.m., a man whose age was not provided was slashed once in the face on 209th Street and Murdock Avenue in Queens Village, police said.
The victim was taken to North Shore University Hospital in stable condition. The slasher ran off. No arrests were made in connection with the attack, police said.
 

Felonies surge 40% on NYC subways compared to 2021 — but MTA touts more cops to stem crime wave​



By
David Meyer and

Haley Brown


November 27, 2022 6:43pm
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Felony crimes — including murder, rape and robbery — have surged on the subway system by 40% so far this year compared to 2021, according to newly released NYPD stats.
At least 1,917 felony crimes were reported from January through October — up from the 1,367 tallied during the same period last year, the figures prepared for Tuesday’s MTA board committee meetings showed.
Last month alone saw 210 total felonies, up from 198 in September, the NYPD said.
The October tally included three murders, two burglaries, 51 robberies, 46 felony assaults and 108 grand larcenies — all increases from that month in 2021, according to police.
The year-to-date uptick in crime slightly outpaced the 38% increase in ridership seen over the same period, as straphangers returned to the system in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.




00:02 01:45 Cops at Roosevelt Ave. staton in QueensThe system had seen eight murders so far this year as of Oct. 31, NYPD said.Wayne Carrington Police at the scene on an outdoor subway platformRiders are more likely to be victims of a subway crime today compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.Christopher Sadowski
City straphangers have been more likely to be victims of crime in the last two-and-a-half years compared to before the pandemic, The Post previously reported.


Killings in the subway system since 2020 have also skyrocketed to the highest annual levels in 25 years as the city grapples with an overall spike in random violence, NYPD stats show.


The system had seen nine murders so far this year as of Oct. 31, compared to six during that time period last year, according to the newly released data, according to the newly released data.

police care parked outside West 72nd St subway stationMTA leaders have pushed for more cops on the subways for the last several years.Christopher Sadowski
The transit violence that has prompted officials to deploy more police officers underground, with the state footing the bill for overtime.


But noteworthy and heinous crimes have persisted, including back-to-back stabbings last Tuesday night that left three people injured including a good Samaritan.


The knife-wielding brute behind the second incident allegedly shouted anti-Muslim slurs during the course of the attack, police said.


Straphangers have also experienced several brushes with death this November. In one incident on Saturday, a 38-year-old woman was pushed onto the tracks in Brooklyn only to be rescued by a fellow subway rider.

 New York City Police and Fire Department officials on the scene above a subway stationThe year has been marked by high-profile crimes including a mass shooting at 36th Street in Brooklyn that left 10 people wounded.EPA
Reached for comment, a spokesman for the MTA said an influx of police officers announced last month by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams has led to less crime.


“The NYPD is now putting more officers on subway cars and on platforms, and so far this month it has resulted in a drop in crime,” said the spokesman, Aaron Donovan.


Riders and transit workers who spoke to The Post on Sunday were split on whether the recent influx of cops had made an impact.





“They just wait until police are not around,” said grocery store worker Lee Rivera, 25.


But an MTA station clerk who works at a subway stop in Manhattan said the extra cops helps keep problems at bay.


“More police, more attention,” the clerk said. “When it’s going to be winter more homeless are coming. Thank god so far so good. Police are here so that is good.”
 



Prosecuting serial shoplifter would’ve been ‘a waste of resources:’ DA​



By
Elizabeth Rosner,

Joe Marino and

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


November 29, 2022 7:28pm
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office made a stunning admission Tuesday, saying it pursued just two of nearly two dozen separate cases against a serial shoplifter because it would have been “a waste of resources” to hit him with all the charges.
Ex-con Wilfredo Ocasio, who remains free despite his Nov. 16 arrest on 23 separate thefts, would only have to serve a maximum of two years behind bars under state law, even if he was charged with and convicted of all the raps, a spokesman for DA Alvin Bragg noted.
But while Bragg’s office contended that limiting the charges spared staff what they deemed to be unnecessary legal grunt work, legal experts told The Post that charging Ocasio, 44, with all 23 of the alleged thefts could have had ramifications beyond jail time for the repeat offender.
“It would be a waste of resources in the sense that it couldn’t result in any more jail time — but jail time is not the only consequence of a criminal conviction,” said defense attorney Samuel Coe, a former prosecutor and adjunct professor at Bloomfield College.
“The conviction itself can have other collateral consequences,” Coe said. “Just having 20 misdemeanors on your record versus two is a big deal.”
Wilfredo Ocasio, 44.Wilfredo Ocasio, 44, has 33 shoplifting arrests since mid-August. No credit
It could affect plea bargains in future cases, and “employers might look the other way with two convictions but not 20,” he noted.
“All that being said, I could understand a prosecutor putting their resources into other cases with more tangible consequences, implications.”
Ocasio’s name surfaced this week when NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey cited his case as an example of the state’s failed criminal justice and bail reforms on NY1.
But Coe, as well as a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration, said that prosecutors could have asked a judge to hold Ocasio on bail — even though the petit larceny charges against him don’t qualify for bail individually under the state’s controversial 2019 criminal justice reforms.
A loophole in the reforms known as the “harm on harm” clause stipulates that a repeat offender who gets nabbed on a class-A misdemeanor or a felony while facing charges in another case can get held on bail if they represent “harm” to a person or property.
“Under the revised ‘harm-plus’ statute the court can fix bail for Mr. Ocasio as he has committed a number of crimes while out on the release that involved ‘harm to an identifiable property’ and certainly rises above the negligible threshold required by law,” said Todd Spodek, managing partner of Manhattan-based Spodek Law Group.
The Manhattan DA’s office made that same argument last month against Darin Mickens, a reputed and prolific pickpocket who was part of the NYPD’s “Nifty Fifty” deck of cards of the Big Apple’s most persistent transit recidivists.
The judge ruled against the office in that case and Mickens remained free.
But Bragg’s office contends that they don’t have grounds to make a similar motion in Ocasio’s case, in part because he had no pending case when he was last busted.
Duane Reade in Manhattan.Wilfredo Ocasio has been charged with several shoplifting incidents at Duane Reade pharmacy outlets in Manhattan, according to police William Farrington

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One legal expert agreed it would be a hard sell in Ocasio’s case.


“The ‘harm on harm’ pertains to crimes against individuals,” said noted criminal defense attorney Jason Goldman. “A string of petty larcenies against a Duane Reade won’t fall into that carve-out.”


Ocasio — who has served two stints in state prison on rape and robbery convictions — has been busted on petit-larceny charges 33 times since-mid August, including the Nov. 16 arrest for the 23 separate thefts from two Duane Reade stores in Manhattan.


“Oh, we know that name here,” one worker at the Duane Reade outlet on Broadway said of Ocasio on Tuesday.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office contends prosecuting serial shoplifter Wilfredo Ocasio on all his arrests would have been “a waste of resources.”Matthew McDermott
An employee at another Duane Reade outlet on Wall Street told The Post when shown a photo of Ocasio, “I have seen him here several times.”


“They will just get away with everything,” another worker at the store said. “They will steal whatever on the shelf were not locked up. They find a way to do everything.”


Ocasio’s arrest came after another petit-larceny arrest Oct. 14, six charges on Oct. 11, two others on Sept. 30 and one more on Aug. 19, the sources said.


The DA’s Office said details on those cases are not available because they were disposed of or otherwise sealed.


Ocasio’s attorney declined to comment on his cases on Tuesday.


Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he wants to continue to push state lawmakers to increase funding for prosecutors and tweak the controversial criminal justice reforms to hold recidivists more accountable.


“The criminal justice system is broken,” the mayor said during a City Hall press conference.


“I know bail reform is a buzz term, but I’ve been saying this over and over again,” he said. “The process is broken and we need to look at the entire process that includes giving judges the discretion with those with [an] imminent threat.


“They’re repeated offenders, and we have to start keeping dangerous people in jail.”
 



Three injured in overnight NYC shootings, cops say​



By
Dean Balsamini


December 3, 2022 10:09am
Updated





A picture of a NYPD cruiser.
Police say three people were shot in separate incidents across the city overnight. Christopher Sadowski


Three people were shot in separate incidents across the city overnight, police said.
A man walked into Lincoln Hospital shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday after being shot in the left leg in Harlem, cops said. The victim said he heard gunshots and felt pain while walking along Eighth Avenue and West 135th Street, authorities said. There are no arrests.
A picture of police lights near Eighth Avenue and West 135th Street.A man walked into Lincoln Hospital shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday after being shot in the left leg in Harlem.Citizen


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A person was shot and critically injured on Third Avenue near E157th Street in the Bronx, NY.
A person was shot and critically injured on Third Avenue near E157th Street in the Bronx, NY. Christopher Sadowski

Police at the scene where a person was shot and critically injured on Third Avenue near E157th Street in the Bronx, NY.
Police say the shooting occurred on Dec. 3, around 1:30 a.m. Christopher Sadowski



Earlier, a 31-year-old man was critically hurt after being shot in the chest on 3rd Avenue and East 157th Street in the Bronx at around 1:30 a.m., cops said. The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital. Police are looking for two men wearing black clothing and black surgical masks, cops said.





Late Friday, a 41-year-old man walked into Jacobi Medical Center shortly after 11:30 p.m. after being shot in the left hand, police said. The victim was uncooperative, cops said.
 












Guardian Angels pounce on NYC subway rider allegedly hitting elderly passenger​



By
Melissa Klein


December 3, 2022 6:04pm
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Curtis Sliwa and members of Guardian Angels walk on 37th Avenue in Queens.
The Guardian Angels pounced on the man around noon on a D train at 167th Street, Curtis Sliwa said. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images






The Guardian Angels pounced on a subway rider who was assaulting an elderly woman in the Bronx on Saturday, according to Curtis Sliwa, the group’s founder.
The incident happened about noon on a D train at 167th Street, when three Guardian Angels saw a man and woman yelling at the elderly straphanger, Sliwa said.
“The man reaches out and smacks her multiple times,” he said. “The Guardian Angels, three of them, jump the guy.”
NYPD officers, who were at the station, arrested the man, but he was released on a desk appearance ticket, Sliwa said.
The same trio of Guardian Angels about an hour earlier Saturday saw an emotionally disturbed man holding a baby and yelling at a female passenger, who was a stranger, on board a 4 train at 138th Street in the Bronx, according to Sliwa. He said the Angels escorted the woman to another car.




00:10 01:47 Curtis SliwaCurtis Sliwa said the Guardian Angels escorted a woman away from a disturbed man just an hour before the confrontation.Paul Martinka



“It’s just nonstop. The emotionally disturbed persons are the problem here,” said Sliwa, who founded the crime prevention group in 1979.


The NYPD could not immediately provide information on the arrest.
 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for NYC thieves, pickpockets​



By
Dean Balsamini and

Helayne Seidman


December 3, 2022 3:03pm
Updated





The holiday season is prime time for city pickpockets.
The holiday season is prime time for New York City pickpockets. Helayne Seidman






Santa Claus isn’t the only one checking his Big Apple wish list — thieves are too.
Grinch grand larcenists are primed for the holiday rush and New York’s Finest told The Post they’re ready — “deploying the Citywide Pickpocket Team both in transit and to locations that attract pickpockets.”
A police source said “that means anywhere where large crowds gather, including the Rockefeller Center tree.”
The NYPD has reason to cover their shopping bases this holiday season.
In the Midtown North Precinct — which encompasses the Diamond District, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Theatre District, Restaurant Row, Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Plaza — major crime is up 47% so far this year through Nov. 27 compared to the same time last year. Robberies have surged 19% (148 from 124), burglaries 6% (196 from 185) grand larceny nearly 60% (1,786 from 1,120), and petty larcenies 41% (2,516 from 1,786), data show.




00:01 01:47 As the stores fill with holiday shoppers, thieves will be on high alert– put so will the NYPD.As the stores fill with holiday shoppers, thieves will be on high alert — but so will the NYPD.AP
Major crime for Midtown South, which cover tourist magnets Madison Square Garden and Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square has soared by 50%, including robberies surging 51% (594 from 394), burglaries 54% (607 from 395) and grand larcenies 65% (2,085 from 1,266) compared to last year. Petty larcenies climbed 51% (3,078 from 2,039).


Major crime in the West Village’s Sixth Precinct is up 52% this year, with the lowlights being robbery spiking 38% (233 from 169), burglary soaring 76% (388 from 220) and grand larcenies climbing 61% (1,256 from 779) so far this year through Nov. 27, compared the same period in 2022, NYPD data show. Petty larcenies are also up 52% (1,803 from 1,182).


In the Flatiron District, where grand larcenies are up 29%, (945 from 732), trendy women’s fashion store Intermix on Fifth Avenue has been ripped off by shoplifters “between 15 and 20 times” over the last two months alone — with up to $40,000 in merch pilfered, said a store employee.

Major crime in the West Village's Sixth Precinct is up 52% this yearMajor crime in the West Village’s Sixth Precinct is up 52% this year.Helayne Seidman
“Sorry, I have to feed my family,” muttered one thief as he ripped off a $1,000 shearling jacket, the employee recalled. “It’s almost inevitable that we are going to get hit [over the holidays].”


At upscale luggage store Tumi on Fifth Avenue, also in the Flatiron, they’ve chained the pricey merch that ranges from $700 to $2,500 at the front of the store — to avoid “grab and runs,” said associate manager Jayson Peralta.


Outside Bloomingdale’s on Broadway, near Broome Street in SoHo, tourist Stefanie Alram, 26, of Austria, was armed with pepper spray given to her by a New Yorker friend. Alram said “it was way safer” in the city before COVID then it is now.


Bloomingdale’s SoHo sits in the confines of the Fifth Precinct, where major crime is up 45%, including robbery by 42% (94 from 66), burglary 56% (158 from 101) and grand larceny 54% (563 from 366), the data show. Petty larcenies are up 48% (876 from 591).

Shop workers say it's inevitable that there will be robberies over the holiday season.Shop workers say it’s “inevitable” that there will be robberies over the holiday season.Helayne Seidman
Liana Wool, 29, of Barcelona and her pal Rachel Grim, 30 of Brooklyn, both carry screeching Birdie personal safety alarms to ward off attackers and thieves.


“I only carry my wallet in the front pocket when I go out at night and the phone goes in the coat pocket,” Grim noted.


Belfast tourists Rosie Carey, 58, and Karen Dunbar, 55, said their gameplan is to keep their handbags in front of them.


“I stay in a safe area and [make sure] not go off the beaten track,” Carey noted.


And it won’t be easy pickings for poachers at Bloomies.





Three security guards stationed at the entrance of Bloomingdale’s SoHo vowed to the Post they were “ready to apprehend” pilferers.
 



NYC murders up in November despite overall dip in crime​



By
Joe Marino and

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon


December 5, 2022 12:00am
Updated











The Big Apple saw a jump in murders last month compared to November 2021, even as shootings were down and gun busts were up, according to new preliminary NYPD statistics obtained by The Post.
Police reported 30 homicides in the city during November, up from 25 during the same month in 2021.
A review of the seven major crime categories shows increases in three other areas, too: Felony assaults were up 1,957 to 2,016, or 3%; robberies rose from 1,439 to 1,491, an increase of 3.6%, and car thefts jumped from 1034 to 1,131, or 9.4%.
The statistics show dips in the three other major categories: Rapes were down from 128 in November 2021 to 110 last month, a drop of more than 14%; burglaries dropped from 1,310 to 1,231, down 6%, and grand larcenies decreased 5.5%, from 4,430 to 4,187.
Overall, the November numbers show an overall drop of 1.2% in the seven major crimes.




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“The NYPD is throwing everything it has at the crime problem in New York City,’’ a law-enforcement source told The Post on Sunday.

Police are spotted investigating the scene of the fatal shooting in the Bronx on November 30, 2022. Police are spotted investigating the scene of the fatal shooting in the Bronx on November 30, 2022. Christopher Sadowski
“The increased gun arrests and reduction in shootings are not coincidental. The question remains — what happens to the shooters? There has to be accountability — the rest of the criminal justice system has to do its job.”


City officials have long sought for changes to the controversial 2019 state criminal justice reforms, which prohibit judges from setting bail in misdemeanor cases and non-violent felonies.


“We’re fighting a multi-front war that includes the shooters, the thieves and the recidivists. It’s the last group that poses the greatest threat,’’ another source said.

Police are at the scene of where a man was shot and killed in Brooklyn on November 7, 2022.Police are at the scene of where a man was shot and killed in Brooklyn on November 7, 2022.Gregory P. Mango
In a statement Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams said the city is “laser-focused” on fighting crime.


“Reducing crime in the city was never going to happen overnight, but thanks to the NYPD’s efforts, major crimes were down in November and shootings continue to see double-digit decreases,” Adams said.


“Until every New Yorker is safe, there will always still be work left to do, but we are taking some of the biggest actions in years to protect New Yorkers,” the mayor said. “We will never stop fighting to protect the residents of this city.”

Police reported 30 homicides in the city during November, up from 25 during the same month in 2021. Police reported 30 homicides in the city during November, up from 25 during the same month in 2021. Christopher Sadowski
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in another statement that, “As we near the end of this year, our department is seeing substantial, tangible progress toward our public-safety goals.


“And that is because of the dedicated work of our exceptional officers and civilian members.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the department has made progress toward our public-safety goals.NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the department has made “progress toward our public-safety goals.”Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
“The women and men of the NYPD have continued to reduce shootings, take illegals guns off our streets, increase arrests to bring justice for crime victims, and improve police-community relationships in every New York City neighborhood,” Sewell said.







Among the most promising statistics is the nearly 33% drop in shootings last month in the city, with 80 incidents compared to 119 in November 2021.


And despite the jump last month, murders in the five boroughs are down more than 11% year to date in 2022 compared to the same period last year, the numbers show. That translates to 393 vs. 442 slayings.


Police officials also note that citywide gun arrests are up so far this year, with a nearly 4% jump, increasing from 4,319 to to 4,155 over the first 11 months of 2021.

The police is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the individuals   wanted in connection to a robbery.The police is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals wanted in connection to a robbery.DCPI
The number of gun busts are at a 27-year-high, according to the NYPD.


But crime remains a persistent concern for many New Yorkers, particularly in the city’s transit system.


Last month, the NYPD released statistics that show felony crimes have surged in the subway system, including jumps in murders, rapes and robberies.


Between January and October, police reported 1,917 felony transit crimes, up from the 1,367 tallied during the same period last year.

The NYPD released statistics showing more felony crimes have increased in the subway system.The NYPD released statistics showing more felony crimes have increased in the subway system.Christopher Sadowski
In October alone the numbers show 210 total transit felonies, an increase from the 198 reported in September, the NYPD said.


The 10-month subway crime totals slightly outpaced the 38% increase in ridership over the same period, as more straphangers return to the system after a lengthy slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 



Back-to-back NYC shootings, one near police headquarters, leave two men dead​



By
Larry Celona and

Tina Moore


December 5, 2022 4:52pm
Updated










Two men were shot dead within an hour of each other in New York City on Monday afternoon — with one of the bursts of gun violence taking place just steps from police headquarters, cops said.
In the first incident, a 21-year-old man was found shot twice in the chest and once in the leg inside 15 St James Place at the Governor Alfred E. Smith Houses around 2:50 p.m., the NYPD said.
The public housing development is located across the street from One Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
A 21-year-old man is in critical condition after getting shot in lower Manhattan on December 5, 2022.A 21-year-old man is in critical condition after getting shot in lower Manhattan on December 5, 2022.Citizen
Less than an hour later, at around 3:30 p.m., a man was shot once in the head in front of NYCHA’s Marcy Houses in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, according to cops. He was not immediately identified.
The victim in the first shooting was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, but didn’t survive, police said.
The suspected gunman was dressed in blue pants and a green sweater, cops said.
The shooting took place across the street from NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza.The shooting took place across the street from NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza.Citizen
Police were canvassing for video and witnesses in both cases, cops said.
The back-to-back fatal shootings took place hours after a 96-year-old man in a wheelchair was shot in the leg near another NYCHA development in Brooklyn Monday morning.
The nonagenarian was struck when a man who’d just robbed a woman outside the Kingsborough Houses in Crown Heights opened fire at her when she ran away. He was expected to recover.
 



3 teens, 62-year-old man wounded in quadruple shooting in NYC​



By
Joe Marino,

Larry Celona and

Allie Griffin


December 6, 2022 10:57pm
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Three teenagers and a 62-year-old man were wounded in a quadruple shooting in the Bronx Tuesday evening, police sources said.
Police attend to the wounded.All four victims were hospitalized in stable condition.Peter Gerber
The four victims were shot a couple blocks away from the Bronx Zoo, near the corner of 180th Street and Daly Avenue, just before 6 p.m., the sources said.
Police survey the scene of the shooting.The victims were shot blocks away from the Bronx Zoo.Peter Gerber
The youngest victim, a 14-year-old boy, was shot in both legs. A 15-year-old boy was shot in one leg and a 17-year-old was shot in the leg and buttocks, according to the sources.
Police survey the scene of the shooting.The suspect fled the scene on foot and remains at large. Peter Gerber
The 62-year-old — who is believed to have been an unintended target — was grazed by a bullet in the face, the sources said.

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All four victims were hospitalized in stable condition.






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NYC crime surge: Queens neighborhoods on edge amid drastic rise in robberies​



By
Steven Vago,

Tina Moore and

Jesse O’Neill


December 7, 2022 7:28pm
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New York City’s crime wave has seeped into a quiet pocket of Queens known for bustling businesses and heavy foot traffic — with some locals telling The Post it’s the most unsafe they’ve felt in decades.
The enclave of Flushing, covered by the NYPD’s 109th precinct, has seen a shocking surge in robberies and grand larcenies that has left workers and business workers on edge.
“The area is horrible. It’s getting so bad,” said Monica Ortiz, the store manager at GNC on Flushing’s Main Street.
“I’ve lived in the area for 30 years and I never felt so unsafe.”
Ortiz said she’s worked at the health and nutrition store for the last two decades, but that the number of robberies has gotten worse over the last two years.
“I didn’t see that situation before. The way how it is now – never,” she told The Post Wednesday.
The area has had to contend with 288 reported robberies for the first 11 months of 2022, an increase of 113% from the same time last year, according to NYPD statistics.
The increase was especially pronounced over the past four weeks, with 30 robberies compared to 11 in the same 28-day period in 2021.
Grand larcenies, meanwhile, were up to 1,400 so far this year compared to 828 tallied between January and November 2021, for a 69% increase.
A high-ranking police source told The Post that the area “was struggling,” as workers and residents complained of increased attacks and palpable fear.
A 74-year-old security guard at a Marshalls on College Point Boulevard — part of the The Shops at SkyView mall — was assaulted in October by two thieves who pushed him inside the store and took his bag.
NYC police vehicleAs New York City grapples with a rise in all major crimes besides murder, detectives in normally quiet pocket of Queens were grabbling with shocking surges in robberies and grand larceny.Wayne Carrington
“So many people stealing from other people,” the guard, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Post by phone on Wednesday.
Other workers inside the Shops at Skyview said crime is an everyday occurrence.
“It’s thieves that come in every day and trying their luck,” said Fred, a security guard inside the Nike clearance store. “That’s not even just here. That’s throughout the whole mall.”
Fred, who declined to use his last name, added: “There’s always people stealing. People come in here everyday and try to steal.”
One sticky-fingered regular even comes in and boosts goods by the armful
“[He] walks out with an armful of stuff and says ‘I’m sorry’ and just keeps moving,” said Fred, who’s worked at the store for a few months.
“Thieves can walk into the store and grab what they want and walk out. The law stated that you can’t touch them… I’m here for a deterrent,” he said.
Monica, the store manager at GNC, also said the store has employed a security guard to try to ward off thieves.
“We have a lot of people come inside with big jackets and big bags. We had to put a security guard in here for that reason,” Ortiz said.
“Inside in here, we had one person come here to steal. When I told her to leave, she just pushed me and went out running.”
In the beginning of the year one crook stole $1700 worth of collagen, she said.
“He emptied two shelves. That’s why we lock these things and have a security guard here,” she said, showing the locked collagen shelf.
“Now I feel unsafe outside,” she added. “Before the pandemic, we closed the store at 11 at nighttime. Now we close the store at 8 and are afraid to go out at night when it’s dark. We all feel it.”
As The Post spoke to the guard at the mall on Wednesday afternoon, two police officers were seen outside the Marshalls texting on their phones, before patrolling the Nike store.
An off-duty cop moonlighting as a Duane Reade security guard said there has been an influx of New York’s Finest on the street amid the rise in crime.
“You see all the new cops out because of the increase in grand larceny and petit larceny in the area,” he said, declining to give his name.
“You see it across the city. People pretty much walk into the store and walk out. It hasn’t been a secret.”
He pointed to New York state’s controversial 2019 bail reform measures — which eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony cases — for emboldening thieves.
“We have a lot of people who take advantage of bail reform, where they basically come and shop and leave with two bags of stuff,” he said.
“They tell the store workers ‘you can’t touch me’ as they walk out. They tell you ‘arrest me and I’ll be out in a few hours.'”
He added: “Perps in the city are very vocal about how they’ll just get released. It’s sad they are right.”
A manager at Flushing Optical Inc. on Main Street said she was glad to see extra cops in the area after two men ran off with Cartier sunglasses worth $4,000 last month.
“They wanted to try them on. They said ‘I like this and could I try it on?’” Jessica Hsu, , 54, recalled.
Then: “They just grabbed the glasses and ran away.”
She said filed a police report but said “it doesn’t really help,” because after 30 years of being in business in the neighborhood she’s never seen her stolen goods recouped.
Still, the woman, who declined to give her name, welcomed the increased presence of the NYPD.
“It’s a really busy street so there should be cops around. We should at least see somebody. When we see cops, we feel safe.”
The nearby 111th and 112th police precincts were also “struggling,” a law enforcement source said.
Robberies were up some 200% so far this year in the 111, which encompasses Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills, and Fresh Meadows, statistics show.
Further west in Forrest Hills and Rego Park, two murders were recorded this year compared to none in 2021, and robbery, felony assault and grand larceny all saw increases of at least 50%.
The 109 also saw a 144% increase in rape, to 39 in 2022 compared to 16 over the same time period last year.
Citywide, serious crime was down over the past week and month compared to the same time periods last year, but up 25% in 2022 to date with a 12% decline in murder being the only bright spot for the NYPD, statistics showed.
A College Point resident who was waiting for the Q20 bus on Main Street said she started carrying pepper spray last year and continues to be cautious when she commutes.
“Its not something to look forward to, going to the subway,” said the 55-year-old secretary, Kathy, adding she goes into the city from Flushing three days a week.



“I’m now more cautious because there are homeless and odd people coming up to you,” she said.


A worker inside Assasin Tattoos, recounted an attack on a female customer over the summer at the 37th Street store in which police said a man beat a female customer with a baton.


“It’s maybe a little bit dangerous, it’s scary,” said the worker, Leah Li, 30, who started working at the shop three days ago.


“Maybe because of the [COVID] virus, it’s happening more often than last year.”
 
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