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NY law condemns at-risk teens to deadly cycle of violence

New York’s recently reformed juvenile justice system is proving deadly to those it purports to protect: teenage offenders from the city’s most at-risk communities, law enforcement sources told The …

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NY law condemns at-risk teens to deadly cycle of violence​

By
Joe Marino and

Kerry J. Byrne


November 13, 2021 6:18pm
Updated

A gun used in the shooting death of Ramon Gil-Medrano, 16, is displayed during a news conference at the Bronx District Attorney's office Oct. 7, 2021. James Keivom

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New York’s recently reformed juvenile justice system is proving deadly to those it purports to protect: teenage offenders from the city’s most at-risk communities, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The root of the problem is the state’s Raise the Age law, signed by Gov. Cuomo on April 10, 2017. The legislation, embedded into the state budget that year, increased the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18 throughout the state, effective on Oct. 1, 2019.
It intends to offer troubled teens a lifeline out of the criminal justice system before they become adults — but in practice, it results in a “catch and release” system that condemns kids to a deadly cycle of violence.
“It’s kill or be killed out here,” said former Bronx prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney Michael Discioarro.
The state website touting the law says automatically prosecuting 16 and 17 years olds as adults was an “injustice” that “unfairly punished youth and prevented them from receiving the services they need to rehabilitate themselves and re-integrate into their communities.”
Ramon Gil-Medrano
But rehabilitation services have not materialized, critics say. Supervision and oversight promised by the legislation have also been lax.
The law gives thousands of juvenile offenders a slap on the wrist and then spits them back out on the street, often to the care of criminal enterprises. Their cases wend their way through a secretive and labyrinthine legal system — while the teens graduate to greater criminality and violence or face the threat of death themselves.
“Nobody consulted prosecutors and judges when they wrote this law, and if they were lawyers, they never did criminal cases. Not in New York City. Not the Bronx,” said one law enforcement source.
Terrifying and troubling examples of the broken system abound — including Tyree Malone, one of the teens who observers said failed to get the resources, supervision and oversight promised by the Raise the Age law.
A 17-year-old reputed member of the brutal Bronx-based JackBoyZ crew, Malone was charged as an adolescent offender in at least three consecutive gun arrests in less than a year – before graduating to the alleged murder of Dandre Johnson this summer.
Malone is accused of shooting the 24-year-old Bronx man multiple times in the Mott Haven neighborhood just after 11 p.m. on August 19. Johnson was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital less than an hour later.
Malone was busted on Sept. 23 and hit with charges ranging from murder, intentional manslaughter, and two counts of criminal possession of a firearm. He pleaded not guilty on Sept. 24.
Malone’s age when he committed each crime put him squarely within the parameters of the Raise the Age law, leaving his gun arrests to be heard in Family Court, where almost every proceeding is shrouded in secrecy.
The law’s privacy requirements bar judges from knowing the extent of a teen’s criminal past, one source.
“The privacy laws [built into Raise the Age] prevent agencies from sharing information, and judges from knowing the full history of the kid in front of them [as to] make a proper decision from the bench … to help a kid,” said a person familiar with Malone’s case. “Maybe a kid who’s caught for a third time with a gun shouldn’t be out.”
Malone’s gun cases from Family Court remain sealed. His last court date on the murder rap was Oct. 4.
Ramon Gil-Medrano was shot and killed while riding in an Uber.Robert Mecea
“It’s beyond any comprehension [how Malone] was not under supervision,” despite his well-documented gun and gang history, said a source with knowledge of the murder case. The system, the source added, “is insanity.”:
Ramon Gil-Medrano — is the other side of the coin, and his death is shocking evidence of the unmitigated failure to properly supervise troubled teens.
A reputed member of the 800YGZ Bronx crew, the 16-year-old was killed in a retaliatory gang shooting on July 11, his chilling, cold-blooded execution caught on camera.
Two gunmen rode up to Gil-Medrano’s Uber and shot him in what sources say is payback for another gang related murder earlier that night – that of 13-year-old Jaryran Elliot.
“How Medrano is out to be executed in the back of an Uber when he has three gun arrests in 90 days is mind-boggling,” bemoaned one source familiar with the case.
Ramon Medrano
Gil-Medrano had two known arrests for criminal possession of a firearm dating back to Aug. 10, 2020. He had already dodged death once, as well: wounded in another attempted gang-motivated hit on July 7, 2020, sources said.
“Medrano had gun cases and where did they go? Family Court. What happens when it goes to Family Court?” said one Bronx source familiar with the teen’s cases. “There’s no accountability in Family Court. He wasn’t on supervision.”
Instead of protecting teens from a life of crime, the law has instead made many of them pawns in the hands of older gang members, critics say.
“If you are the boss of a criminal enterprise, you now have a perfect farm system where you can have young men who are capable of murder – at 15, 16 years old – with no fear they’re going to implicate you because there are no consequences for them,” said Discioarro.
Steven Mendez, 17, of the Bronx, might have been one of those pawns.
He shot and killed 21-year-old Saikou Koma on Oct. 24 — a victim of mistaken identity and “completely innocent” man, in what sources described as a botched gang hit.
Mendez had a violent history and could have been in jail for up to four years after pleading guilty to armed robbery in 2020. His rap sheet includes pulling a gun on his own mother.
Yet the teen was walking the streets and free to allegedly commit murder when he should have faced criminal consequences, or at least enjoyed the assistance of resources promised by the Raise the Age law.
There were 2,336 16-year-old offenders arrested, and 3,099 17-year-olds arrested, for a felony from October 2019 to March 2020, according to state tracking data.
Tyree Malone
New York City accounted for about 1,500 of those 5,435 arrests, almost evenly split between 16- and 17-year-old offenders.
In addition to Family Court, cases for 16- and 17-year-old offenders might also be diverted to the city department of probation for “adjustment,” which is a form of favorable, non-criminal disposition for teen defendants.
Probation officials decide if cases get prosecuted, with or without input from police or district attorneys. More than half of those cases are not prosecuted, said one law-enforcement source.
“The secrecy behind this is very dangerous,” the source said. “We have 400 kids arrested with guns this year, and 950 kids have histories of four or more arrests under the age of 18 … We are not fixing the problem. Probation doesn’t want to talk about that because we’re not solving the problem.”
Internal records obtained by The Post show the startling scope of the crisis of teens with guns.
Underage offenders represent more than 10 percent of all gun arrests this year (402 of 3,975), while those firearms violations account for nearly 10 percent of all arrests this year among kids under 18 (4,114). Of the 402 teens arrested for gun crimes, 172 (42.8%) had a prior felony arrest.
Teens have been involved in 357 shootings this year, the most since 2015 – including 126 as victims. Fourteen with prior gun arrests have been shot, five of them killed.
“Kids are carrying more guns than at any rate historically,” said an NYPD source. “Whatever we’re doing isn’t working. (Teens) go to Family Court then after that they become victims of shootings. This (data) should sound the alarm.”
Thirteen-year-old Jaryran Elliot was killed in a gang-related incident.
An Office of Court Administration spokesman said a handful of private service providers, contracted by the city, are responsible for pre-trial supervision services of older teens, who have to follow conditions set by a judge.
“If you ask a prosecutor if [a kid] is on supervised release – they have no idea what that means. There’s no accountability,” one source said.
Compounding the problem: the city and state worked together in 2012 to close upstate correction and treatment centers for at-risk NYC kids. Gov. Cuomo called it the “Close to Home” initiative, backed by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But it’s precisely those at-risk teens who are more likely to find trouble close to home.
“You’re diving into a world nobody understands, and frankly nobody wants to deal with,” Discioarro said. “We’ve decided young people should not be accountable even if they’re getting hurt – killed. We are failing to protect these kids.”

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Tyrone Malone, 17, South Bronx
4 arrests: Three for gun possession on Sept. 10, 2020; March 12, 2021; April 22, 2021. Charged as an adolescent offender in each case.
While free: Killed Dandre Johnson on Aug. 18, 2021, police say.
Gang affiliation: JackBoyZ/Jackson Avenue Gunnas
Ramon Gil Medrano, 17, Crotona
3 arrests: Two for gun possession on Dec. 21, 2020, and Feb. 9, 2021; and assault on Aug. 10, 2020. In each case, he was charged as an adolescent offender.
While free: Survived a gang shooting on July 7, 2021. Four days later was shot to death in a July 11 retaliatory gang attack in the Tremont section of the Bronx on East 178th Street. It was revenge for the murder of 13-year-old Jaryan Elliot that same night, police say.

 

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Flushing Meadows Park overrun with crime as supervision slashed

In the fiscal year ending June 30, there were 35 reported crimes at Flushing Meadows, the most of any park in the borough and third to only Manhattan’s Central Park and Washington Square Park cityw…

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Flushing Meadows Park overrun with crime as supervision slashed​

By
Rich Calder


November 20, 2021 12:32pm
Updated

In the fiscal year ending June 30, there were 35 reported crimes at Flushing Meadows, the most of any park in the borough. Robert Mecea for NY Post

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One of the Big Apple’s most popular and crime-ridden parks is routinely being left unguarded.
The city has significantly slashed the number of parks enforcement patrol officers assigned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park over the past few months – a move that left Queens’ largest park without on-duty security during large chunks of at least a dozen days the past month – including Wednesday and Thursday, some officers and their union told The Post.
“It’s shocking they won’t prioritize a park this big,” said Joe Puleo, president of Local 983 of District Council 37. “It puts everyone in danger – both the public and our members who lack the resources to enforce the law.”
Flushing Meadows has a longstanding reputation of attracting wild gatherings after 9 pm, when the park closes and the public is supposed to leave. Sometimes thousands gather near Meadow Lake, Fountain of the Planets, the officers and union said.
Some get high off booze and drugs, rev muscle cars, blast music, and urinate on the grass, they added.
A Parks Department spokesperson insisted Flushing Meadows is properly being guarded, adding it currently has 18 officers assigned over two shifts.Robert Mecea for NY Post
In the fiscal year ending June 30, there were 35 reported crimes at Flushing Meadows, the most of any park in the borough and third to only Manhattan’s Central Park and Washington Square Park citywide, records show.
Puleo said Flushing Meadows is also a magnet for many unreported crimes, especially where the victims are undocumented immigrants.
The Police Department rarely patrols the park and typically takes about 20 minutes to respond to calls the unarmed peace officers make for assistance, he said.
Since September, two to four park officers have been assigned per shift to monitor the entire 898-acre park, down from an average of six to eight previously, some officers and Puleo said.
Flushing Meadows has a longstanding reputation of attracting wild gatherings after 9 pm,Robert Mecea for NY Post
A Parks Department spokesperson insisted Flushing Meadows is properly being guarded, adding it currently has 18 officers assigned over two shifts.
However, Puleo said the department over the past three months has routinely reassigned most of these officers to Rufus King Park in Jamaica.
On many days, Rufus King – which is slated for millions of dollars in upgrades and borders a bustling, up-and-coming neighborhood – has seen more than double the security of Flushing Meadows, despite only being 11.5 acres, he added.
The Parks Department insisted Rufus King isn’t getting special treatment.

 

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Two men hurt in overnight NYC shootings

A gunman shot two men during a heated argument on Staten Island, police said Saturday.

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Two men hurt in overnight NYC shootings​

By
Dean Balsamini


November 20, 2021 1:51pm
Updated

Police investigate the shooting in Staten Island. Steve White


A gunman shot two men during a heated argument on Staten Island, police said Saturday.
The violence unfolded shortly before 10 p.m. Friday outside the Amendment 18 Bar & Grill on Bay Street in Stapleton when the unidentified gunman blasted a 51-year-old man in the stomach and a 39-year-old man in the hip, an NYPD spokesman said.
The wounded men were taken to Richmond University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The shooting in Staten Island occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday outside the Amendment 18 Bar & Grill in Stapleton.Steve White
Meanwhile, in Washington Heights two women suffered lacerations when they got into a fight with a man and a woman at 2:10 a.m. outside 3920 Broadway in Washington Heights, police said.
The victims, a 21-year-old woman and a 39-year-old woman were struck with an unknown object, “possibly keys,” an NYPD spokesman said.
Police respond to a slashing in Washington Heights.Seth Gottfried for NY Post Two women suffered lacerations when they got into a fight with a man and a woman at 2:10 a.m. outside 3920 Broadway in Washington Heights.Seth Gottfried for NY Post
The injured women were taken to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

 

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Fan’s finger hit with ‘unknown projectile’ during NYCFC playoff game

A man was struck in the finger by an “unknown projectile” that apparently whizzed into Yankee Stadium during NYCFC’s playoff game Sunday evening, cops said.

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Fan’s finger hit with ‘unknown projectile’ during NYCFC playoff game​

By
Amanda Woods


November 22, 2021 9:02am
Updated

The 25-year-old victim was sitting up near the jumbotron area at the stadium when he felt pain in a finger on his left hand. Ira L. Black/Corbis/Getty Images

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A man was struck in the finger by an “unknown projectile” that apparently whizzed into Yankee Stadium during NYCFC’s playoff game Sunday evening, cops said.
The 25-year-old victim was sitting up near the jumbotron area at the stadium on East 161st Street — next to the subway tracks — around 5 p.m. when he felt pain in a finger on his left hand, cops said.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with injuries “consistent with a gunshot wound,” but it was not confirmed early Monday whether a bullet had struck the victim, police said.
No shooting was reported inside the Bronx stadium, and the projectile appeared to have come from outside, cops said.
NYCFC beat Atlanta United 2-0 in the first round of the MLS playoffs to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Meanwhile, in a separate shooting early Monday, a 15-year-old boy was grazed in the groin around 2 a.m. when someone drove by in a white SUV and opened fire on East 209th Street near Decatur Avenue in Norwood, cops said.
The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital with injuries “consistent with a gunshot wound.”Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via
He was taken to Montefiore Medical Center in stable condition, police said.
It was not immediately clear whether he was the intended target.

 

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3 men killed, 2 hurt in overnight shootings, stabbing

A 36-year-old man, who is believed to be homeless, was stabbed in the chest at West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue.

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3 men killed, 2 hurt in overnight shootings, stabbing​

By
Amanda Woods


November 26, 2021 10:42am
Updated

NYPD investigates the scene of a stabbing at Penn Station in Manhattan on Thursday night. Daniel William McKnight

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Three men were killed and two others injured in at least four shootings and one stabbing across the city on Thanksgiving night, cops said.
A 36-year-old man, who is believed to be homeless, was stabbed in the chest at West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue — near Penn Station — during a dispute just after 6 p.m., police said.
The victim, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
The suspect fled and was still at large Friday.
Cops had no information on the dispute that led to the slaying.
The attack came less than a week after Akeem Loney, 32, was stabbed to death in an apparently random attack as he dozed on a No. 2 northbound train as it entered Penn station.
Police investigate the scene of a Shooting in front of 1521 Westchester Ave in the Bronx on Thursday night. DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT
Hours later, Yefri Jimenez, 22, was blasted in the stomach on Westchester Avenue near Elder Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx around 9:50 p.m., cops said.
He was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made, and the circumstances leading up to the shooting were unclear Friday morning.
Police at the scene of Thursday night’s shooting.DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT
The violence continued early Friday around 1:40 a.m., when an unidentified man was shot in the chest at West 177th Street and Wadsworth Avenue in Washington Heights, cops said.
He was rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made, and cops also did not know what led to that incident. A firearm was recovered on the scene.
A CrimeStoppers image of one of the suspect’s in Thursday night’s violence.
Two non-fatal shootings also broke out in the Bronx, around the same time Thursday night, cops said.
A 21-year-old man was shot once in the right leg on West Farms Road near Hoe Avenue in the Foxhurst neighborhood at 11:50 p.m., cops said.
He said he heard gunshots and felt pain, and saw a red Audi flee the scene.
He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Another suspect from Thursday night’s shooting death.
A minute later, about a mile away, a 60-year-old man was shot twice in the torso on East 171st Street near Third Avenue in Claremont Village, cops said.
He too said he heard gunshots and felt pain, and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

 

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One person dead in overnight NYC shooting

One person was killed and another wounded in separate shootings across the Big Apple overnight, police said.

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One person dead in overnight NYC shooting​

By
Dean Balsamini


November 27, 2021 9:32am
Updated

The victim was shot in the neck and pronounced dead on the scene. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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One person was killed and another wounded in separate shootings across the Big Apple overnight, police said.
Both shootings occurred in the Bronx.
The deadly gunfire erupted at about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in Baychester, where a 36-year-old man was shot in the neck on Thwaites Place, near the Bronx River Parkway, police said.
Cops responding to a 911 call found the unidentified victim unconscious and unresponsive. EMS pronounced the 36-year-old dead at the scene. There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, a gunman shot a 31-year-old man in the right hand on Walton Avenue and East 158th Street in Morris Heights, police said. The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There are no arrests.
At around 2:20 a.m. Saturday a male was shot in the neck in front of 600 Twaites Place. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

 

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Five people hurt in overnight shootings across NYC

Five people were hurt in overnight shootings across the city, the NYPD said.

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Five people hurt in overnight shootings across NYC​

By
Dean Balsamini


December 4, 2021 1:21pm
Updated

Two people were shot in the 4/5/6 Subway station at E125th and Lexington. Five people across NYC were injured by gunshots last night. Christopher Sadowski

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Five people were hurt in overnight shootings across the city, the NYPD said.
The most recent incident occurred in Brooklyn shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, when a 34-year-old man was shot in the face on Glenmore and Sheffield avenues in East New York, cops said. The incident erupted after a dispute with an unknown assailant dressed in black, police said. The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition.
About 20 minutes earlier, a 21-year-old man was shot in the hip when he tried to get into a Bronx house party on West Mosholu Parkway North, near Knox Place, in Norwood, cops said.
Someone didn’t want the would-be party goer there, and fired off a shot from a stairwell, said police, who added that the victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
The latest wave of bloodshed started in the Bronx at 11:15 p.m. Friday, when an 18-year-old man was shot in the left thigh on the third floor of the Moore Houses on Jackson Avenue, near St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven. The victim was taken to Lincoln Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The first to be shot was an 18-year-old in The Bronx who was taken to Lincoln Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Seth Gottfried A male was shot on Glenmore Avenue and Sheffield Avenue.Seth Gottfried The latest shooting occurred in East New York around 3 a.m. following a dispute. Seth Gottfried Five people total were hurt in overnight shootings.Christopher Sadowski
An hour later, at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, two people were shot inside the 4/5/6 line subway station at East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, police said. A 21-year-old man was hit in the right leg, and both arms, and a second person was shot in the stomach, cops said. Both men were taken to Harlem Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the shooter remains at large. Police did not say what sparked the gunfire.

 

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One killed, two people hurt in overnight shootings across NYC

In the latest bloodshed, a 30-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder in Brooklyn by an unknown gunman.

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One killed, two people hurt in overnight shootings across NYC​

By
Dean Balsamini


December 11, 2021 11:14am
Updated

A 30-year-old man was injured during a shooting at DeKalb in Brooklyn. LoudlabsNYC

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One person is dead and at least two others hurt in shootings across the Big Apple overnight, cops said.
In the latest bloodshed, a 27-year-old was killed in East Elmhurst, Queens at about 7:50 a.m. Saturday. The victim was shot in the chest inside an apartment at 23-23 98th St., and pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing, police said. The name of the victim is being withheld pending family notification, authorities said.
Police said the suspect wore a black ski mask and black hoodie, noting there was a woman in the apartment at the time of the slaying and she was not harmed. What her relationship is to the victim or her role in the probe is under investigation, an NYPD spokesman said. Cops were spotted escorting the shaken woman from the apartment Saturday.
Gunfire also erupted in Brooklyn late Friday.
Police respond to the shooting near DeKlab Avenue.LoudlabsNYC
In that instance, a 30-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder in Bushwick by an unknown gunman in a black vehicle at about 11:35 p.m., police said.
The unidentified victim, who was brought to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center for treatment, said he was hurt while walking along DeKalb Avenue near Irving Avenue, cops said.
He’s listed in stable condition.
Also on Friday night, a 58-year-old man was shot in the left shin while walking along Amsterdam Avenue and West 149th Street in Harlem at approximately 11:25 p.m., police said.
The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital Center where he was listed in stable condition, according to police. There have been no arrests.

 

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Subway robbery doubled in November as NYC transit crime nears 2019 levels

The figures from the MTA transit committee meeting show felony robberies more than doubled from October to November, from 40 to 88.

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Subway robbery doubled in November as NYC transit crime nears 2019 levels​

By
David Meyer


December 12, 2021 6:11pm
Updated

A woman getting robbed in the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station elevator on November 1, 2021. The MTA reported subway robberies doubled from October to November. NYPD

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November saw a huge jump in subway robberies and overall felonies underground, according to newly released statistics.
The figures included in the public materials for Monday’s MTA transit committee meeting show felony robberies more than doubled from October to November, from 40 to 88. Overall felonies — including grand larceny and assault — jumped 45 percent month-over-month, the documents said.
At the same time, the NYPD has recorded a 42 percent increase in hate crimes, driven by a 240 percent spike in attacks based on sexual orientation and a 257 percent spike in anti-Asian attacks, according to the board materials.
The 235 so-called “major felonies” in November fell just under the 244 felonies reported by NYPD in November 2019, according to MTA records — pre-pandemic, when over two million more people were riding the subways each day.
Yet while grand larcenies accounted for the majority of crimes recorded by cops two Novembers ago, last month’s records showed a 51 percent spike in robberies compared to 2019.
MTA Chairman Janno Lieber claimed that rider safety remains a top priority.Gregory P. Mango
News of November’s troubling trends come after MTA Chairman Janno Lieber told The Post in multiple interviews last week that he remained focused on rider safety despite transit crime rates trending down over the summer and fall.
Overall major felonies are down 3.6 percent this year compared to 2020, according to NYPD stats. Felony assault surged in the spring, but has since dipped about 40 percent.
“Major crimes broadly speaking are down, but if you’re somebody coming back to work – or not – and you’re having interactions with people who make you uneasy, that’s a problem,” Lieber said Friday.
Lieber has pushed NYPD to increase its visibility in the transit system, after Mayor Bill de Blasio surged rush hour patrols at the beginning of the summer at the MTA’s behest. Lieber said last week he believes Mayor-elect Eric Adams will heed his advice to make the increased manpower noticeable to everyday riders.
According to a spokesman, Mayor-elect Eric Adams wants to increase the amount of transit cops in subway stations.William Lopez / NY Post
“The mayor-elect has said again and again that we need to get more transit cops off desks and into the subway system, better dispersed to cover more area,” Adams’ spokesman Evan Thies said in a statement to The Post.
The rate of subway crimes soared amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019, when NYPD recorded a comparatively scant 1.47 felonies per million riders. That said, subway crime totals in 2021 are the lowest in 25 years, the MTA said.
“We’ve said repeatedly we want the NYPD to put more officers in visible locations like subway platforms and on trains where riders feel vulnerable,” MTA rep Aaron Donovan said in a statement. “That enables faster response to emergencies when they occur and allows officers to quickly see and address people displaying mental health problems who could be a danger to themselves and others — with the ability to intervene before a crime happens.”

 

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7 people shot, 1 killed, in early morning violence in NYC

Seven people were shot — one fatally — in separate incidents in New York City on Sunday morning, cops said. The gunplay began around 1:20 a.m. and ended about 10 a.m.

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7 people shot, 1 killed, in early morning violence in NYC​

By
Tina Moore


December 12, 2021 1:37pm
Updated

A man was shot overnight near Rockaway Avenue and Bainbridge Street. Seth Gottfried

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Seven people were shot — one fatally — in separate incidents in New York City on Sunday morning, cops said.
The gunplay began around 1:20 a.m. and ended about 10 a.m. — with a fatal stabbing in between, authorities said.
The deadly bullets flew in front of 8 Rockaway Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, around 3 a.m., leaving a 31-year-old man with a fatal gunshot wound in his stomach, cops said. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital but couldn’t be saved. The shooter fled in a white sedan.
Meanwhile, starting off the hours of Sunday’s bloodshed was a 34-year-old woman who was shot in the arm while sitting in a parked vehicle at Mexico Street and 114 Drive in St. Albans, Queens, around 1:20 a.m., cops said. She was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. The motive in the shooting was not immediately known, cops said.
About 10 minutes later in Brooklyn a 39-year-old man walked into Kings County Hospital with a gunshot wound to his face. The man didn’t tell authorities how or where he was shot, cops said. He was described as “uncooperative.”
The Rockaway Ave. victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.Seth Gottfried
About a half-hour later, around 2 a.m., a 20-year-old man was shot in the right foot in the lobby of 193 Albany Ave. in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. A male suspect wearing a black jacket fled the scene on foot, cops said. The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
Around 3:50 a.m. a 37-year-old man was shot once in the left leg and taken to Lincoln Hospital. Police described him as “uncooperative.”
About 10 minutes later, a 29-year-old man was shot in the left leg during a verbal dispute at 4006 Astoria Blvd. in Queens. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in stable condition.
Police investigate at the scene of the shooting.Seth Gottfried
The latest shooting happened around 10 a.m. at 1281 Herkimer St. in Brooklyn when a 27-year-old man took a bullet to the back and torso, cops said. He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition, police said. There were no additional details available.
The fatal stabbing had occurred around 6:30 a.m., when a man was found slashed in the throat at 6 Stanwix St. in Bushwick, Brooklyn, cops said.

 

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One killed and another injured in overnight NYC shootings

The deadly gunfire erupted at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in Brooklyn, when a 30-year-old man was shot multiple times in the head near 14th Avenue in Bensonhurst.

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One killed and another injured in overnight NYC shootings​

By
Dean Balsamini


December 18, 2021 11:10am
Updated

Police investigate the fatal shooting in Bensonhurst. Seth Gottfried for NY Post


One man was killed and another hurt in two separate shootings across New York City overnight, police said.
The deadly gunfire erupted at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in Brooklyn, when Justin Moncada, 30, was shot multiple times in the head inside 1428 83rd Street, near 14th Avenue in Bensonhurst, cops said. Moncada was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Adam Thomas, 31, was taken into custody at the crime scene, and a weapon was recovered, said police. Thomas was arrested and charged with murder, cops said.
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times in the head at 1428 83rd Street.Seth Gottfried for NY Post
Both victim and suspect are Bronx residents who were having a dispute over a woman, police said.
Hours after the Brooklyn bloodshed — shortly after 3 a.m. in the Bronx — a 28-year-old man was shot multiple times in the chest outside Westchester Square, near East Tremont Avenue, following a large dispute, cops said. The wounded man was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition, police said. There are no arrests.

 

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One man killed, three wounded in NYC shootings Friday night

The other victim was shot in the left shoulder and taken by first responders to the same hospital, where he was in stable condition, cops said.

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One man killed, three wounded in NYC shootings Friday night​

By
Patrick Reilly


December 18, 2021 3:48am
Updated

A man was fatally shot and three others were injured in two separate shootings that took place in Manhattan and Brooklyn. WAYNE CARRINGTON

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A man was killed and three others were injured in two separate shootings in Brooklyn and Manhattan on Friday night, police said.
Officers responded to a 911 call of shots fired at Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Avenue in Canarsie around 10:13 p.m. and found two men with gunshot wounds in front of the Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant.
One of the victims, a 32-year-old, was struck in the neck and pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. Police were waiting to notify his family before releasing his name.
The other victim was shot in the left shoulder and taken by first responders to the same hospital, where he was in stable condition, cops said.
Officers responded to a call for shots fired at Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Avenue in Canarsie when they found two men with gunshot wounds.WAYNE CARRINGTON Officers came across one of the victims who was struck in the neck and pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.WAYNE CARRINGTON
No suspects were immediately arrested.
A little over an hour earlier in Upper Manhattan, police said two men were shot outside of 690 Academy Street in Inwood at around 9 p.m.
One of the victims, a 29-year-old, was shot in the head and taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition.
An hour before the shooting in Brooklyn, Officers said two men were shot in Upper Manhattan — as one of the victims was shot in the head and taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition.WAYNE CARRINGTON
The other victim, 20, was privately transported to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital with a gunshot wound in the arm. He was in stable condition, cops said.
Police said three male suspects fled the scene in a dark colored sedan.

 

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NYPD safety agent killed celebrating birthday in overnight shooting

An NYPD school safety agent was killed while out celebrating her 27th birthday with her twin sister in Queens, authorities and police sources said.

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NYPD safety agent killed celebrating birthday in overnight shooting​

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Larry Celona and

Amanda Woods


December 23, 2021 11:44am
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An NYPD school safety agent was shot dead on her 27th birthday outside a Queens nightclub early Thursday – when her beau and ex-boyfriend got into a gun battle and she was struck in the fray, according to cops and police sources.
The agent, whose birthday was on Wednesday, her boyfriend and her cousin were celebrating inside Solletto on Steinway Street near Astoria Boulevard N, the sources said.
At some point, the agent’s ex-boyfriend showed up – but when he tried to enter, the bouncer stopped him because he had a gun on him, according to the sources.
When the trio walked out of the club just after 4 a.m., the agent’s ex got into a scuffle with her boyfriend, the sources said.
Both men pulled out guns and fired at each other, the sources said.
The agent was struck in the torso and leg by stray bullets, according to cops and the sources.
She was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital-Queens, where she was pronounced dead, cops said.
Her name was not immediately released, pending family notification.
Her 27-year-old cousin was also blasted by a stray slug in the left knee, and her boyfriend, who turned 27 Thursday, was struck in the buttocks and left shoulder, authorities and the sources said.
A woman is given medical attention following the deadly shooting in Queens.Seth Gottfried The fatal shooting happened outside Solletto in Astoria.Seth Gottfried
They both were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition.
The ex-boyfriend fled after the shooting in a white BMW that was stopped in New Jersey for speeding, the sources said.
New Jersey cops did not know he was wanted for the shooting, so they confiscated the car but let him go, according to the sources.
Police were still on the hunt for him later Thursday
Gunfire also erupted on Holland Avenue near Astor Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.
Responding officers found the victim lying on the ground, with a gunshot wound to his chest, police said.
Police respond to the fatal shooting on Holland Avenue at Astor Avenue in the Bronx.Christopher Sadowski The victim in the Bronx shooting was pronounced dead at Jacobi Medical Center.Christopher Sadowski
The victim, who lived down the block from the scene, was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. His name also was not released, pending family notification.
The circumstances of the slaying are unclear.
Also on Wednesday, 27-year-old Jordan Gilliam died of injuries sustained in a shooting a week earlier at the corner of 97th Street and 57th Avenue in the Corona section of Queens, cops said.
Bullets flew in front of a deli just after 8:30 p.m. Dec. 15, striking Gilliam in the right shoulder and buttocks, police said.
Besides the NYPD school safety agent, two other women were taken to the hospital with injuries following the Astoria shooting.Seth Gottfried
A 37-year-old man was also shot in both thighs, cops said.
Both men, who are members of the Bloods gang and have criminal pasts, were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where Gilliam was pronounced dead Wednesday.
The older man remained in stable condition, police said.
No arrests have been made in the shooting, which may have been gang-related, authorities said.

 

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Five injured, bus stop destroyed in Christmas morning shootings in NYC

Four men were blasted by an unknown assailant just before midnight Friday night outside a bodega on Nostrand Avenue, an NYPD spokesman told The Post.

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Five injured, bus stop destroyed in Christmas morning shootings in NYC​

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David Meyer


December 25, 2021 11:32am
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Police investigate a shooting scene at a bus stop at 14th St. and 1st Ave. in Manhattan. G.N.Miller/NY Post

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Five people were hurt in three shootings across the Big Apple on Christmas Eve.
Four men were blasted by an unknown assailant just before midnight Friday night outside a bodega on Nostrand Ave., an NYPD spokesman told The Post.
Cops said a male suspect approached the area in front of Nostrand Deli and fired several rounds — leaving a 39-year-old in critical condition with a direct hit to his back.
The other victims were a 50-year-old shot in the right buttocks, a 41-year-old hit in the right thigh and a 42-year-old nailed in his right foot, according to the NYPD.

The assailant fled in an unknown direction, cops said.
At approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, another man was shot once in the back outside a strip club on Avenue D in East Flatbush, cops said.
Four men were shot by an unknown gunman on Nostrand Ave.Robert Mecea for NY Post A man was shot once in the back outside a strip club on Avenue D.Robert Mecea for NY Post
The victim, who was taken to Brookdale Hospital, said he “heard shots and felt pain,” NYPD said. He did not give a description of the shooter.
A third shooting early Saturday morning resulted in no human injuries but wrecked a city bus stop.
Photos of the bus shelter at 1st Ave. and East 14th St. in Manhattan show three-quarters of one of its glass walls in shards on the ground.
No arrests have been made in relation to any of the incidents.

 

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Surge in shootings in 2021 blamed on reforms as Adams vows action

A year after the city suffered its worst crime surge in more than a decade, the number of shootings — and victims — continues to climb.

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Surge in shootings in 2021 blamed on reforms as Adams vows action​

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Dean Balsamini


December 25, 2021 10:44am
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NYPD responds to a shooting in the vicinity of Rockaway Avenue and Bainbridge Street on Dec 13. Seth Gottfried for NY Post

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The bullets keep flying over Broadway — and everywhere else in the Big Apple.
A year after the city suffered its worst crime surge in more than a decade, the number of shootings — and victims — continues to climb.
So far 1,828 people have been shot in the five boroughs — 0.4 % more than last year’s astronomical tally of 1,821, according to NYPD data through Dec. 19. The number of shootings — 1,526 — is up 2.4%.
These numbers do not include the five people shot in three separate incidents between Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
Brooklyn, where Mayor-elect Adams has been borough president since 2014, was the bloodiest borough, and the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville — the neighborhood of Adams’ birth — was the most violent precinct, data show.
“(The mayor-elect) finds the Brownsville stats completely, totally unacceptable,” Adams spokesman Evan Thies told The Post. “Stopping violent crime will be (Adams’s) priority when he’s mayor. And that will include a comprehensive plan to reduce shootings.”
The blueprint will include a new NYPD antigun unit, investments in violence interruption programs and inter-agency task forces, Thies said.
Mayor-elect Eric Adams has been borough president of Brooklyn, New York’s bloodiest borough, since 2014.Andrew Kelly/REUTERS
King County accounted for nearly a third of New York City’s 2021 gunplay victims, 609, followed by The Bronx (588), Manhattan (303), Queens (288) and Staten Island (40).
“Crime is off the charts,” fumed state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island), a former Manhattan prosecutor who said the sobering statistics are a product of Mayor Bill de Blasio, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the left-leaning City Council creating a “climate for crime” through bail reform laws, pandering to BLM rioters and anti-cop rhetoric.
“Government’s most basic responsibility is public safety. The misguided policies from the left have failed miserably in that regard and as a result New York is less safe and less livable than it has been in generations,” he said.
In the 73rd Precinct, 90 people have been shot so far, down from 115 shootings in 2020, but a 77% spike from two years ago.
‘Crime is off the charts,’ fumed state Sen. Andrew Lanza.Hans Pennink for NY Post
Most recently the 73rd saw a 31-year-old man gunned down outside his apartment building on Dec. 12. Tyrece Carroll was one of seven people shot across the city that Sunday morning. The 31-year-old man entered the courtyard at 8 Rockaway Ave. around 3:10 a.m. when someone behind him began firing, cops said. The killer sped off in a white sedan. Carroll died at Brookdale Hospital. There are no arrests.
“Out of all the ways I learned in school about the way someone could naturally die. To get a call saying y’all killed my brother. I’m truly f—ing disgusted. … I hate this world,” Tylia K. Carroll posted to Facebook hours after the slaying.
Even the playgrounds aren’t safe in Brownsville. The 73rd Precinct is hunting for two suspects who shot a pair of teenaged boys in a play area on Oct. 1. Shooters opened fire at the 15- and 16-year-old boys near Sterling Place and Saratoga Avenue at about 9:45 p.m. The 15-year-old was grazed in the shoulder and the 16-year-old shot in the leg.
A male was shot in the vicinity of Rockaway Avenue and Bainbridge Street, Sunday, December 12, 2021.Seth Gottfried for NY Post
The 44th Precinct, which covers nearly two square miles of the southwest portion of the Bronx, is second in the city with with 86 shooting victims, a 41% spike from last year.
Tyrece Carroll was gunned down on Dec. 12.Yizzle Musicpage/Facebook
The 75th Precinct, which serves East New York and Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, has logged 83 shooting victims so far this year, down from the 124 people shot in 2020, but still a 34% increase of 2019.
East New York’s Rosalyn Jackson, who lost her son to gun violence in Canarsie, Brooklyn, in 2015, now fears for her 16-year-old grandson.
“It’s crazy. It’s to the point where I don’t want to go outside. It’s too dangerous. You can’t ride a bus,” said Jackson, 53, whose heart “still aches” for her son, Donnell Smith, who was cut down at age 25. She now fears for her 16-year-old grandson, Khamani, who lives with his mom at the Linden Houses in East New York.
“If there were stiffer penalties, maybe a lot of these kids wouldn’t be shot and killed. They go to jail and jail is like a vacation to them,” she said.
The 42nd Precinct, which covers the Morrisania in the Bronx, reported 74 shooting victims, a 37% spike from 2020; while the 47th Precinct in the northern Bronx logged 72 victims, a 44% increase from the 50 shot in 2020.
Police at the scene where a person was fatally shot on December 11, 2021. Christopher Sadowski
The surge in gun violence began in 2020, following a period in which violent crime plunged to levels not seen in years.
Michael Alcazar, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and former NYPD detective, blamed the surge in gunplay on bail reform measures and the June 2020 disbanding of the NYPD’s anti-crime unit. “The message is clear for the criminals: Bail reform will get you out of jail free and the cops have been handcuffed and can no longer patrol in plainclothes,” he said.
Alcazar added that Mayor-elect Adams and his hand-picked police commissioner, Keechant Sewell, “have the right idea” if they follow through on plans to resurrect the broken-windows theory of policing and bring back plainclothes cops.
Rosalyn Jackson, who lost her son to gun violence in 2015, now fears for her 16-year-old grandson.Matthew McDermott for NY Post
It was just about exactly a year ago, that then-Brooklyn Beep Adams gathered with other community leaders to take a stand against gun violence.
“I’m not here for political reasons. I’m here for personal reasons,” Adams told the crowd. “My son is 24. Every time I hear a young man is shot I’ve got to look through the article and say, ‘Tell me it’s not my baby.’”
Patrick Lynch, head of the city’s largest police union, said, “New Yorkers don’t need to see year-end stats to know we’re in a crisis. They’re hearing the gunshots in our neighborhoods every night, and cops are responding.
“We’ve reached this point because Mayor de Blasio and his fellow ideologues in City Hall and Albany won’t even admit there’s a problem, much less reverse course and fix the mistakes that caused it. Things won’t magically get better on Jan. 1, but we’re hopeful that our new city leaders will at least live and govern in the real world, instead of a progressive fantasyland.”
Police attend the scene of a shooting on Dec. 11.Christopher Sadowski for NY Post
The city recorded 1,531 shootings in 2020, a whopping 97% more than the 777 in 2019, NYPD data show. The number of shooting victims in the city ballooned 102% to 1,868 in 2020 from the 923 in 2019, the stats show.
Shooting victims are overwhelmingly minority: 73.9 percent of the people struck by a bullet in 2020 were black, and 22.5 percent were Hispanic, according to NYPD data. Blacks and Hispanics also accounted for 65.0 percent and 26.4 percent of murder victims, respectively, in New York City in 2020.
The races of shooting suspects followed similar patterns: 72.1 percent black and 24.7 percent Hispanic, according to the NYPD report.

 

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Two men gunned down in Brooklyn, Queens shootings last night

Two men were killed in separate shootings in Brooklyn and Queens Monday, including one shot dead in a potential gang-related incident, cops said.

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Two men gunned down in Brooklyn, Queens shootings last night​

By
Emily Crane


December 28, 2021 8:53am
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Two separate New York shootings on December 27, 2021 left one person injured and another dead. Daniel William McKnight

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Two men were killed in separate shootings in Brooklyn and Queens Monday, including one shot dead in a potential gang-related incident, cops said.
Gilbert Gayosso, 25, of Queens, was blasted in the head when the gunfire rang out on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights just after 8 p.m., according to police.
Gayosso was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 21-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and was rushed to NYC Health and Hospital/Elmhurst where he remains in a stable condition, police said.
Investigators believe the shooting may have been gang-related.
No arrests have been made and cops said they are still investigating.
Police are investigating two shootings that left two men dead on December 27, 2021.Daniel William McKnight Police believe that the shooting in Queens might be gang related. Daniel William McKnight One of the Queens victims suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, but is in stable condition. Wayne Carrington
Just hours earlier, a 55-year-old man was gunned down in a separate incident outside his apartment building in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood.
Ricardo Moore was shot in the chest and head just before 4 p.m., according to cops.
He was pronounced dead at the Brookdale Hospital — just one block from where the shooting unfolded.
A 55-year-old man was gunned down in front of his apartment in a separate shooting in Brooklyn.Wayne Carrington Police are still looking for a motive and suspect in the Brooklyn shooting. Wayne Carrington Bullet casings seen near one of the shootings.Wayne Carrington According to the NYPD, murders have doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Daniel William McKnight
Police didn’t have any details on a potential suspect.
There have been 1,546 shootings so far this year amid a surge in Big Apple gun crime, 31 more than the same time last year, the latest NYPD data shows.
Murders, which as of Sunday stood at 479, have doubled compared to two years ago before the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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Grim Apple: NYC murders in 2021 to near 500 for first time in a decade

The Big Apple hasn’t recorded more than 500 murders since 2011 when there were 515 on the books, according to the data.

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Grim Apple: NYC murders in 2021 to near 500 for first time in a decade​

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Craig McCarthy


December 30, 2021 1:01pm
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16 cities set all-time-high homicide records in 2021

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The Big Apple is on pace to hit nearly 500 murders before the close of 2021 — a bleak milestone not seen in a decade.
As of Sunday — and with five days left on the year — the NYPD has recorded 479 slayings, driven by a startling surge in gun violence across the city, data shows.
The Big Apple hasn’t recorded more than 500 murders since 2011 when there were 515 on the books, according to the data.
In 2012, homicides dropped to 419. In the following years, they plummeted into the 300s each year, except for 2017 when the city recorded 292 murders.
This year’s total already topped the tally of 462 in 2020 — a year that saw a spike in fatal incidents in major cities nationwide as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of life. That trend continued into 2021 with New York City seeing a late-year spike in murders.
Over the last month, nearly double the homicides were reported over the same four-week span — 41 this year between Nov. 28 and Dec. 26 compared to 24 during that same period last year, NYPD data shows.
New York is on track to hit the grim milestone of 500 murders in 2021 as all aspects of crime continue to rise.Robert Mecea As of Dec. 26, 2021 the NYPD has recorded 479 slayings driven by a surge in gun violence across NYC.Robert Mecea The number of murders in 2021 topped the tally of 462 in 2020.ohn J. Kim/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire NYC hasn’t recorded more than 500 murders since 2011 when there were 515.Daniel William McKnight
The latest homicide statistics don’t include two men who were gunned down in separate incidents earlier this week.
Quelling the mounting number of murders will be just one of the challenges the incoming Eric Adams administration will face when the cop-turned-lawmaker takes the reins as mayor at the stroke of midnight Saturday.
Other major cities across the US have also struggled to reverse the troublesome crime trend. In Chicago, murders were approaching 800 with days left in the year, according to the Chicago Tribune. Philadelphia is expected to surpass 550 homicides, the highest total on record dating back to 1960, according to ABC.

 

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NYC recorded 485 murders in 2021

Last year’s grim tally occurred in a year that saw a spike in fatal incidents in major cities nationwide.

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NYC recorded 485 murders in 2021​

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Larry Celona and

Dean Balsamini


January 1, 2022 1:16pm
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NYPD officers at the scene of shooting on Friday, Dec. 31. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post

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New York City recorded 485 murders in 2021, a 4% increase from the 468 tallied in 2020, police sources said Saturday.
Last year’s grim tally occurred in a year that saw a spike in fatal incidents in major cities nationwide, as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on nearly every aspect of life. That trend continued into 2021 with New York City seeing a late-year spike in murders.
The surge was driven by a startling surge in gun violence across the city, NYPD data shows. Through Sunday, there had been 1,857 shooting victims in the Big Apple, police data show.
Gotham hasn’t recorded more than 500 murders since 2011, when there were 515, according to the data.
In 2012, homicides dropped to 419. In the following years, they plummeted into the 300s each year, except for 2017 when the city recorded 292 murders.
2021 saw a startling surge in gun violence across the city.REUTERS
As of noon Saturday, the city had not recorded its first homicide of 2022, an NYPD spokesman said.

 

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Two people hurt in early New Year’s Day shootings across NYC

An 18-year-old man and a 33-year-old man were hurt in separate shootings in the city overnight, police said.

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Two people hurt in early New Year’s Day shootings across NYC​

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Dean Balsamini


January 1, 2022 11:12am
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Two separate shootings took place in the city overnight, police said. Christopher Sadowski

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Two people were hurt in separate shootings in the city overnight, police said.
An 18-year-old man walked into Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx around 2:26 a.m. Saturday saying he had heard a gunshot, felt pain and realized he was shot in the foot, according to cops, who believe the victim might have shot himself. The incident happened inside 505 West 181st Street, authorities said.
In the latest incident, at around 6:50 a.m. Saturday, a man, 33, was shot in the right thigh outside the Jefferson Houses on First Avenue and East 114th Street in East Harlem, cops said. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in stable condition.
Police were still gathering details, but the injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
“We are off to a nice quiet start” in the new year, an NYPD spokesman said.

 

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Woman stabbed to death in Queens, marking city’s first 2022 homicide

The woman was found with multiple stab wounds on the street at 21st Street and Broadway in Astoria around 8:50 p.m., sources said.

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Woman stabbed to death in Queens, marking city’s first 2022 homicide​

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Jesse O’Neill


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First NYC homicide of 2022






A woman in her 40s was stabbed to death in Queens on Saturday night in what is the year’s first known homicide in New York City, police said
The unidentified woman was discovered by a pedestrian laying on the sidewalk with multiple stab wounds at 21st Street and Broadway in Astoria around 8:50 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The victim died at Astoria General Hospital and the circumstances around the killing remained “a mystery,” with no witnesses or suspects immediately identified, police said.
The deadly New Year’s Day attack marked the first reported homicide of the young year in the five boroughs, the NYPD said.
In 2021, the city recorded 485 murders, a 4 percent increase from the 468 tallied in 2020, sources said. The NYPD had not yet officially released its year-end crime statistics Saturday.
Despite the slight increase, the murder rate in the city remained much lower than historical highs last year. In 1990, a record high 2,245 murders were recorded.
The woman was found with multiple stab wounds on the street at 21st Street and Broadway in Astoria.Patrick Mahony/CityStreetsLive The city recorded 485 murders in 2021.Patrick Mahony/CityStreetsLive The woman was found stabbed to death in Queens on Saturday night.Patrick Mahony/CityStreetsLive