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Car thefts alarmingly surge 191% in NYC since 2019, NYPD data shows

A total of 15,802 vehicles were ripped off across the five boroughs through Dec. 31 — an alarming uptick from the 5,438 stolen back in 2019.

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Car thefts alarmingly surge 191% in NYC since 2019, NYPD data shows​

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Published Jan. 3, 2024, 3:37 p.m. ET










Car thefts in the Big Apple have surged a staggering 191% compared to before the COVID pandemic, according to NYPD data released Wednesday — as Mayor Eric Adams declared that “crime is down” and New York City had turned a corner.
A total of 15,802 vehicles were ripped off across the five boroughs through Dec. 31, an alarming uptick from the 5,438 stolen back in 2019, according to the year-end review of crime statistics.
In the last year alone, auto thefts recorded the biggest spike of any major crime category in the city — with the number of stolen vehicles up 15% more than the 13,741 swindled in the same period in 2022.
Despite the surge in stolen vehicles, overall crime across Gotham did drop slightly in 2023 — down 0.3% — compared to the year prior, the NYPD figures show.
The crime rates are up more than 31% overall compared to 2019, per the data.
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New NYPD data shows car thefts have surged since COVID. William Farrington
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Still, Hizzoner hailed the year-end stats, honing in on a decrease in citywide shootings and murders.
“New York City remains the safest big city in America. These numbers tell us that we have turned the corner of crime in our city,” Adams said at a press conference.
“Crime is down, jobs are up, tourism is booming,” he added.
“When it comes to violent crime, the numbers are even more impressive. Both murders and shootings were down double digits once again in 2023.”
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Mauro Chimbay is thrown off his vehicle in a carjacking, video shows. provided
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Chimbay was killed while trying to stop the thief from going through his car. mauro.chimbay.9
In the last year, murders were down 12%, with 438 in 2022 compared to 386 last year, according to the stats. Shootings, too, dropped 25% from 1,294 incidents in 2022 to 974 last year.
Burglaries plunged 13% last year, with 13,758 last year vs. 15,827 in 2022. Rapes were down 10.5% last year compared to 2022 (from 1,625 to 1,455) and robberies dropped 3% (from 17,442 to 16,902).
But felony assaults ticked up to 27,849 last year – a 6% jump from the 26,195 recorded in 2022, according to the data.
Auto theft was the only other major crime category to see a spike last year, per the NYPD stats.
The majority of the vehicles nicked were Kia and Hyundai models, NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Mike Lipetri said – a result of last year’s viral TikTok trend that was encouraging teens to hijack those specific makes to take on joyrides.
The NYPD had repeatedly warned against the “dangerous” trend after social media-inspired thieves made off with a police cruiser and took it on a 12-hour jaunt.
“When you look at the increase in motor vehicle thefts in New York City, it’s approximately 1 or 2,000, about 2,000 steals,” Lipetri said.
“That’s all attributed basically to the Kias and Hyundais. We see an increase of over 2,100 Kias and Hyundais — that’s a 300 percent increase from last year.”
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Mayor Eric Adams declared that “crime is down” — despite car thefts in the Big Apple surging a staggering 191% since before the COVID pandemic took hold. Paul Martinka
The prime hotspots for overall grand larceny auto were in the Bronx and Queens, Lipetri said, adding the majority were brazenly stolen from the streets.
“We’ve analyzed where these vehicles have been stolen from obviously, but also where they are being recovered outside of New York City, in places like New Jersey and Westchester,” he said.
Hizzoner added that a crackdown on auto thefts last year had resulted in almost 2,000 arrests – the highest in 20 years.
Separately, the year-end NYPD stats showed overall crime in the Big Apple’s transit system had decreased by 2.6% last year.
But Adams acknowledged that more needed to be done to drive down crime citywide.
“We’re not saying mission accomplished. There’s so much more we have to do,” he said. “There are bad guys that are out there that believe they’re going to harm the people of the city.”
Arrests for major crimes overall were up 12% in 2023 compared to the year prior, with cops nabbing nearly 4,400 people for illegal gun possession, the data shows.



NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban touted Gotham’s overall reduction in crime on the department’s “laser-like focus” on cracking down on illegal guns.


“At the beginning of our administration, shootings in New York City were at a 15-year high and murders were at a 10-year high, but we vowed to combat the pervasive sense of lawlessness,” he said.


“It is clear today that the NYPD’s laser-like focus on those who carry illegal guns continues to drive significant reductions in violent crime all across our city.”

 

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Armed robbers steal man’s Rolex, shoot him inside NYC tailor shop as violence rages across NYC

One man was shot inside a tailor shop in the Garment District, while two people were wounded during an incident in Flatbush, police said.

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Armed robbers steal man’s Rolex, shoot him inside NYC tailor shop as violence rages across NYC​

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Published Jan. 6, 2024, 10:18 a.m. ET










One man was shot inside a tailor shop in the Garment District, while two people were wounded during an incident in Flatbush, police said.
In Manhattan, a 35-year-old man was getting alterations at 247 West 38th St., between 7th and 8th avenues, when shortly after 1:30 p.m.
Saturday two men in black masks entered the store, robbed the victim of his wallet and Rolex watch and shot him in the right ankle, police sources said.
The NYPD confirmed the shootings, but did not immediately have details.
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One man was shot inside a tailor shop in the Garment District. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
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A 35-year-old man was getting alterations at the shop when he was robbed and shot. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
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The NYPD confirmed the shootings, but did not immediately have details. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police said.
There have been no arrests.
Shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old man was shot three times, in the back, buttocks and thigh, and a 71-year-old woman was shot in the foot on Nostrand Avenue, near Foster Avenue in Brooklyn, police said.
Both victims were brought to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, an NYPD spokesman said.
There have been no arrests.
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Shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, a 17-year-old man was shot three times, in the back, buttocks and thigh. Christopher Sadowski
Earlier, a man was slashed in Queens overnight, police said.
The victim, whose age was not available, was sliced once in the left hand on Queens Boulevard and 46th Street at 3:15 a.m. Saturday, cops said.
Police are looking for two men who drove off in a gray SUV.
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The victim was sliced once in the left hand at 3:15 a.m. thejokercze – stock.adobe.com



EMS transported the victim to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition, cops said.


There were no arrests.

 

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2 killed after 3 separate shootings overnight in NYC: police

A 39-year-old man was found with a mortal gunshot wound to the chest, sitting in the front driver’s seat of a parked car on West 135th Street near Riverside Drive in Harlem around 6:20 p.m. Sunday,…

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2 killed after 3 separate shootings overnight in NYC: police​

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Published Jan. 8, 2024, 11:44 a.m. ET



Three people were shot – two fatally – in separate overnight incidents across the city, cops said.
A 39-year-old man was found with a mortal gunshot wound to the chest, sitting in the front driver’s seat of a parked car on West 135th Street near Riverside Drive in Harlem around 6:20 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
He was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made in connection to the slaying, and the motive remained under investigation Monday morning.
The victim was not immediately identified, pending family notification, cops said.
A few hours later, Richard Reed, 35, was shot multiple times inside a building on Sands Street near Navy Street in Downtown Brooklyn, part of NYCHA’s Farragut Houses, cops said.
Reed – who lives in a different building within the housing complex – was repeatedly blasted in the chest in the lobby around 10 p.m., police said.
He was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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A 39-year-old man was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest inside a car parked on West 135th Street near Riverside Drive in Harlem, cops said. William Miller
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Richard Reed, 35, was shot multiple times inside a building within NYCHA’s Farragut Houses, cops said. William C Lopez/New York Post
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
The violence continued around 3 a.m. Monday, when a 42-year-old man was shot twice in the Bronx, cops said.
The victim was blasted once in the torso and once in the left arm on East 180th Street near Third Avenue in the Belmont neighborhood, police said.
He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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A 42-year-old man was shot twice on East 180th Street near Third Avenue in the Bronx early Monday, cops said. Robert Mecea


A male suspect, last seen wearing a white vest, fled east on East 180th Street, cops said.
No arrests have been made, and the motive for the violence was not immediately known.

 

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NYC subway safe? Fare-beating arrests skyrocket 132%, gun seizures up 29%

And as law enforcement increased, so did the number of guns and criminals cops pulled out of the subways.

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NYC subway safe? Fare-beating arrests skyrocket 132%, gun seizures up 29%​

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Published Jan. 13, 2024, 8:22 a.m. ET

Big Apple subway fare-evasion arrests skyrocketed 132% in 2023, to 4,917 compared to 2,121 in 2022, police said. Christopher Sadowski

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It’s turnstile justice.
Big Apple subway fare-evasion arrests skyrocketed 132% in 2023, to 4,917 compared to 2,121 in 2022, reflecting the NYPD’s increased commitment to tackling turnstile jumpers and stopping the havoc they cause.
And as enforcement increased, so did the number of guns and criminals cops pulled out of the subways.
The NYPD recovered 45 firearms from the subway system in 2023, compared to 35 the year before, a 29% spike, police data requested by The Post reveals.
Of the 45 guns recovered, 24 were seized during encounters with fare-beaters. In 2022, 11 of the 35 firearms came from such incidents.
The figures also show that 1,462 fare-beaters arrested in 2023 had an active warrant, 88% more than the 777 the year before.
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NYPD figures show 1,462 fare-beaters arrested in 2023 had an active warrant, 88% more than the 777 in 2022. Christopher Sadowski
The NYPD did not provide a breakdown of the serious crimes committed by the fare-beating fugitives.
“I applaud the crackdown on fare-beaters,” community activist Karlin Chan, 69, who rides the N, Q and D trains, told The Post. Chan heads the nonprofit Chinatown Mural Project, which helped raise thousands of dollars to assist an injured woman who was shoved onto subway tracks in August.
“New York City needs to enforce quality-of-life issues. Non-enforcement empowers thugs and emboldens them,” Chan said.
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Cops recovered a loaded firearm from a man they initially nabbed for alleged fare beating in The Bronx, police said. X @NYPDTransit
Lori Grabowski, 56, of Hell’s Kitchen, who rides the 1, A, and C trains, agreed: “Any way you slice it, more cops equals more arrests, equals safer subways.”
Much of the police progress in 2023 was built on the increase in cops on patrol on the subways rolled out by Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul in October 2022.
Since last week, NYPD Transit derailed four suspected fare-beaters who were packing heat or blades:
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“An integral part of the Transit Bureau’s overall safety strategy is curbing acts of lawlessness at our turnstiles, and that includes fare beating,” NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper told The Post. New York Post
Cops recovered a loaded firearm from a man nabbed on Jan. 3 for alleged fare-beating in the Bronx, police said.
Xavier Williams, 31, was arrested at the Brook Avenue 6-train subway station at East 138th Street in Mott Haven after an eagle-eyed officer spotted him entering the station via an emergency gate, the NYPD said.
After cops finally fitted the suspect for handcuffs, they also found a loaded gun tucked in his waistband, authorities said.
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Four transit cops who were part of an NYPD surge in the city’s subway system nabbed accused killer Claude White, 33, when he jumped a turnstile, police said. Steven Hirsch
The following day, Jan. 4, at the Seventh Avenue/Ninth Street F station in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Jajuan Williams, 21, was caught trying to “manipulate” his way past a turnstile refused to provide ID, resisted arrest and injured a cop while being taken into custody, police sources said.
A search turned up a switchblade, cops said.
Hours later, at the Franklin Avenue, A/C station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, cops nabbed Brandon Cheek, 31, for suspected farebeating, police said, and recovered 38 decks of heroin and a loaded firearm from his waistband.
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White, a homeless man accused of fatally stabbing subway passenger Tavon Silver on a southbound 4 train, faces murder and weapon charges. Steven Hirsch
The gun was reported stolen in Charleston, SC.
On Thursday morning, cops at the A/C Rockaway Avenue Station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, arrested Jacquan Kennedy, 35 of Brooklyn, after he was spotted walking through an emergency gate to beat the $2.90 fare, authorities said.
The arresting officer recovered a firearm, a magazine containing six bullets, and crack cocaine, the NYPD said.
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On Jan. 4, cops nabbed Brandon Cheek, 31, for suspected fare beating, police said, and recovered 38 decks of heroin and a loaded firearm from his waistband. X @NYPDTransit
“Theft of Service isn’t the minor crime that some socialist City Council members want you to believe,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “Turnstile jumpers who think that the cops are watching are less likely to carry a firearm or other weapon. Just look in the annals of NYC’s turnaround in the 1990s.”
In June, Claude White, a homeless man accused of fatally stabbing subway passenger Tavon Silver on a southbound 4 train, was charged with the slaying — days after the hulking 6-foot-3, 320-pounder was caught trying to skip out on a subway fare in Harlem wearing blood-stained pants, cops said.
White, who had been on parole and was wanted in connection with a bank robbery on June 6, now faces murder and weapon charges.
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“New York City needs to enforce quality-of-life issues. Non-enforcement empowers thugs and emboldens them,” community activist Karlin Chan told The Post.
“An integral part of the Transit Bureau’s overall safety strategy is curbing acts of lawlessness at our turnstiles, and that includes fare beating,” NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper told The Post. “Enforcing seemingly minor but visible offenses like fare beating led to the recovery of 24 illegal guns from our subway system last year.”



Kemper said cops “are showing the same level of commitment and dedication to subway safety in 2024,” having already recovered six guns from the subway system — four of those “from confronting fare evaders.”


Echoed one veteran cop: “The bottom line is when a fare beater carrying a gun is stopped by police it makes the city and subways safer.”

 

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NYPD sergeant slashed by machete-wielding madman, two other cops injured arresting suspect

Four NYPD officers were wounded by unhinged New Yorkers in two separate attacks Monday — one involving a crazed machete-wielding man who slashed a sergeant across the head in Brooklyn.

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Four NYPD officers were wounded by unhinged New Yorkers in two separate attacks Monday — one involving a machete-wielding madman who slashed a sergeant across the head in Brooklyn.
In the first attack, three cops were sent to the hospital after responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed man inside an East Flatbush apartment on New York Avenue at around 3:30 p.m.
As officers spoke to family members inside the home near Beverley Road, the 40-year-old allegedly slashed the police sergeant across the side of the head with the weapon, police said.
Two additional cops were cut in the wrist and shoulder while they put the man under arrest.
The three officers were taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition and the suspect was taken into custody, with charges pending Monday night, according to the NYPD.

Three of the cops were sent to the hospital after responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed man inside an East Flatbush apartment on New York Avenue at around 3:30 p.m. William C Lopez/New York Post

A NYPD sergeant was slashed across the head with a machete in the first incident. William C Lopez/New York Post
A little more than an hour later, a fourth NYPD officer was injured by another disturbed New Yorker at a Manhattan subway station.


In that incident, an MTA worker flagged down cops after a “disorderly” man who was being combative with a group of teenagers inside the 42nd Street- Bryant Park station at around 4:45 p.m., according to police sources.





The officers attempted to remove the man from the subway station but he became irate and punched one of them in the left side of the face, cops said.


He was subsequently arrested and charges against him are pending.

 

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NYC robberies have risen 5% in the new year: NYPD

Robberies soared 12% in Queens (174 from 155) and 9% in the Bronx (301 from 277) and Brooklyn (258 from 237) through Jan. 21, the stats state.

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NYC robberies have risen 5% in the new year: NYPD​

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Published Jan. 27, 2024, 8:41 a.m. ET

Robberies in New York City are up 5% (960 from 913) in the the first three weeks of 2024, compared to the same period last year, NYPD data show.


The new year has not started auspiciously when it comes to violent crime in New York City.
Robberies in the Big Apple are up 5% (960 from 913) in the the first three weeks of 2024, compared to the same period last year, NYPD data show.
Robberies soared 12% in Queens (174 from 155) and 9% in the Bronx (301 from 277) and Brooklyn (258 from 237) through Jan. 21, the stats state.
Staten Island and Manhattan saw robberies decrease by 58% and 1%, respectively.
The silver lining is major crime is down 7% across the city and murders have plummeted 41% (16 from 27).

The NYPD released a photo of two suspects wanted in a
spate of newsstand robberies.
Cops are hunting four brazen brutes who are part of a gang that has robbed sidewalk clerks nine times since Jan. 1, the NYPD said.

The hoodlums ambush the typically-older sellers at night, pulling them out the side door of the newsstands, and knock them to the ground.

They then threaten to shoot or slash them before making off with whatever they have in their pockets or cash register, cops said.

“If the NYPD can control grand larcenies and [auto theft] in 2024, crime will be down, that’s a given,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who called the continuing rise in robberies “a cause for concern.”

 

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One shot, one stabbed, one robbed in overnight NYC violence

One man was shot, a second man stabbed and a third pepper sprayed on the subway in separate acts of violence in the city overnight, police said.

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One shot, one stabbed, one robbed in overnight NYC violence​

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Published Jan. 27, 2024, 11:28 a.m. ET

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One man was shot, a second man stabbed and a third pepper sprayed on the subway in separate acts of violence in the city overnight, police said.
In the latest incident, a man was pepper-sprayed aboard an E train at Broadway and 34th Street shortly before 5:30 a.m. Saturday, then robbed of his jacket containing his cell phone, cops said.
The victim, whose age was not immediately available, was taken by EMS to Lenox Hill Hospital in stable condition, police said. Police described the suspect as a man in his 50s, with a slim build wearing a white jacket.
There are no arrests.
Hours earlier, around 2:45 a.m., a 33-year-old man walked into Harlem Hospital with a gunshot wound in the abdomen, cops said.
The victim, who was brought to the hospital by private means, said he had been shot earlier on the 3700 block of 10th Avenue, Inwood, police said.
He’s listed in stable condition.
Shortly before 1:30 a.m., a 19-year-old man was stabbed in the back on McDonald and Ditmas Avenues in Brooklyn, police said.
EMS took the victim to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition, cops said.



Marco Bautista, 25, of the borough’s Kensington section, was arrested and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.


It’s unclear what sparked the bloodshed.

 

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NYPD response times hit record highs of over 16 minutes as cops face dwindling ranks, ‘unnecessary’ paperwork

Last year’s increase came even as the NYPD saw more than two thousand fewer calls during those months, 104,710 vs 106,572.

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NYPD response times hit record highs of over 16 minutes as cops face dwindling ranks, ‘unnecessary’ paperwork​

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Published Jan. 31, 2024

Updated Jan. 31, 2024, 8:42 p.m. ET









Police response times in the Big Apple have jumped to levels not seen in decades — as the NYPD’s dwindling ranks are being saddled with more and more “unnecessary” paperwork.


It took cops 16 minutes and 12 seconds on average to respond to a crime in progress, starting from when a 911 call was placed to when they arrived at the scene, over the first four months of the 2024 fiscal year.


That marked an increase of nearly two minutes, from 14 minute and 12 seconds, compared to the same time frame in the 2023 fiscal year, according to the Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report, which was released on Tuesday evening.


For calls of a “critical” crime in progress — such as shootings, robberies or burglaries — cops clocked in at 9 minutes and 40 seconds on average between July and October 2023.
During the same four-month period in the previous fiscal year, that average response time was about 30 seconds faster.


It took officers more than a half hour, 31 minutes and 54 seconds, on average to get to the scene of a “non-critical” crime, such as shoplifting, an jump of six minutes compared to July-October of 2022, according to the report.


City Council member Eric Dinowitz (D-Bronx) said the staggering delays can be chalked up to “duplicitous” record-keeping practices that have cops spending more time behind desks instead of responding to calls.


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For non-critical crimes in progress, cops can take more than a half hour to respond. William Farrington
“We want our police our the streets keeping our neighborhoods safe we don’t want them doing unnecessary paperwork,” Dinowitz told The Post, as he called for the NYPD to modernize it’s record-keeping.


On a recent police ride-along, Dinowitz said he observed cops writing down information that they then needed to input into computers when they got back to their precinct.


“What I saw on my ride-along is they don’t need to do as much work to get as much data,” he said.


The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment.


City Hall spokesperson Liz Garcia said the increase “is likely driven, in large part, by increased traffic congestion across the boroughs.”


Last year’s increase in response times came even as the NYPD saw more than two thousand fewer calls during those months in 2022, 104,710 vs 106,572.


More shockingly, the response times for the first four months of FY2024 marked the highest levels The Post could find in previous mayoral reports dating back to the mid-1990s.


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The staggering response times were reported in the preliminary mayor’s management report, which dropped Tuesday. Matthew McDermott
In FY1997, the response rate was 9 minutes and 8 seconds for all crimes in progress and 5 minutes and 8 seconds for “critical” crimes, and “non-critical” crimes came in at around 18 minutes.


In the late ’90s, there were nearly twice as many major crimes reported each year than there are now.


The police force had more than 40,000 uniformed members at that time, while now its ranks sit at just over 33,500.









Cops have left the NYPD in droves over the last few years, with reasons ranging from being able to get better pay elsewhere or giving up the job due to anti-police sentiment.


And, due to the ever-growing cost of the city’s migrant crisis, the next fiscal year’s four police classes are expected to be canceled, which could reduce the ranks to below 30,000.


The overall response rate hovered at around 10 minutes until about three years ago when it began to jump by nearly two minutes annually, according to the reports, which provide an overview of all city services and is required to be released under city charter.


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The police classes for fiscal year 2025 have been cancelled as of cost cutting to deal with the migrant crisis. Matthew McDermott
The shocking numbers come as the City Council has straddled the NYPD with even more record-keeping, forcing cops to log detailed information on nearly every police stop under the so-called How Many Stops Act.


“These new response time numbers are a sign that the NYPD staffing emergency has reached critical levels,” said Police Benevolent Associate President Patrick Hendry. “As our headcount plummets, it’s taking us longer and longer to respond to the most urgent and serious crimes in progress.”





“Our elected leaders should be working with us to tackle this crisis — not piling on new burdens,” Hendry griped, taking aim at the bill.


The controversial legislation was overwhelmingly pushed through by the council, which on Tuesday rejected a veto from Mayor Eric Adams, who derided the bill for forcing cops to do too much unnecessary paperwork.

 

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One dead, one hurt in separate NYC stabbings overnight

Separate stabbing in Brooklyn overnight left one man dead and another wounded, police said.

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One dead, one hurt in separate NYC stabbings overnight​

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Published Feb. 10, 2024, 11:58 a.m. ET










Separate stabbings in Brooklyn overnight left one man dead and another hurt, police said.
In the deadly incident, 61-year-old Laurence Hopkins was stabbed in the neck shortly before 1:10 a.m. Saturday outside of the Privilege Lounge on Graham Avenue, near Johnson Avenue in Williamsburg, cops said.
The Brooklyn man was pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital. There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, the NYPD said.
Late Friday, a 36-year-old man was stabbed in the back during a robbery attempt on Ocean Avenue, near Farragut Road in Midwood shortly before 11:30 p.m., authorities said.

Cops arrested a Queens man in connection with the Friday night stabbing in Brooklyn. Yelp

The victim of a robbery was stabbed in the back on Ocean Avenue. Google Street View



The suspect allegedly tried to steal a pair of glasses from the victim before stabbing him during a struggle, cops said.


The victim was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital, police said.


Paul Bogle, 38, of Queens was arrested and charged with felony assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment, authorities said.

 

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Assaults on NYPD escalate to record-breaking totals in latest anti-cop sentiment: ‘Full-blown epidemic’

City cops are getting beaten at a record-setting pace fueled by radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors.

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Assaults on NYPD escalate to record-breaking totals in latest anti-cop sentiment: ‘Full-blown epidemic’​

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Published Feb. 11, 2024

Updated Feb. 11, 2024, 8:09 a.m. ET











City cops are getting beaten at a record-setting pace — a disturbing and dangerous trend fueled by radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors, experts told The Post.


The number of cops hurt by suspects surged 20% in 2022, when 4,724 uniformed officers suffered injuries in attacks, compared to 3,933 in 2021.


But the law enforcement nightmare grew worse last year, when 4,077 cops were hurt by suspects in just the first nine months of 2023 — on pace for a record-breaking 5,436 injuries, the latest NYPD stats show.


The data for the last quarter of 2023 has not been released.


“Well over 5,000 cops were attacked and injured last year – that’s not only a record, it’s a full-blown epidemic,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry told The Post.


“The vicious attacks on police officers we’ve seen recently didn’t come out of nowhere. This dangerous environment has been building for years. . . . It’s not going to get better until those who attack police officers are consistently prosecuted and kept in jail. And that won’t happen unless New Yorkers keep speaking up to demand an end to the chaos.”


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The law enforcement nightmare grew worse last year, when 4,077 cops were hurt by suspects in just the first nine months of 2023 — on pace for a record-breaking 5,436 injuries, the latest NYPD stats show. New York Post
The NYPD’s “Threat, Resistance and Injury” data includes three categories: physical injury, substantial injury and serious physical injury.


In 2021, a total of 295 officers were either substantially or seriously injured.


That number rose 7% to 315 in 2022.

 

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Record 5,363 NYPD cops injured on job in 2023 — with over 1,200 hurt in struggles with suspects in last 3 months

A total of 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in battles with suspects over the last quarter of 2023, bringing the final annual tally to a record 5,363 injured cops, department data show.

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Record 5,363 NYPD cops injured on job in 2023 — with over 1,200 hurt in struggles with suspects in last 3 months​

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Published Feb. 18, 2024

Updated Feb. 18, 2024, 8:50 a.m. ET








The beat goes on.


A total of 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in battles with suspects over the last quarter of 2023, bringing the final annual tally to a record 5,363 injured cops, department data show.


The 40th Precinct in Mott Haven, the Bronx, was the most dangerous battleground, where 135 cops were injured during struggles with lawbreakers, the stats show.


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Radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors is the brew that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend, experts told The Post. Manhattan District Attorney's Office
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“No real surprises here – all very busy commands where perps are emboldened to fight,” observed one law enforcement source. New York Post
Next, with 129 injuries, was the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn, which covers East New York and Cypress Hills.

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The 46th Precinct (128), 44th Precinct (126) and 47th Precinct (117), all in the Bronx, rounded out the Top 5 most dangerous areas for the city’s Finest.


“No real surprises here – all very busy commands where perps are emboldened to fight,” observed one law enforcement source.


Radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors is the brew that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend, experts told The Post.


Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry called the assaults on NYPD cops a “full-blown epidemic.” He added: “Even the simplest summonses are turning into all-out brawls. Our justice system needs to send a clear message, once and for all — is you assault a police officer, you will stay in jail.”


The number of cops hurt by suspects surged 20% in 2022, when 4,724 uniformed officers suffered injuries in attacks, compared to 3,933 in 2021. The 5,363 attacks in 2023 was 13% higher than the previous year (4,737).


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NYPD Lt. Gypsy Pichardo was left with gruesome facial injuries and needed
eight stitches on his left eye after being jumped by two thugs at a Bronx
subway station in November.
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NYPD surveillance video released last week shows the suspects charged with assaulting two police officers in Times Square in January. Manhattan District Attorney's Office
The war against cops has officers searching for greener pastures.


Former NYPD Lt. Rob Corbett, 50, was assaulted and bloodied during the George Floyd protests/riots in May 2020.


He was hit in the face with a flying brick while trying to keep the peace near the Barclay Center in Brooklyn and later in Clinton Hill.


Corbett, who needed stitches and extensive dental work, retired in April 2022 after 25 years on the job and hightailed it to Florida, where he’s now a cop near Orlando.

 

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Four people shot, including 15-year-old boy, in overnight NYC mayhem

In the latest incident, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the left arm at around 1:10 a.m. Saturday in Jamaica, Queens, police said.

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Four people shot, including 15-year-old boy, in overnight NYC mayhem​

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Published Feb. 24, 2024, 12:09 p.m. ET

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the right leg outside a church in the Van Nest section of the Bronx, the NYPD said. Google Street View


Four people were wounded in three separate shootings in Queens and The Bronx overnight, police said.
In the latest incident, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the left arm at around 1:10 a.m. Saturday on North Conduit Avenue, near 242nd Street in Jamaica, Queens, police said.
EMS took the teen to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in stable condition, cops said.
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A 38-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were both shot once in the stomach at Hunts Point Avenue and Gilbert Place in Hunts Point shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, police said Citizen App
Police had no motive or description of a suspect in the shooting.
Earlier Friday, three people were shot in two separate events in the Bronx.
A 38-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were both shot once in the stomach at Hunts Point Avenue and Gilbert Place in Hunts Point shortly after 8 p.m., police said.

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EMS took both victims to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.
Police said the gunman — clad in black jeans and black sweatshirt — ran off.
About an hour earlier, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the right leg outside a church on Rhinelander Avenue, near Holland Avenue in the Van Nest neighborhood, the NYPD said.
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Both victims in the Hunts Point Avenue shooting were transported by EMS to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, cops said. Citizen App
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A 17-year-old boy was shot in the left arm at around 1:10 a.m. Saturday outside this daycare on North Conduit Avenue, near 242nd Street in Jamaica, Queens, police said. Google Street View
EMS took the teen to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.



Sources said the 15-year-old was shot after getting in a dispute with two other teens.

 

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NYC subway violence surge comes after police patrols plummeted to levels not seen since de Blasio administration

The number of police patrols underground plummeted to levels not seen since the de Blasio administration in the months before the recent surge in violent subway crime, data reviewed by The Post sho…

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NYC subway violence surge comes after police patrols plummeted to levels not seen since de Blasio administration​

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Published Feb. 28, 2024, 8:58 p.m. ET










The recent surge in subway violence came in the months after the number of cops underground plummeted to levels not seen in years, according to data reviewed by The Post.
The analysis also shows crime fell by as much as 8% during past upticks in police patrols on the subways.
The examination of policing power in the subways comes as the NYPD has again boosted its presence in the system by 1,000 officers per day following three homicides underground in the span of a month.
It marked the worst outbreak of violence in the system since October 2022, when the last surge in subway policing launched.
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The two years of data suggests there is a tight correlation between the number of patrols underground and the crime rate, which incorporates the monthly ridership and compares it to the number of offenses.
That policing surge, announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams after three homicides in a month and nine murders for that year — plus a spate of headline-grabbing hate crimes mostly targeting Asian Americans — kicked in nearly instantly.

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The flood of cops into the system began to bend the crime rate downward by December 2022, which saw 2.23 major felonies per million riders, compared to 2.26 the month prior, according to the data.
But by October of the following year, subway police patrols had dipped to levels unseen since the de Blasio administration — and the crime rate climbed to 2.32, The Post’s review shows.
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The number of police patrols underground plummeted to levels not seen since the de Blasio administration in the months before the recent surge in violent subway crime, data reviewed by The Post shows. David McGlynn
The analysis examined the number of patrols reported in the system each month between November 2021 and December 2023 — and then compared it to the subway’s ridership and number of index crimes, or major felonies, reported.
It’s among the first times that policing manpower in the subways has been directly compared against ridership and crime on a monthly basis.
The two years of data suggests there is a tight correlation between the number of patrols underground and the crime rate, which incorporates the monthly ridership and compares it to the number of offenses:

• Following months with fewer than 100,000 patrols, the crime rate came in at 2.25 per million riders.
• Following months with 100,000-124,999 patrols, the crime rate came in at 2.16 per million riders.
• Following months with 125,000-plus patrols, the crime rate came in at 2.06 per million riders.

That means on average, months that followed those with 125,000 patrols or more on underground saw 8.4% less crime than those with fewer than 100,000 patrols.
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The examination of policing power in the subways comes as the NYPD has again boosted its presence in the system by 1,000 officers per day following three homicides underground in the span of a month. Christopher Sadowski
The NYPD data shows that the bulk of the shifts surged underground were made by police officers usually assigned to duties above ground, many likely on overtime, which police sources warned is not a sustainable strategy.
“While the immediate results may be promising, the long-term feasibility falters under the weight of an over reliance on police officers who are already stretched and at excessive costs,” the official said.
“Overtime not only strains police resources and morale but also places an unsustainable burden on taxpayer funds.”
Spending on the NYPD and overtime has come under sharp scrutiny in recent months amid the Adams administration’s decision to cut spending in other areas, including the libraries, which suspended Sunday service and led to an uproar.
“Each day, upwards of an additional thousand officers are currently deployed into the Transit system — a deployment that is always subject to adjustment with emerging needs elsewhere within the NYPD,” said a spokesman for the NYPD, which otherwise declined to comment on the findings.
The subway policing surge of 2022 was funded by a $60 million state grant and with the promise of $70 million more in city funding.
Records show cops made 143,000 patrols of stations or trains in October 2022, which was 31,000 more than the 112,000 the month prior.
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The flood of cops into the system began to bend the crime rate downward by December 2022, which saw 2.23 major felonies per million riders, compared to 2.26 the month prior, according to the data. Andrea Renault/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.com
Officials ramped up the presence even more that November, clocking 155,000 patrols underground.
The crime rate began to bend downward in December 2022, and by January 2023, the third month of the policing surge, it had dipped to 1.63 per million riders.
It ticked back up again in February and March 2023 to between 2 and 2.1 index crimes per million riders respectively before receding again in April and May 2023 to 1.77 and 1.85 index crimes per million riders.
By June 2023, the manpower surge had mostly petered out, with just 90,000 patrols of the system that month, the data shows.
“It was sustainability, and there’s no secret to that. We spoke about that,” said the chief of the NYPD’s transit division, Michael Kemper, this week when asked how the subways and cops had ended up back in the same position twice in two years.
“Crime was spiking at the end of 2022, tremendous investments were made.” he continued.
“Cops were assigned and crime was immediately stabilized.”

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When asked why it had stopped, Kemper said: “It was funded by money, by overtime, that overtime was used.”


The number of patrols declined again to 86,000 in July 2023 and 87,000 in August before bottoming out at 83,000 in September.


That’s also when the crime rate began to noticeably climb, hitting 1.83 in September 2023 and then jumping to 2.14 the following month, October, a 16% rise.


There were only 86,000 patrols underground that month.


Those consecutive months had the fewest number of patrols in the system since the end of the de Blasio administration. Police records show that there were 82,000 patrols in November 2021 and just 77,000 in December 2021 — in the aftermath of a Democratic primary and subsequent mayoral election dominated by questions about crime and subway safety.


The crime rate jumped again in November 2023 to 2.32 index crimes per million riders, another 8% increase.




That month, officials began to quietly increase the number of patrols underground again in November and December 2023 with 104,000 and 111,000 patrols reported respectively — still far below the policing surge launched the previous year, which lasted through the spring.


The crime rate fell in December 2023 to 1.97 crimes per million riders — but then jumped again in January, hitting 2.43 crimes per million riders.


Data for the number of patrols in January and February won’t be public until the spring.

 

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One dead, three shot in overnight NYC violence

Police are probing the death of a 38-year-old woman in the Bronx, authorities said.

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One dead, three shot in overnight NYC violence​

By
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Published March 2, 2024, 11:50 a.m. ET








A woman was found dead and a “person of interest” has been taken into custody in the Bronx, police said.


The victim’s battered body was found at 240 West 167th Street in HIghbridge, just after 10 p.m. Friday night.


The 38-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.


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Police are investigating the death of a 38-year-old woman in The Bronx, police said. Google Maps
An investigation remains ongoing, and the city medical examiner’s office is expected to determine the cause of death, authorities said.


Three people were also hurt in two separate shootings in Queens and The Bronx overnight, police said.
















In the latest bloodshed, two men, ages 41 and 33, were each struck in the leg by bullets after gunfire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Saturday inside the Anemos event space, at 41-15 34th Avenue in Astoria, cops said.


A 27-year-old woman suffered two broken legs after she was trampled by frightened patrons racing for the exits, authorities said.


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A 33-year-old man was grazed in the left leg by gunfire and a 41-year-old man was shot in the left leg, police said. Diego Luzuriaga/FreedomNewsTV
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The gunfire at Anemos broke out around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. Diego Luzuriaga/FreedomNewsTV
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Cops were seen investigating the shootings in Astoria. Diego Luzuriaga/FreedomNewsTV
The victims, who were taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition, both “heard a shot and felt pain,” a police spokesman said.


There have been no arrests.





In the Bronx, a woman was shot in the left arm on Sheridan Avenue and East 166th Street at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.


The “highly uncooperative” victim was brought to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There have been no arrests.

 

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64-year-old man kicked onto roadbed at Penn Station in first of 2 subway assaults Sunday

A 64-year-old straphanger was kicked onto a roadbed at Penn Station in the first of two subway assaults that took place on the Big Apple’s beleaguered transit system Sunday, according to police.

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Published March 4, 2024, 1:08 a.m. ET










A 64-year-old straphanger was kicked onto a roadbed at Penn Station in the first of two subway assaults that took place on the Big Apple’s beleaguered transit system Sunday, according to police.
The man was kicked in the back by a male stranger at the 34th Street-Eighth Avenue northbound A, C, E line platform around 5 p.m., causing him to fall onto the tracks, authorities said.
He was helped back to safety by other straphangers and was then taken to Lenox Health Greenwich Village Hospital where he was treated for knee and back pain, police said.

A 64-year-old man fell onto the subway tracks after he was kicked in the back at the 34th Street-Eighth Avenue northbound A, C, E line platform around 5 p.m., authorities said. David McGlynn
The victim was on his phone when the suspect approached him and asked a question, law enforcement sources said. The victim didn’t understand the assailant, who then carried out his assault, sources said.


In a separate assault around 8 p.m. on Sunday, a 19-year-old woman was punched in the face by a female assailant after the two got into an argument on the mezzanine level of the 168th Street subway station in Washington Heights, cops said.

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An 18-year-old man who was with the 19-year-old also had his phone stolen after he dropped it while trying to break up the dispute, police said.


The young woman was taken to NY Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center in stable condition.


No arrests have been made in either case as the probes continue.


The two subway incidents are the latest trend of increased violence that has gripped the city’s transit system in recent weeks, including multiple shootings and stabbings.

 

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Man, 61, bloodied during subway assault while 34-year-old attacked with metal object in latest MTA violence

“I think that he obviously has anger and aggression issues, but I don’t want to encounter people like that when I’m commuting home from work.”

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Man, 61, bloodied during subway assault while 34-year-old attacked with metal object in latest MTA violence​

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Published March 5, 2024

Updated March 5, 2024, 9:04 p.m. ET








A straphanger was thumped in the back of the head with a metal object and another rider was whacked with an umbrella on Tuesday in the latest assaults in Big Apple subway stations.


In the first attack, a 34-year-old man was hit over the head with an unknown metal object in an unprovoked attack at the Grand Avenue-Newtown station in Queens around 12:50 p.m., police said.


He was on the stairs leaving the station when a male assailant came up from behind and launched the attack, according to cops.


The victim was taken to Queens Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.


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A 61-year-old victim was left bloodied by an attack with an umbrella at the 86th Street station on the Upper East Side. Peter Gerber
Hours later, a 61-year-old man was left bloodied in an assault at the 86th Street station on the Upper East Side.

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That victim, David Beaglehole, said he was walking out the station around 4:30 p.m. when a male suspect jabbed him in the left hand with an umbrella after the two exchanged words.


He said he was exiting the turnstile when the suspect “kept bumping” him with the umbrella he was using as a walking stick.


“And I turned around and said ‘please don’t do that,’” Beaglehole said. “And then I kept walking toward … the turnstile and then this guy was again aggressive and I took out my phone. He said ‘put that down’ and he swung this long umbrella and hit my thumb.”


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First responders are seen assisting the injured straphanger after the latest series of violent incidents on the subway. Peter Gerber
Beaglehole said he then followed the perpetrator and tried to snap a photo of him on his phone before the suspect tried to shove him down an escalator.


The suspect was still on the lam Tuesday night.


“I think that he obviously has anger and aggression issues, but I don’t want to encounter people like that when I’m commuting home from work,” Beaglehole said.


“I see it as hopefully an isolated incident,” he added.


But subway crime has spiked nearly 20% compared to the same time frame from last year, according to NYPD data – with no signs of it slowing down.


One rider at the Queens station told The Post hours after the first attack that the subway violence surge is undeniable.


“It’s always been bad but it’s definitely worse,” said the woman, who did want to be named. “For the first time in my life I’m actually considering a work-from-home job just to avoid traveling on the subway.”


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Subway crime has spiked nearly 20% compared to the same time frame from last year, according to NYPD data – with no signs of it slowing down. Wikipedia
Mayor Eric Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday the city was trying to find a “new norm for patrolling our subway systems,” that includes a greater police presence and further bag checks.


Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to make an announcement Wednesday about new legislation that would bolster subway security.


On Sunday, a 64-year-old rider was kicked onto the roadbed inside Penn Station by a stranger and a 19-year-old woman socked in the face during an argument with another woman.





Last week, a conductor was viciously slashed in the neck in a random attack.


There have also been multiple fatal subway shootings since the start of 2024.


Additional reporting by Nolan Hicks

 

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National Guard stationed in NYC subway as officials bring back bag checks

Another subway rider was attacked overnight, this time after police say he tried to stand up for an elderly woman in the Bronx.

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National Guard stationed in NYC subway as officials bring back bag checks​

By Elijah Westbrook

Updated on: March 7, 2024 / 12:43 PM EST / CBS New York

NEW YORK -- New York City subway riders saw the National Guard and other agencies out in force Thursday morning, as random bag checks return.

The increased police presence comes as another rider was attacked overnight in the Bronx. A 53-year-old man was stabbed in the hand at the Pelham Parkway station after investigators said he stood up for an elderly woman who was being harassed.

Several violent subway incidents have been reported in past weeks, including assaults on riders and transit workers.

On Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the National Guard and State Police are being deployed to help the NYPD conduct subway bag checks in response to the rising in crime.





CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook spoke with riders Thursday at the busy Times Square-42nd Street station, where NYPD counterterrorism agents could be seen holding machine guns and transit officers stood at the entrances.





"I have noticed a lot more officers around. I'm not sure, it could help the situation," one rider named Anthony said.

The best thing is to have more officers," another rider said.

Westbrook did not find the National Guard in Times Square, but spotted them joining forces with State Police across town at Grand Central Terminal.


The governor's five-point safety plan also includes installing security cameras in conductor cabins, $20 million to expand mental health outreach, working to change state laws to ban people who commit violent crimes in the system, and improving coordination with district attorneys when it comes to repeat offenders.




"Let me just be very, very clear. These brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated," Hochul said Wednesday.

Mayor Eric Adams told CBS New York the bag searches will be random, "not profiling."

"I know how it plays on your psyche when you hear about some random acts of violence, and that's why we must be proactive," he said.





Officials would not confirm where the bag checks will take place, but City Hall sources tell CBS New York the NYPD will send bag-screening teams to 136 stations -- about one-third of the 472 stops systemwide.

The New York Civil Liberties Union called the bag checks "heavy handed... like Stop and Frisk... ripping a page straight out of Giuliani's playbook."

On the other hand, transit leaders say they hope the governor's plan isn't just temporary. When asked how long riders could expect to see the changes, she hinted the state has a nearly $3 billion surplus that could help extend the enforcement.




Meanwhile, police continue to search for the suspects in this latest stabbing. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

 

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Delays, violent crime: Report card on NYC subway reveals a system in crisis

From transit delays to violent crime in subway stations, a comprehensive look at how the MTA system.

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Delays, violent crime: Report card on NYC subway reveals a system in crisis​

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Published March 9, 2024, 7:30 a.m. ET

The current state of the New York Subway has led Kathy Hochul to send in 750 troops from the National Guard. AFP via Getty Images


If you slogged around during the first month of 2024 on the subways, you probably felt like there was a major delay every way you turned, and when you did get on the train, you were one wrong flicker of eye contact away from being a crime victim.
With subway ridership hovering around 71% of pre-COVID normal, bus ridership at 60% of normal, and commuter rail at about three-quarters, we don’t want to lose any more riders to bad service or fear.
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National Guard members such as these are now patrolling NYC’s subway system as crime hits new heights. AP
But keeping straphangers riding the MTA will take work, just as the system has never felt more imperiled. So imperiled, in fact, that New York Gov. Kathy Huchul announced this past week that she’s calling in the National Guard to keep passengers safe.
So just how is the MTA — and the state and city governments responsible for running it and keeping it safe – doing?
Crime: F. Crime skyrocketed this year. We’ve now had three murders on the rails, all random. In January, felony crime was up 47%, compared to the same month last year. Grand larcenies rose, but subway riders and workers also suffered 110 violent felonies, up 16 percent. Compare violent felonies to January 2019, before the end of cash bail for many crimes and other criminal-justice “reforms,” and serious violence is up 61%.

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During the first month of 2024, major crime was up nearly 50% in the subway system. Not a good start — nor a good look. REUTERS
Crime affects service: last Friday, after the slashing of an MTA conductor on the A line, workers walked off the line for a few hours. Last year, bus and subway workers suffered 135 assaults, up from 125 in 2022.
Disorder: D. Last year, the MTA lost $700 million on fare evasion; 46% and 13% of bus and subway riders refuse to pay.
The issue isn’t just money. Chronic fare evaders are disproportionately people who are aggressively panhandling, using drugs, and committing violence.
Now, we’ve got a new element of disorder: migrants, including children, walking platforms and trains selling candy.
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MTA chief Janno Lieber (wearing a tie.) REUTERS
MTA chief Janno Lieber and New York City Transit head Richard Davey say the right things every chance they get — that disorder and violence are a crisis. The three recent fatal shootings on the subway are “completely unacceptable,” Davey said in February.
But they are not in charge of the criminal justice system. Davey observed that of the four people arrested so far for seven assaults on transit employees this year, “they have 50 arrests” among them, including recent arrests and immediate releases.
City and state follow-through on crime and fare evasion: F. Only the state legislature and Gov. Huchul can create criminal justice procedures to ensure that recidivist criminals remain behind bars, and only Mayor Adams can help ensure that severely mentally ill people are securely in care.
Police are doing their job: NYPD transit chief Michael Kemper notes that “all categories of enforcement are at or near historic highs,” with 1,533 transit arrests in January, 31% higher than in the pre-“reform” era of January 2019, and 16,504 summons, 74% higher than in 2019. Police have recovered 17 guns from lawbreakers in transit this year.


But, says Kemper, suspects are “back out … sometimes within hours.”


Police can arrest suspects quickly because the MTA has blanketed its system – stations, and, now, subways and buses – with cameras; the third subway murder of this year, a February shooting on a Bronx train, was filmed. Cameras aren’t deterring crime, though.


And: the mayor’s periodic surges of police officers into subways, whenever the public starts to scream about violence, depend on unsustainable overtime. The mayor needs to level with New Yorkers that we need more police.


Service disruptions: C. The subways suffered 74 “major incidents” in January: a signal, track, or other malfunction that disrupted 50 trains or more.


These 74 incidents represented the worst performance since July 2018, when the MTA, recovering from chronic maintenance mismanagement that had resulted in the “summer of hell” the year before, suffered 77 incidents.


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One of two recent train derailments that have befallen the city’s subway system. AP
Some of these incidents have to do with preventable disruptive behavior, such as people walking on tracks: 25 such incidents were the second-highest in eight years.


But the rest don’t. Including two recent derailments, they indicate an operations problem.


The disruptions pushed the MTA’s “percentage of service delivered” to a twelve-month average of 94.1 percent, in line with last year. In the year before COVID-19, it was above 95 percent. But when the train does run, it (mostly) runs as intended – 83.4% of customer trips got there within five minutes of schedule in January. But this average is lower than the 84.8% riders enjoyed last year.


Service flexibility: A-. As weekend and off-peak riders have returned more quickly than weekday commuters post-COVID, the MTA has increased weekend trains, from eight to six minutes on the #1 and #6, and from 10-12 to 8-10 minutes on some lettered lines. This can mean the difference between a five-minute wait and a frustrated trip back upstairs to a taxi.


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Across the MTA, subway ridership is hovering around 71% of pre-COVID normal, while bus ridership is at 60% of normal. AP
As the city looks to build more housing, the state, city, and MTA must work to add service before cars get packed like they were in 2015, sending people to Uber.


The MTA can add service partly because the state increased a payroll tax on city jobs last year, raising $1.1 billion. A tax increase is not optimal; it would be better to operate more efficiently.


Weather: A-. Amazingly, it snowed, in February, with four to eight inches one weekday, and amazingly, the MTA ran well. A new part of resilience to weather is people just staying home: only 2.3 million people rode the trains during the snow, 1.6 million fewer than the post-COVID normal. Last fall, too, during one of our now-regular rain torrents, the MTA decided to shut down or suspend chunks of the system, rather than lure more people into a flood. The MTA has spent billions to protect its physical assets from long-term weather damage, but trains are still underground, and vulnerable to inundation: keeping more people home a couple of times a year, and out of harm’s way, is a good strategy.


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The snake-like interiors of the new R211 subway cars help facilitate easier passenger flow between cars. Matthew McDermott
Cool new things: A. The MTA has started running brand-new open-gangway R211T subway cars. Take the C line, and you’ll happen upon a train whose cars you can walk through. Eventually, this could be good for security; an MTA worker could continuously walk up and down, calling in disorder to police a few stations ahead. And though LED lights in stations don’t qualify as cool, they are cheaper and less harsh than old-fashioned lighting.


Head-scratching new things: B-. In January, Washington Heights commuters noticed a bright yellow metal gate blocking riders on the platform from the tracks below, with an opening for the train doors. It’s not the most attractive thing, and it’s not feasible in some stations. But the barriers will prevent falls and, perhaps, violence. The gates are cheaper than spending billions of dollars on sliding glass platform doors.


As for the weird orange flexi-bollards the MTA has erected at a Harlem station to protect the conductor from attacks: this image is one of desperation rather than innovation. Stop attacks by prosecuting attackers.


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New platform safety barriers are intended to prevent accidents. MTA/ Flickr
New walk-through fare gates at the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station fall somewhere in the middle: they’re far easier for handicapped people and those with strollers and luggage to navigate than old-fashioned turnstiles – but they’ve proven easily hack-able when it comes to fare evasion. The problem is that no design is going to prevent theft. The transit system is not a prison, designed to be hard to enter and exit. Just as with violence, the fix for theft is enforcement.


Bus speeds: C. During Covid, people who rode the bus regularly got a smoother(er) ride: with fewer passengers to board, with payment suspended, and will less traffic, bus speeds flirted with 9mph. They’ve steadily fallen, back to barely 8.1mph.


The MTA is trying to speed up buses, with more enforcement against cars blocking the way; most drivers stop blocking the bus lane or bus stop after they’ve received just one camera-generated ticket.


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The MTA’s new fare-capping system is helping commuters save cash but still has room for improvement.
The MTA should also speed up buses by speeding up boarding: with OMNY readers now in place, let us board the backdoor and tap our card there. The MTA worries this will cause more fare evasion, but that fix is enforcement, not making it more inconvenient for people who do pay.


Fare flexibility: B. It’s good that the MTA has started “fare capping,” where, if you ride 12 times in a week, your rides after that are free. And it’s good that after criticism, the MTA allowed people to start their “fare capping” week on any day, not just Monday. The MTA needs to expand this flexibility to reward people over a certain number of monthly rides, as well, and maybe give people a bonus ride, regardless of time frame, after, say, every 30 rides.


The MTA’s overall grade remains I for incomplete. Over decades, subway, bus, and commuter-rail quality has risen and fallen with political attention and resources.




Historically, it’s taken a big crisis – like the 2017 “summer of hell” — to get politicians to get the MTA to reverse any slippage.


With service, we’re nowhere near crisis– as long as January’s disruptions remain an aberration. With crime, though, we are in what now seems to be a permanent crisis. The train is (mostly) on time, but far more dangerous than it was four years ago.

 

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Two shot, one stabbed in overnight violence in NYC

Two people were shot and another stabbed in separate acts of overnight violence across the city.

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Two shot, one stabbed in overnight violence in NYC​

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Published March 9, 2024, 11:33 a.m. ET










Two people were shot and another stabbed in separate acts of overnight violence across the city.
In the latest incident, a 23-year-old woman was shot in the leg outside the Epic Lounge on Rockaway Boulevard and 122nd Street in Ozone Park around 6:20 a.m. Saturday, police said.
The victim went to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There have been no arrests.
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Blood stains at the Bronx crime scene where a 15-year-old boy was shot in the thigh. Christopher Sadowski
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EMS transported the teen to Jacobi Medical Center, police said. Christopher Sadowski
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A 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest with “an unknown sharp object” on Beverly Road, near Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn around 8:20 p.m. Friday, cops said. Google
On Friday, a 15-year-old boy was shot in the left thigh outside a subway station on the Grand Concourse, near East Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx shortly before 8 p.m., authorities said.
The teen was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, police said.

 

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Up in arms: Gun seizures jumped 113% in NYC subway this year, NYPD says

Cops have seized 53% more weapons during NYC subway busts this year compared to the same period in 2023 amid a spate of high-profile attacks on the rails.

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Up in arms: Gun seizures jumped 113% in NYC subway this year, NYPD says​

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Published March 9, 2024, 10:23 a.m. ET








Cops this year have seized 113% more guns in subway busts, troubling data obtained by The Post revealed.


Police recovered 17 guns from people arrested on the city’s rails through March 3, more than double the eight confiscated during the same period in 2023.


The 299 blades and other sharp weapons grabbed from crooks on city transportation represents a 50% increase from the 199 seized during the same period in 2023, the data show.


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Gun seizures on subways have more than doubled this year. X @NYPDTransit
Overall, cops have seized 53% more weapons — which includes guns and “cutting instruments” — from people arrested in the subway system, confiscating 316 weapons compared to 207 during the same period in 2023, according to NYPD data.


Pre-pandemic, in 2019, just 126 weapons were taken from perps during this period.


“The odds of confiscating a gun is high because criminals are more emboldened than ever to carry a firearm because they know there are no consequences,” said Paul DiGiacomo, president of the NYPD detectives union, blaming the city’s broken criminal justice system.

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“The real question is when are state legislators, district attorneys, and the City Council going to recognize and fix the crisis they created,” he added.


The shocking stats come as Gov. Hochul this week deployed 750 National Guardsmen along with 250 state and MTA police to check riders’ bags at busy stations, citing the gruesome, near-fatal slashing of subway conductor Alton Scott, 59, and a 64-year-old postal worker being kicked onto the tracks.


Many weapons seizures this year have come during fare-beating stops, one veteran cop said.


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Three subway riders were killed in fatal subway shootings this year. X @NYPDTransit
“They don’t do enough stopping on the trains with stop and frisk,” the cop said. “They get the knives and guns because of turnstile jumping.”


Mayor Adams announced a push to permanently increase the number of cops on subway platforms to combat the scourge of crime underground, which is up 13% so far this year compared to the same period in 2023, per police data.


The spate of subway violence this year has included three fatal shootings, between Jan. 14 and Feb. 23.


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Cops this year have seized 113% more guns in subway busts, troubling data obtained by The Post revealed. cunaplus – stock.adobe.com
“A lot of people are wilding,” subway rider Brian Jacotin, 31, said about the spike in weapons seizures. “If I make it home, it’s by the grace of God.”


The governor and mayor’s plan to add patrols to the subways is a good start, he said.


“If they are going to do this, it has to be long-term. It can’t be until crime goes down [and] then they disperse,” he said.


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Transit crime is up 13% this year compared to the same period last year. Matthew McDermott
An NYPD spokesperson blamed the surge in weapons on the subway system on a lax criminal justice system failing to properly punish criminals for “repeated criminal conduct, however minor in the eyes of some,” emboldening them to bring dangerous weapons onto the rails.




“The increase in weapons seizures can be attributed to the continued work of NYPD officers – who remain committed to the mission of public safety by confronting lawlessness, proactively engaging offenders, and removing weapons at near historic highs from the subway system,” they said.