Shootings, stabbings, beatings, attacks and robberies on public transportation have become part of the routine in New York and three people have been shot dead on the Subway so far this year.
According to authorities, in 2024 crimes on the NYC Subway have increased 22.6% compared to the same period last year. The majority (138 of 266) of the cases so far this year have been grand thefthighlighted Fox News.
Since the beginning of 2024, New York police officers have carried out 40% more arrests than last year at this same time, with a 64% increase in arrests for grand theft.
Some experts say suspects often return to the streets in a short time, benefiting from the penal reform in force since 2020. One of them is Reynaldo Quiñones, a 32-year-old man who has made 54 arrests in New York City, most of them in the Subway, and last week he was caught for the alleged robbery of a passenger in The Bronx.
Since taking office in January 2022, the alcalde Eric Adams, ex NYPD, announced several times that the number of NYPD officers in the subway system would double in a reinforced security plan to confront violence in the chaotic NYC Subway. But the violence has continued. Now NYPD announced that it is adding more than 1,000 officers to patrol the Metro each day to try to combat the rise of crime.
Early yesterday morning a 45-year-old man was shot to death inside a train in The Bronx. Last week a “random” gang shooting killed Mexican Obed Beltrán Sánchez and left several injured at a New York Subway station also in that county. Three days later, a Brazilian tourist was stabbed in the neck in the middle of the morning at the station. Queens Plaza of the subway.
Last month Richard Henderson (45) was fatally shot while intervening when he saw two other passengers arguing over playing music too loud at a bus stop. Brooklyn.
In September a Siena College survey identified crime (73%) among the biggest concerns of New Yorkers. According to another alarming survey released in the summer, 70% of NYC residents fear that they will be victims of a criminal act.
According to NYPD, state laws have made theft a promising option For some criminals such as young Isaac Rodríguez, a resident of Queens, arrested 46 times for shoplifting in 2021.
2024-02-24 20:26:42
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