New York City’s crime rate continues to rise on all fronts, and it is expected to increase six percent by 2020. Two more alarming attacks occurred to further bolster those dire statistics.
Police released video Tuesday showing the aftermath of an attack in Northwest Brooklyn.
At 6:25 p.m. on Sunday the incident took place in the 8th Avenue and 45th Street areas.
A 41 year old woman was on her way with her two young children when she was approached by a man who pulled out a knife.
After a brief struggle, the man slashed at the woman’s stomach. As he fled the scene, he was captured climbing a barrier at a subway station.
The victim was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. He is currently in stable condition.
The man is being sought by police after allegedly stabbing a mother of two, aged 41 years old in her stomach as she walked in Brooklyn with her children on December 26, 2012.
The investigation continues and police have not made any arrests.
The NYPD also released video on Thursday of an assault on a man aged 75 in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
It took place in a Capital One lobby at West 72nd Street around 2.50 AM on December 20, 2018. Unidentified male punched the 75 year-old victim in the back and then threw him to the floor.
The victim was transported to the local hospital to be treated for a laceration of his eye.
There have been no arrests and the NYPD continues to investigate the incident.
NYPD releases video footage showing this man assaulting 75-year old woman in a Manhattan bank.
The victim was treated for a laceration to his eye at a local hospital due to the assault. There is no motive for the attack.
New York’s overall crime has increased by more than six percent since 2021. However, assaults such as those that occurred in Manhattan and Brooklyn have risen nearly 10 percent.
In New York City, overall crime increased 6.13 percent between 2020 and December 26, 2018.
This was 9.6 percent more than 2020, and is the most significant increase in felony attacks like those mentioned previously.
This year, murders (4.1%), shooting victims (0.6%), rapes (3.3%), and robberies (4.7%) all increased.
Incoming Mayor Eric Adams and new police chief Keechant Sewell will be tasked with harnessing the world’s largest police force to clean up New York City’s worsening crime problem under lame duck Bill de Blasio.
Dermot Shea from the NYPD, the Commissioner, will leave at the close of the month. Dermot blames the Democratic-dominated State Legislature for the increase in violent crime.
The New York State Legislature passed criminal justice reform legislation in early 2020. They were signed by Andrew Cuomo, then the Governor of New York.
New York Courts can release prisoners who are not eligible under the existing law. The rules of this new law have been subject to increased scrutiny.
Pretrial detention was abolished for large numbers of nonviolent felonies and low-level cases.
A court can also release someone under certain conditions according to the law, like a firearm or travel restriction.
Shea and other people have suggested that the new law was to blame for an increase in violent crime.
Defenders of the law claim that violence has increased throughout the country, even in areas that have not implemented any reforms to criminal justice.
In spite of the increase in crime, Mayor Bill de Blasio gave praise to Shea for his leadership at their monthly crime statistics press conference earlier in this month. De Blasio stated, “I believe the commissioner has much to be proud about.”
Shea was confirmed to his post in December 2019.
“I think the work is that [my executive team]Shea said that did served as the glue to hold the city together during one of its most difficult times.
Mayor Bill de Blasio (pictured) and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea addressed New York City’s rising crime in their last monthly press conference on crime statistics on December 8
After being selected by Eric Adams, Keechant Sewell (49) will become the NYPD’s next commissioner.
Sewell, pictured from the right fifth being sworn into Patrol Deputy Chief for 2017