New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has revealed that crimes in New York have increased by 47% from 2019 to 2020 and a shocking 70% of shootings remain unsolved.
Cuomo spent time discussing the murder in New York during his COVID session on Friday morning, citing numbers in the context of the upcoming primary race.
“New York crime is a major problem,” Cuomo said.
He then cited alarming statistics on the crime rate in the city, pointing out that crime has increased by 47% from 2019 to 2020.
The wave of crime in New York in 2020 has led to a 47% increase in crime
The NYPD reported 468 crimes in 2020, after reporting only 319 crimes in 2019, an increase of 46.7%.
The 468 crimes in 2020 were the most in the city 515 crimes were recorded in 2011.
Cuomo also said that more than 92% of the victims of the previous year’s shooting are either black or Hispanic, another blow to communities moving away from the COVID-19 crisis.
Cuomo also appeared to target the NYPD, saying “70% [of shootings] are unresolved. ‘
Gov. Andrew Cuomo discussed the number of crime in New York on Friday
Cuomo also referred to the crime as a “major issue” before reminding the city of a deadline of April 1 to adopt a police reform plan following the murder of George Floyd and the resulting unrest.
In addition, Cuomo discussed the dangers of the homeless population, including an anecdote of a colleague who was hit in the head on the subway by a homeless person.
Recently, several people were stabbed and two were killed by a homeless man on the subway, resulting in 644 officers being deployed underground in New York.
However, the transit agency responsible for the subway hopes to see 1,500 officers deployed in the subway.
“It’s up to them, what they do,” Cuomo said, tasking the mayor and New York City with reducing crime rather than the state.
Following the unrest caused by the assassination of George Floyd, Cuomo issued guidelines calling for police reform across the state, with plans to be adopted by April 1 to receive state funding.
“We need to address the tensions and mistrust between our communities and the law enforcement agencies that serve them,” Cuomo said in June.
– I understand it’s complicated. I understand that it is difficult. But people die. New Yorkers are not running away from a crisis – this is a time for leadership and action. Local elected officials need to work with the community and their police forces to develop and implement reforms for a safer, fairer police standard. ‘
Cuomo quickly reminded in his briefing that April 1 is only 41 days away.
Another crime statistic in Cuomo was that 92% of the victims of the shooting were black or Hispanic.
Not all news about the New York crime front was bad in 2020.
For the seventh year in a row, serious crime in the city has decreased, although the fall in 2019 has been marginal, with only 13 fewer crimes recorded in 2020.
The new year has started in favor of crime in the city, as crime has risen by 125% in the first ten days of 2021 a year ago.
Since then, however, reports of major crimes, such as murders, have begun to dwindle in the city.
On Valentine’s Day, there were 38 murders in New York, a decrease of 11.6% compared to a year ago.
While the crime rate rose 47% last year, there has been a decline in serious crime
Homicides in New York increased by 125% in the first 10 days of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020
Rapes, robberies, serious attacks, burglaries and thefts of large thefts have also fallen since a year ago, all by double digits, except for burglaries (down 9.8 percent).
The only serious crime on the rise compared to a year ago is car theft, which is up 9.9% from last year.
Candidates for mayor continue to clarify their messages about crime, but with democratic mayors just four months away, models are emerging.
The New York Times reports that many of the top candidates avoided calls to defuse police, although city controller Scott Stringer used the phrase before later changing his message to resign.