Violent crime rates in NYC have surged to 20-year highs, increasing by 4.3% this year. City Council members, including Tiffany Cabán and Mark Levine, are criticized for focusing on NYPD mean tweets instead of addressing the alarming crime statistics, particularly impacting people of color. The homicide rate among Black residents in Manhattan in 2023 was 19.24 per 100,000, highlighting the disproportionate impact on communities of color. Alvin Bragg is accused of cherry-picking crime statistics in response to popular crime reports, with violent crime on the rise in Manhattan since 2003.
Alvin Bragg likes to cherry pick statistics and only started producing such crime figures in response to the publishing of the highly popular @ManhattanDA | @MarkLevineNYC Manhattan Crime Reports. Here's how violent crime has fared in Manhattan since 2003. Violent crime is up… https://t.co/ZVr75MqEZH https://t.co/qEmZzYVAeb
The FBI's Crime Data have Real Problems https://t.co/VYsgQjacq7
Interesting how Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine/@MarkLevineNYC seems to have overlooked a key statistic in his homicide thread. The 2023 data shows a homicide rate of 19.24 per 100,000 among Black residents in Manhattan. Yet, he asserts Manhattan isn't a dystopian… https://t.co/AOwHu42ftm
Hey NYC Council Member Tiffany Cabán/@tiffany_caban: What’s really dangerous is you seeking to undermine the NYPD and public safety at a time when people of color are disproportionately impacted by violent crime. Just a quick glance at 2023: ✅ Black individuals found themselves… https://t.co/QmtScG5IQb
Violent crime is at 20-year highs in NYC, up another 4.3% this year and the speaker of the City Council is fixated on NYPD mean tweets at public safety hearing. Doubtful that the fact that violent crime is up to these levels was even mentioned 1x at the hearing. https://t.co/srPSnWJhNL https://t.co/rlmln6tJGK
The crime stats are fugged https://t.co/8Gr0M7VswE