The mayor cited “very important” statistics that show “a more than 17% drop in shootings, over 12% drop in homicides and a 27-year high for gun arrests.”
Adams said that the arrest rate for the seven categories of major crimes was “the highest in 20 years” and that it showed “our cops are working.”
Adams obliquely referred to NYPD statistics that show the total rate of serious crimes is up 23.5% this year compared to 2021, as well as the“I think that New Yorkers should feel better about the direction that we are heading in the city around public safety,” he said. Adams specifically singled out “the person that broke into Robert De Niro’s house,” who authorities allege was career crook Shanice Aviles, 30.During a Q&A with reporters, The Post asked Adams about the “much worse numbers out there,” which include increases in six of the seven categories of serious crime, including 12.5% for felony assaults, 23.9% for burglaries and 26.7% for robberies.
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