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NYC crime plunges to historic laws as NYPD boss reveals plan to keep streets safe for summer

New York Post·Joe Marino, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon·28 days ago
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The Big Apple is safer than it’s ever been. Newly released NYPD crime stats show that major crime is down 9.5% across the five boroughs through the first four months of the year — with documented murders hitting an all-time low in April. Police reported 19 murders in the city last month, beating the record of 21 set in 2014 and 2017, while the citywide year-to-date number of 76 murders beat the previous number of 86 set in 2018, part of an overall dip in crime that NYPD brass attribute to a focus on gang violence and illegal guns. Staten Island has not had a single homicide this year. NYPD stats show that major crimes are down 9.5% through the first four months of the year. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post “A lot of what you’re seeing in crime numbers that we reported today are seeds that we planted over a year ago now that are really sprouting,” police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told The Post on Monday. “It takes a while to turn the ship.…

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