Mayor Bill de Blasio -Worse mayor of any city since Nero. He is not worried at all about the 15,000 vacant apartments in NYC or the tens of businesses that have closed for good. He ignores the surge of crime to 1970s levels. He does has to chime in on this.
As a person who lost one quarter of my coworkers on 9/11, I always appreciated the military flyovers in the days after 9/11. Fighters would slowly roll back and forth over the Hudson in those days. I always felt a boost emotionally as if the pilots were letting us know it was ok, we have your back. It was a scary time just to go to work. I would always say a prayer for them to keep them safe because I knew they would be in danger soon.
https://www.nj.com/news/2020/09/pla...or-bill-de-blasio-calls-it-inappropriate.html
While crime may be up in New York City compared to last year (2019) it is nowhere near the levels of the 1970s-early 1990s. Not even close.
NYPD statistics show a dramatic increase in homicides and shootings in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same period of time last year. According to the NYPD, 178 homicides were reported in New York City so far this year. The statistics include information through June 30. This is a...
www.nbcnewyork.com
"NYPD statistics show a dramatic increase in homicides and shootings in the first six months of 2020 compared to the same period of time last year. According to the NYPD, 178 homicides were reported in New York City so far this year. The statistics include information through June 30. This is a 21 percent increase from the number homicides reported during the same time last year when the city saw 147 homicides."
Murders rose in 2019 for the first time in three years, yet they are still extremely low compared with past eras, and reports of other violent crimes crept up only slightly or declined.
www.nytimes.com
"Murders rose in 2019 for the first time in three years, yet they are still extremely low compared with past eras, and reports of other violent crimes crept up only slightly or declined."
"Overall the index of seven major crimes dropped slightly — by less than 1 percent — and violent crime remained at a historic low, especially compared to the peak of 30 years ago. In 1990, for instance, 2,262 people were killed in New York City."
Even if the number of murders in NYC double from 2019-to-2020 (i.e 300-600; most unlikely) they will still be below the number of murders that occured in the Big Apple in 1964. Hardly an era of total chaos. Nobody was calling Mayor Robert Wagner the worst mayor since Nero (whom wasn't actually a mayor but an emperor.)
en.wikipedia.org
New York City real estate values are hardly collapsing. Wall Street (driving force behind NYC economy) is resilient. Subways are safer in 2020 (even with Covid) than they were in 1977. Smart money is buying property in New York right now.
Mayor de Blasio is certainly a liberal and a political opponent of President Trump. Let's not create images of New York City as a lawless wasteland of streets filled with dead bodies rotting just because we disagree with his politics.
If we're going to play politics with this issue let's compare Jacksonville, FL (republican mayor) to New York City (democratic mayor):
NYC - 8 million people - 300 murders in 2019
Jax - 1 million people - 158 murders in 2019
Jacksonville had a lot of murders and homicides in 2019.
www.firstcoastnews.com