ny_medic t1_iub6xgc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:01 AM

Reply to comment by wookietennis in Ex NYC Transit president Sarah Feinberg sucker punched in unprovoked Manhattan attack by jhovudu1

Arrests are up 21% this year compared to last year for this current time period. The statistics that NYPD aren’t doing their jobs says otherwise.

ofd227 t1_iub99mn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:19 AM

It's because you can skip 4 court appearances after getting your "please show up" ticket after attacking grandma before a bench warrant gets issued. That takes about a year of being issued multiple summons. Add the COVID court delays and you are seeing now what we would have started seeing a year after the law changes.

dma10014 t1_iubbyos wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:41 AM

Maybe 2021 was a low year for arrests, making the arrest rate in 2022 look better than it would have been in prior years.

After all, someone can claim that ridership on the MTA has skyrocketed by X percent in 2022. It would be true, but ridership is still down over years before the pandemic.

So statistics need to be questioned.

ny_medic t1_iuby3sx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:53 AM

What number of arrests would quantify the NYPD doing their job for you?

dma10014 t1_iuc2gh4 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:39 AM

Offhand, I'd say at least 2013 levels, the year before DiBlasio became mayor.

ny_medic t1_iucbska wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:32 AM

Many offenses since then were decriminalized and/or are no longer prosecuted. So I’d expect the numbers to be much higher.