devolka t1_j68v3pd wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Reply to comment by MillennialNightmare in MTA report shows 16 percent drop in subway crimes since October 2022 by lifandigoosogn

Year to date data for 3 weeks is extremely variant. The rolling 30 day is only 15% down and some of that is that ridership always dips in winter.

You'll notice the 2 year trend is up 36%

But my point in using an old article is that crime was historically high 3 months ago SPECIFICALLY.

Most murders in a month in the subway in at least 25 years.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/11/nyc-subway-murders-jump-to-highest-levels-in-25-years-data/amp/

MillennialNightmare t1_j68vkhe wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:10 PM

Yes, up from a time 2 years ago when ridership was still significantly lower, especially considering that was the height of Delta.

devolka t1_j68x8bc wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:22 PM

Fair enough.

My issue here is the continual propagation of this false idea that adding cops or giving them more money or letting them torment who they don't like... none of that has been demonstrated to reduce crime.

And yet the media and politicians continue to disingenuously push it. They tried to reduce crime for a YEAR and failed. And now they found a way to cherry-pick the data to make it slightly positive.

MillennialNightmare t1_j68xqpj wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:25 PM

Fully agree that the decline being attributed to an increase in cops on the platform is absurd and purely a propaganda push to get more money to and overfunded police force.