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Crime has spiked up quite a bit in the past few years in New York City and if you follow the narrative being pushed in the New York Post and other conservative
by zuminator 4y ago
Crime has spiked up quite a bit in the past few years in New York City and if you follow the narrative being pushed in the New York Post and other conservative organs, you'd think that crime level has nearly returned to the "bad old days" of the 90s. But your own stats show that even with the current boomlet, crime's still down 80% from the peak in 1990.
Of particular note, your data shows that all of the city's current crime numbers are still lower than 2001's, which was Giuliani's final and best year in office.
- james-bonds 4y agoI agree that crime is lower than the worst time ever in NYC. But a lot of crime is still up 20, 30, 40% over the last 12 years. I'm sorry, but that's just really bad and calling it a media narrative because crime is still down from the all time highs is misleading in my opinion. Like is your argument really "Well crime still isn't as bad as it was in the 90s so it's ok"?
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