A New Crime Wave-and What to Do About It

For two decades, many New Yorkers had assured themselves that a return to the crime and squalor of the early 1990s was unlikely.

Shooting victims were up 103 percent from 2019 and 109 percent from 2018; shooting incidents rose 97 percent and 104 percent.

As long as antiracism remains the primary focus of New York's leaders, the crime surge will continue.

In the month following the disbanding of the anticrime units, narcotics arrests fell 85 percent, gang detectives made 90 percent fewer arrests, subway and housing arrests fell by comparable amounts, and gun arrests dropped 67 percent.

"A good economy is not the precondition for lowered crime; lowered crime is the precondition for economic vitality."

In New York City, blacks made up over 74 percent of all known shooting suspects in 2019, though they are only about 23 percent of the city's population.

A good economy is not the precondition for lowered crime; lowered crime is the precondition for economic vitality.

https://www.city-journal.org/new-york-city-violence-surging