Mayor Bill de Blasio has made big promises for New York's reopening.
"You're going to see amazing activities, cultural activities coming back. I think people are going to flock to New York City, because they want to live again." But the mayor's hopes hit a bump on Saturday afternoon, when a local miscreant opened fire in Times Square, wounding three bystanders, including a little girl.
Senseless violence is now a depressingly ordinary occurrence in New York.
De Blasio sounded especially tone deaf when he posted a video of himself on the subway in the Bronx asking a "Real New Yorker" if she felt safe riding the train.
Who will return to private life in less than eight months, isn't the only one in denial about crime in New York City.
The number of people incarcerated in New York State prisons has fallen markedly over the last 15 years, from roughly 63,000 in 2006 to 46,000 in 2019, before criminal-justice reforms and pandemic-related measures drove the totals down even lower.
New York's leading mayoral candidates appear to be responding to the erosion of public safety and indicating, at least, that they don't plan to "Defund the police." But if prosecutors refuse to proffer charges against and seek to incarcerate violent criminals, then public safety will continue to crumble-and the city's future prosperity will remain in question.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Manhattan DA Candidates in Denial About Crime
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