Predictable. From the New York Post:
Shootings spike in NYC over the last year
The number of shooting victims has skyrocketed across the city this year — up 43 percent in just the last month — while fewer guns are coming off the streets, NYPD statistics reveal.
The current Police Commissioner - Bill Bratton - is a DiBlasio appointee. Some comments on the Bloomberg administration Chief Ray Kelly:
In the last month alone, 129 people were shot, according to the latest CompStat figures, or 43.3 percent more than for the same period last year.
Since January, there has been an overall 13.2 percent increase in shooting victims, while 10.2 percent fewer guns have been recovered compared to 2013.
“Under [NYPD Commissioner Ray] Kelly, we went after guns on the street,’’ a source said. “We stopped the guys in the precincts who we knew were criminals and took guns off them. [It was] proactive policing.
“We are a reactive police force now. We react to violence before going out and trying to stop it before it happens.”
A perfect example of what is in store for NYC unless they get a conservative government in place. Businesses are fleeing. Well-off people are living 51% out of state, avoiding the income tax. The New York (city and state) administration has never heard of the Laffer Curve. They need to study their history...
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