Bodegas have seen a 63 percent rise in shootings and a threefold increase in burglaries. Six people have been killed in or just outside the stores. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Crime and Criminals”
Ken Kurson, a Trump Family Ally, is Arrested on Cyberstalking Charge
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2020
Ken Kurson, a close friend of the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was arrested in connection with incidents stemming from his divorce. Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Moves In on Brooklyn D.A.’s Territory, Citing Crime Surge
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
Federal prosecutors will take more lower-level gun cases, in an initiative that thrusts the borough into the national debate about law enforcement. Source: New York Times
A Violent August in N.Y.C.: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50%
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2020
The city recorded 242 shootings in August, up from 91 last year, continuing a summer spike in gun violence that has become an issue in the presidential race. Source: New York Times
Trump Says Crime Is Rampant in N.Y.C. Here Are the Facts.
By Gotham Rex on August 28, 2020
At the Republican National Convention, the president and two other New Yorkers painted a dark picture of the city. The reality is more complex. Source: New York Times
Shootings Have Soared. Is the N.Y.P.D. Pulling Back?
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2020
As shootings go unsolved, some elected officials think that officers are staging a slowdown. But the department says it is stretched thin. Source: New York Times
Spike in N.Y.C. Shootings Leaves 64 Shot and 10 Dead
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2020
The victims included a young father who was shot while holding hands with his 6-year-old daughter in the Bronx. Source: New York Times
Gun Violence Spikes in N.Y.C., Intensifying Debate Over Policing
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2020
More than a dozen people have been fatally shot, including a teenager at her college graduation party and a clothing designer who was washing his car. Source: New York Times
Tessa Majors Death: 14-Year-Old Is Sentenced to 18 Months in Detention
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2020
One of three teenagers charged in the killing of Tessa Majors could be freed this year after he pleaded guilty to robbery in the case. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2020
The commissioner is reassigning about 600 officers from teams that target violent crime. He called it a “seismic shift” in police culture. Source: New York Times