From WSJopinion: The current push for decarceration and depolicing, not to mention the rise of progressive district attorneys committed to nonprosecution, is a race to the bottom—with New York leading the way, write CommissBratton and Rafa_Mangual
New York City is off to an inauspicious start on the crime front in 2022. Index crimes—murder, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, car theft and grand larceny—rose by nearly 40% in January compared with last year. Several high-profile violent crimes have shocked and outraged residents. Five New York City Police Department officers were shot in January, two of them fatally.
Mayor Eric Adams released a comprehensive plan late last month to address the crime surge. He called on Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature to reconsider some of the Empire State’s recently enacted criminal-justice reforms, bail reform in particular. So far his pleas seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
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