“The violence isn’t going to stop until the powers that be begin to understand pattern recognition and legislate accordingly,” she said. “And the reality is that these crimes are being perpetrated either by illegal migrants or mentally disturbed individuals with priors.”NY Post "The Big Apple subway system has been wracked by five straight days of violence amid a spike in transit crime — despite the NYPD, National Guard and even the crime-crusading Guardian Angels on patrol.
"The horrifying Dec. 22 torching death of a New Jersey straphanger on a Brooklyn F train was only the beginning of the latest underground crime spree, which has seen five people stabbed or slashed and a 45-year-old straphanger thrown under a Manhattan subway train since Sunday.
"For some city politicians, it’s reached the breaking point.
“ 'New Yorkers do not feel safe on our subways, despite the nonsense that Gov. [Kathy] Hochul is spouting,” city Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens) said Thursday. “We need to prioritize public safety over empty political rhetoric, especially now that Albany is forcing more people into public transportation thanks to their latest congestion pricing tax.
" 'More Guardsmen is great for optics, but what we really need to do is untie the hands of the NYPD and let them start doing their jobs again,” Ariola said." . . . Full article...
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