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NYC Crime Crisis: Adams Administration’s 23-Minute Social Media Spin vs. NYPD Statistics

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In an era where public safety messaging often travels at the speed of social media, January 22, 2025, marked a revealing moment in New York City politics. Over just 23 minutes, the city’s top law enforcement officials executed a coordinated media campaign that masterfully demonstrated how selective statistics can paint a misleading picture of public […]

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Exposed: NYPD’s 2024 Crime Statistics Manipulation

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New York City faces its worst violent crime rate in over two decades, with 48,098 violent crimes reported in 2024 – levels not seen since 2002. Yet on January 6, 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch presented a different story, touting “a nearly 3% reduction in overall index crime” and claiming 3,662 fewer incidents meant

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Manhattan’s Crime Crisis: Two Decades of Progress Lost

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Manhattan’s Descent: The Human Cost of Failed Reform As winter approaches in 2024, Manhattan’s streets tell a story of profound failure. In the gathering darkness of November evenings, grandmothers hurry home earlier, students travel in groups, and store owners eye each passing shadow with growing unease. This isn’t the safer city that District Attorney Alvin

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Cooking New York’s Crime Books

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Albany’s Crime Numbers Game Through October 2024, Governor Hochul freely pushed her narrative of declining crime across New York State – conveniently excluding New York City’s numbers, which weren’t available on the state’s website. Then in early November 2024, months after they should have been released, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

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Racial Disparities in NYC Violent Crime Victimization

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The trend of violent crime victimization in New York City up to September 2024 highlights persistent racial disparities and troubling trends. During this nine-month period, violent crime victimization increased by 5.4% in 2024 compared to the same timeframe in 2023. This rise has disproportionately impacted different communities, with minority groups experiencing the majority of the

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Inevitable Upward Revision in FBI Violent Crime Numbers

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Introduction In a recent blog post, I explored the FBI’s underreporting of violent crime in New York City for 2023, raising concerns about the reliability of its national crime statistics. John Lott, writing for the New York Post, revealed that the FBI quietly revised its national violent crime rates for 2021 and 2022 in its

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VP Debate Fact Check: Walz’s Misleading Claims and Adams’ Data Suppression

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In the recent vice presidential debate, Tim Walz made a troublingly disingenuous claim about gun violence research, stating, “And we can start to get data, but here’s the problem, if we really want to solve this, we’ve got folks that won’t allow research to even be done on gun violence.” (57:49 into debate video) Walz’s

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Crime Victimization by Racial/Ethnic Group Across U.S. Administrations (2009-2023)

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Introduction This essay examines crime victimization rates among different racial and ethnic groups in the United States from 2009 to 2023, spanning the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. The data is sourced from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and presents rates of violent victimizations per 1,000 people aged 12

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FBI Crime Data Discrepancies: An Updated Analysis of New York City’s 2023 Statistics

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Today, the FBI released its updated crime data for 2023, which continues to raise questions about its accuracy. In a previous blog article, I demonstrated that from 2001 to 2022, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) consistently reported higher violent crime statistics for New York City than those provided by the NYC Police Department. This

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Violent Crime in America: Three Administrations, One Crisis

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Introduction In the realm of political discourse, few topics generate as much heated debate as crime rates. As we navigate through different presidential administrations, it’s crucial to examine the data objectively and understand the trends that have shaped our nation’s safety landscape. This analysis delves into the violent crime statistics spanning the Obama, Trump, and

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