Felony assaults fueled the increase, surging to 2056 complaints, a 14.9% increase from last year, according to the data.
“I think we are trending in the right direction,” Sewell said at a press conference with Adams in late December.each of the last two months of 2022
The city’s top cop highlighted, in a press release Friday, that the NYPD’s focus on gun violence has led to a 26.3% decrease in shooting incidents last month, 73 vs 99, with 24 fewer victims of the violence. “As we step forward through 2023 and beyond, the women and men of the New York City Police Department are continuing to effectively and efficiently suppress violence, address the drivers of crime, and safeguard our streets and our subways,” Sewell said.
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