According to the NYPD, arrests are up 64% in the transit system year-over-year. There is also an increase in summons for minor “quality of life” offenses, including more than 17,000 for fare evasion, 1,400 for smoking, and 600 for obstruction of seats.
Police brass also detailed the work of their controversial new Neighborhood Safety Teams, where squads of officers in modified uniforms and unmarked cars seek to stem violence in the most dangerous neighborhoods. After about three weeks of these units patrolling the streets, there have been 135 arrests, with 25 of those on gun charges, the NYPD said.
Although the number of shootings has steadily increased since the onset of the pandemic, about half of shootings this year were in just 10 neighborhoods, including five in the Bronx, four in Brooklyn, and one in Queens. Forty percent of those responsible for shootings this year are part of a gang or a crew, police said, and a quarter of shootings in March happened during the day.
One feature of the current crime landscape in the city is repeat arrests, officials said. Thirty-seven percent of those arrested this year for burglaries have three or more prior arrests for the same offense. And about a quarter of those arrested for gun crimes have previously been convicted of a felony.
The NYPD press conference came as lawmakers in Albany were hammering out a deal to give judges more leeway to impose bail on those charged with crimes in order to keep people who can’t afford bail locked up pending court dates. Some Democrats and racial justice activists say the 2019 and 2020 bail reform laws have had no impact on public safety, since few people out on bail are rearrested.
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