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NYC subway crime down 6%‚ led by drops in robberies and assaults: NYPD
Major felonies on the subway system are down 6.4% in the first four months of 2024 after a winter of high-profile subterranean crimes‚ according to NYPD stats released Monday. “What a difference a few months make‚” Norman Grandstaff‚ deputy chief of the NYPD’s transit bureau‚ said Monday at a meeting of the MTA’s board. The bulk of that reduction is due to a 25% drop in robberies and a 5% decrease in felony assaults from the same Jan. 1 to April 28 period last year. Murders are up‚ with four...