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Crime in New York City was high in the 1980s during the Mayor Edward I. Koch years, as the crack epidemic hit New York City, and peaked in 1990, [4] [174] the first year of Mayor David Dinkins's administration (1990–1993), but then began to decline; the number of murders fell from the 1990 peak to a level close to Koch's worst year of 1989 by ...
NEW YORK — Antisemitic hate crimes in New York City more than doubled last month from a year ago, New York Police Department data show — a troubling trend that unfolded against a backdrop of ...
Antisemitic hate crimes surged 125 percent in New York City in November compared to the same period last year, according to NYPD data.
Manhattan, New York Attack on Matt Greenman: Matt Greenman, a Jewish man, was assaulted in an antisemitic hate crime in New York City while watching a rally organized by the group Within Our Lifetime. Saadah Masoud, one of the group's founders, pled guilty to the assault and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in March 2023. [21] [22] [23]
The United States has passed some legislation to combat increasing violence against LGBTQ people. In the late 1990s, the Hate Crime Statistics Act (P.L. 101–275) was passed [17] to try to prevent further hate crimes and enhance criminal sentences for people who do commit them. While this act was passed more than 20 years ago, local police ...
The NYPD stats show that: Murders dropped 24% from 33 in January 2024 to 25 this January. Robberies sank 26%, from 1,436 to 1,063. Felony assaults decreased 6.9% from 2,130 to 1,983.
The 2011 hate-crime statistics show 46.9 percent were motivated by race, and 20.8 percent by sexual orientation. [130] In 2015, the Hate Crimes Statistics report identified 5,818 single-bias incidents involving 6,837 offenses, 7,121 victims, and 5,475 known offenders [111]
State and federal bias and hate crime statistics frequently contradict each other. But the confusion doesn't obscure the dramatic rise of both in NJ.