Some lower crimes are down, likely because New Yorkers have given up calling the police.
Murders spike 8.7% in 2019 as other NYC crime rates tumble: NYPD - amNewYork
When Rudy was mayor of NY City they averaged more than 700 murders a year and had 649 in his final year. Yet you are blasting someone for less than 300.
Damn you mindless drones are stupid
before Rudy came along murders peaked in 1990 at 2.2k for the year.
The issue is the increase is an indicator that we may be heading back to the bad old days. it isn't just high crimes, petty criminals have become far more brazen because the NYPD doesn't focus on quality of life issues anymore.
I got mugged twice in high school, once in 1990, and once in 1992.