The number of reported murders, rapes and robberies in New York is lower now than it was a year ago, city officials announced yesterday . These recent figures show that the drop in crime that began in the mid-1990s has largely continued. But amid the good news, there was an outlier: Reported hate crimes are up 64 percent compared with this time a year ago. Referring to hate crimes, Mayor de Blasio said at a news conference, “Now that’s an unacceptable reality, and we’re going to fight it with everything we got.”Over all, are crimes down in New York City? Through May, there were 15 fewer murders, seven fewer rapes and 453 fewer robberies reported in New York than at the same time in 2018, according to the Police Department.

Source: New York Times June 05, 2019 09:45 UTC