JUDICIAL WATCH NEWS LINK 06/12/2020

De Blasio to shift NYPD funding to local youth groups Source: New York Post New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has caved to calls to pull funding from the NYPD. Hizzoner announced  that the city would reallocate an unspecified chunk of the department’s budget toward city youth groups and social services — days after dismissing demands to defund the police force, which has seen nearly 300 injured members amid recent unrest. READ MORE

Background Notes from Judicial Watch

2019-09-25 Mayor De Blasio’s New York Slips Toward a Crisis of Crime and Disorder Source: Judicial Watch Some neighborhoods are seeing an alarming increase in major crimes. In the 10 police precincts that make up the Brooklyn North police command, writes journalist Errol Louis, the first five months of 2019 saw an “8% increase in homicides, 10% increase in rapes and a 20% increase in shooting victims.” READ MORE 2020-06-08 Violent Crime in New York — Blame The Bronx or Mayor de Blasio? Source: Judicial Watch Crime in general in New York City is at historic lows. That’s the good news. The bad news? Violent crimes—murder and rape—are trending upward. READ MORE 01/28/20 DeBlasio's Suspect Crime Statistics Source: Judicial Watch Mayor Bill de Blasio tells anyone who will listen that New York is “the safest big city in America.” But signs of rising urban disorder lately have been sending a different message. And increasingly, the mayor’s own safe-city crime statistics seem suspect. READ MORE