A suspect allegedly punched an Asian woman in Chelsea last week and authorities were still investigating the incident.
The NYPD Crime Stoppers video said there was a reward of up to $3500 and urged citizens with more information to call 1-800-577-TIPS.crime in the area was the target of an initiative by Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials, ABC 7 reported Monday.
The initiative came following a weekend that saw 11 shootings and 12 victims, the outlet said, adding the police force was stepping up manpower during the nighttime hours. “We’re trying to use a lot of resources that we’ve never tapped for this before and use them in very different and creative ways,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey told reporters. “And we think that we’ve found a nice balance where we’ll be able to do that.”with Adams’ assertion that woke policies were to blame for rising crime.
He said, “Eric Adams is a guy who could fix this. I mean, he was a subway cop. He won the mayor’s race by talking about crime. The question is can he do it? I mean, I am skeptical.” Per the recent incident, the victim was transported to a hospital suffering from bruised ribs and back pain and “The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the crime,” the
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