They aren't prosecuting, that's the point that sailed right over your head.
BS. Crime stats are not by prosecution. Murder is murder no matter if there is a conviction or not.
For the month of September 2023, New York City saw a 34.2% drop in shooting
incidents.
In September, the NYPD continued to make hundreds of gun arrests – 413 arrests resulting in 550 illegal firearms seized during the month. Overall, NYPD officers have effected 3,353 gun arrests and seized nearly 5,100 illegal firearms through the first nine months of 2023. Since the start of this administration, police have arrested nearly 8,000 people for illegal gun possession and seized more than 12,200 illicit firearms – each of which will never claim another victim.
(THEY HAVE PRIORITIZED THINGS THAT REDUCE CRIME)
The data showed decreases in each of the four violent crime categories. Murder was down 27%, rape down 16%, robbery down 5% and aggravated assault down 4%.
“These trends are proof positive that our smart, strategic investments and strong local, state and federal partnerships are making a difference in neighborhoods and communities across the state,” Hochul said.
In 2022 and 2023, Hochul spearheaded changes to the state's bail laws through the state Legislature, including a provision this year that grants judges more discretion in setting bail in a wider array of cases.
Through the first quarter of 2023, index crime arrests are at a 24-year high – fueled by a 15.0% increase (12,576 v. 10,933) over the first quarter of 2022, and a 7.9% increase in March 2023 compared to March 2022 (4,343 v. 4,025). Arrests for these most serious crimes are up in every New York City borough, for every month of 2023. Overall arrests for March 2023 were up 12.3% from March 2022 (19,027 v. 16,939), and up 23.5% for the first three months of this year (54,576 v. 44,199) – representing a four-year high.
Arrests are up for serious crimes because they are targeting serious crimes and not waste as much time on petty crimes. . Crime down and arrests up for serious crimes. Win Win.