SH**HOLE NEWS: Violent Crime Up In Bustling NYC Tourist Hub — No Matter How Mayor Adams Spins It; Murders Soar 60% On NYC Subways, Nearing Record

Violent crime up in bustling NYC tourist hub — no matter how Mayor Adams spins it:

Violent crime is spiking in the Big Apple’s busiest tourist hub — even as Mayor Eric Adams is set to deliver a State of the City speech raving about how much safer the five boroughs are.

NYPD crime stats show that as of Sept. 8 compared to the same period in 2023, robberies have soared more than 90% and felony assaults jumped nearly 73% in the Manhattan’s Midtown North Precinct — which covers tourist magnets like Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Plaza, the Theater District and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Burglaries also jumped 58%, while the precinct has handled three murders — one more than last year over the same span — and two more rapes, from seven last year to nine this year.

“Society is a mess, and all we can do is pray,” a security guard working at Eighth Avenue and West 47th Street told The Post on Sunday.

“Every day there’s something, whether it’s drugs or the homeless,” the worker said.

A local said neighborhood vagrants can be particularly troublesome.

“They’re disturbing people that live in the building,” the source said. “They block the stairs. We don’t let them stay, so we have to tell them to leave. That’s why [security] are here.”

The stats for Midtown North — not to be confused with the NYPD Manhattan North patrol borough — are in contrast to citywide figures for the same period, which show an overall 2.5% drop in crime in the five boroughs, including a nearly 13% dip in murder.

“This is a beautiful block, the problems come in waves, and when they do, we bring attention to it, and it gets fixed,” said a 55-year-old local, who gave his name as Ojo. “We have had problems with empty buildings on this block, but since that was fixed, it’s been good. We have a block association so that does help a lot.”

Citywide burglaries have also dropped nearly 9% year to date.

The softer stats are expected to be the linchpin of Adams’ State of the City address Monday.

A rep for the mayor said in an e-mail to The Post on Sunday, “Public safety and justice are the prerequisites to prosperity, and since day one of this administration, we’ve been squarely focused on keeping New Yorkers safe.

“Since the start of the administration, we’ve taken more than 18,000 illegal guns off the streets, implemented policies to bring shootings down in August to the lowest number known for that month, brought robberies on our subway system down to the lowest number in recorded history, and seen eight straight months of overall crime declines.

“The NYPD is filled with dedicated public servants who continue to work and deliver for this city every single day.”

Several residents and merchants in Midtown North said that while the figures may be grim so far this year, they are better than in the recent past. —>READ MORE HERE

Murders soar 60% on NYC subways, nearing record:

Murders across the city’s subway system have surged 60% so far this year — a troubling trend as overall crime on the rails has dipped.

Eight people have been slaughtered on subway cars or in stations as of Sept. 8, up from just five during the same period last year, according to NYPD data.

The spike in killings is approaching the 25-year high set in 2022, with 10 murders.

From 1997 to 2020, there were never more than five murders in the subway in a single year, according to the earliest public NYPD data.

“It’s not a safe environment to be waiting for the train,” said Jakeba Dockery, 42, whose husband, Richard Henderson, was fatally gunned down in January on a 3 train in Brooklyn, after he tried to break up a fight between straphangers over loud music.

“It just feels evil,” she told The Post.

The latest violent subway death came Sept. 5, a little after 11 p.m., when a gunman blasted grocer Freddie Weston, 47, near the MetroCard booth at the Rockaway Avenue station in Brooklyn, according to police and his family.

Had there been cameras near the station’s ticketing area, Weston, 47, who was heading to work in College Point, might still be alive, his sister Tina told The Post.

“They took the opportunity because there wasn’t [any] camera,” she said, her voice cracking. —>READ MORE HERE

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