John Cardoza held at gunpoint, Michael Stuhlbarg attacked with a rock

BorisTomashevsky said: "In broad daylight at gunpoint, and just after sunset with the rock.Tell me more about how NYC isn’t more dangerous now than five years ago?


https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-NOTEBOOKs-Johh-Cardoza-Held-At-Gunpoint-on-Easter-20240401

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Stuhlbarg-Attacked-By-Homeless-Man-Ahead-of-PATRIOTS-Previews-20240401"

John is a class act.

Hate to see both of these gentlemen go through what they had to go through.

I had two incidents in the past year. The second happened in broad daylight in Hell's Kitchen last spring. and my life was threatened. I walked back to my office and immediately started getting moving quotes. I have since relocated back out west.

I was attacked once last year. I’m still not feeling comfortable to return to the subway station where it happened.



In hate to hear words like “it’s just a normal day in New York, get over it” “you were clearly not not born here, we natives see these $hit happen all the time, what’s the big deal?”

things will get worse until the general public starts to take it seriously.

It isn't just New York. Almost every big city is seeing an increase in violent crimes from individuals with either mental health issues or drug addiction or both who are not getting the treatment they need. Down the block from the building I work at in downtown Vancouver we had a nut attacking people with a hammer. When I was in Las Vegas fall 2022 a guy killed two girls with a butcher knife right in front of The Wynn.

There is no intervention until after a tragic event, instead of getting these people the care they need before their mental states deteriorate to the point that they act violently.

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 01:31 PM

gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It's a city of insane wealth encroaching on areas where people have lived here forever and are getting squeezed out cause it's not affordable anymore.

Gentrification doesn't happen in a vacuum.

People are getting desperate.

The response of "Somebody's gotta do something about these people" we've created an insane class divide.

I'm absolutely empathetic to people who go through a traumatic experience like this cause no one should have to. It's horrible.

But this is not a city of villains in the shadows. It's the city becoming wealthier and wealthier and this is cause and effect."

What does the gentrification have to do withsevere underfunding of mental health and homeless services and constant releasing of recidivists back into public? It's extremely difficult to be working poor and live in this city, but the absolute majority of low income people don't walk around assaulting others. Working low income and lower middle class people are the most common victims of these crimes."

Umm, it’s all of that AND gentrification.

This is Washington Heights. Pull open Street Easy and see how much an apartment is there now.

people are getting desperate

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It's a city of insane wealth encroaching on areas where people have lived here forever and are getting squeezed out cause it's not affordable anymore.

Gentrification doesn't happen in a vacuum.

People are getting desperate.

The response of "Somebody's gotta do something about these people" we've created an insane class divide.

I'm absolutely empathetic to people who go through a traumatic experience like this cause no one should have to. It's horrible.

But this is not a city of villains in the shadows. It's the city becoming wealthier and wealthier and this is cause and effect."

I didn't realize either of the assailants were Jean ValJean. I guess it's all good then.

gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It's a city of insane wealth encroaching on areas where people have lived here forever and are getting squeezed out cause it's not affordable anymore.

Gentrification doesn't happen in a vacuum.

People are getting desperate.

The response of "Somebody's gotta do something about these people" we've created an insane class divide.

I'm absolutely empathetic to people who go through a traumatic experience like this cause no one should have to. It's horrible.

But this is not a city of villains in the shadows. It's the city becoming wealthier and wealthier and this is cause and effect."

What does the gentrification have to do withsevere underfunding of mental health and homeless services and constant releasing of recidivists back into public? It's extremely difficult to be working poor and live in this city, but the absolute majority of low income people don't walk around assaulting others. Working low income and lower middle class people are the most common victims of these crimes."

Umm, it’s all of that AND gentrification.

This is Washington Heights. Pull open Street Easy and see how much an apartment is there now.

people are getting desperate"

This is not Washington Heights. The Notebook actor got attacked at 145th street Dunkin Donuts in Hamilton Heights, the area which has been very heavily gentrified for the past 20 years or more, without people being attacked in a broad day light."

I don't know what to tell ya. This could've happened anywhere in the city.

Ask a woman.

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "gibsons2 said: "rattleNwoolypenguin said: "It's a city of insane wealth encroaching on areas where people have lived here forever and are getting squeezed out cause it's not affordable anymore.

Gentrification doesn't happen in a vacuum.

People are getting desperate.

The response of "Somebody's gotta do something about these people" we've created an insane class divide.

I'm absolutely empathetic to people who go through a traumatic experience like this cause no one should have to. It's horrible.

But this is not a city of villains in the shadows. It's the city becoming wealthier and wealthier and this is cause and effect."

What does the gentrification have to do withsevere underfunding of mental health and homeless services and constant releasing of recidivists back into public? It's extremely difficult to be working poor and live in this city, but the absolute majority of low income people don't walk around assaulting others. Working low income and lower middle class people are the most common victims of these crimes."

Umm, it’s all of that AND gentrification.

This is Washington Heights. Pull open Street Easy and see how much an apartment is there now.

people are getting desperate"

This is not Washington Heights. The Notebook actor got attacked at 145th street Dunkin Donuts in Hamilton Heights, the area which has been very heavily gentrified for the past 20 years or more, without people being attacked in a broad day light."

I don't know what to tell ya. This could've happened anywhere in the city.

Ask a woman."

I am a woman who lives in the area where the attack has happened. I think I'd know.

KJisgroovy said: ""Almost every big city is seeing an increase in violent crimes"

Except that's not true. Most recent statistics from the FBI show that violent crime is down. The fearmongering is what makes it seem the violent crime is up. We know about the random punching because of Tiktok. We know about these incidents because they are Broadway celebrities. These things happened before Tiktok we just didn't hear about them in the same way. They weren't covered the same way.

If you don't feel safe, that's valid. I wouldn't live somewhere I didn't feel safe regardless of what the statistics say. Feeling safe is not necessarily tied to facts. But. You also can't claim facts when the statistics don't back you up."

Statistics show NYC violent crime is down from the recent historic high of 2022 but still well above 2014-2021 rates. Regardless everyone can see the deterioration of NYC over the last few years.

KJisgroovy said: ""Almost every big city is seeing an increase in violent crimes"

Except that's not true. Most recent statistics from the FBI show that violent crime is down. The fearmongering is what makes it seem the violent crime is up. We know about the random punching because of Tiktok. We know about these incidents because they are Broadway celebrities. These things happened before Tiktok we just didn't hear about them in the same way. They weren't covered the same way.

If you don't feel safe, that's valid. I wouldn't live somewhere I didn't feel safe regardless of what the statistics say. Feeling safe is not necessarily tied to facts. But. You also can't claim facts when the statistics don't back you up."

Some questions we need to answer before we look at any statistics : what is the criteria for those statistics? has it been changed / modified recently (ex: what counts towards the inflation rate is constantly being modified).

Updated On: 4/1/24 at 04:47 PM

gibsons2 said: “…but the absolute majority of low income people don't walk around assaulting others."

Nor do those with mental health problems. It’s also too simple an answer; it’s all of these things.

Y’all aren’t going to like this but whatever. You can thank the Democrats for allowing crime to grow and ruin NYC. They eliminated bail and that needs to return. The voters of NYC need to vote out the Democrats ruining the city.