John Cardoza held at gunpoint, Michael Stuhlbarg attacked with a rock- Page 4

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 4:27pm

I was in NYC last Thursday and noticed an overall lack of police presence. Didn't they just get a major bump in their budget? Where are they?

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 4:54pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "“bUt CrImE iS dOwN!”"

“A nOrMaL dAy In NyC, rElAx” 

[Wick3]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 5:39pm

Wow I hope he will be ok. I saw Ryan at Stereophonic last night.

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 5:41pm

Just read the article on Ryan Steele here on BWW. It doesn't give the location in NYC where this happened other than that it happened in NYC.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 6:58pm

It was here in Hell's Kitchen.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 9:13pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "“bUt CrImE iS dOwN!”"

I dare you to find an article about me - Michael Klein, a Fordham Univeristy sophomore - being robbed at knifepoint on the D train on December 12, 1992. If you can't find it - an event at least as serious as the ones reported on this thread - it's because there were just so many more of them back then than there are now.

Updated On: 4/9/24 at 09:13 PM

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 9:18pm

*and* you didnt have a phone to record the aftermath and blast the story out to your hundreds/thousands of friends. 

no one should pretend the city is "safe" because the country has seen an uptick in crime since the pandemic, but we have cold data on how unsafe the city is compared to every year in relevant memory, and the data doesn't lie. 

 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 9:32pm

KKeller6 said: "IT appears felony assault has been on the rise for quite some time in NYC. IT's up about 50% in the last 11 years, or so. And a huge jump in the past 2-3 years.

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_planning/historical-crime-data/seven-major-felony-offenses-2000-2023.pdf

"

KKeller6 shared a link to the data. Felony assault, arguably the most likely crime a tourist on the sidewalks of midtown might face, is up. Up, up, up, past the Russell Hotel. Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer.

If you want to compare it to the day, week, month, year, of your incident on the D train then why don’t we compare it to the days of Gangs of New York? Where do the comparisons begin and end? 

It’s UP compared to how we in the present moment expect it to be based on the years of recent memory. I’m not going to get slugged and say “Well thank god it’s not the early 90s!” Get a grip lol. 

Updated On: 4/9/24 at 09:32 PM

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 9:36pm

Was it an illegal?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 10:03pm

Broadway Flash said: "Was it an illegal?"

Aaaaaaaand there it is. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 10:12pm

I live in Hells Kitchen and it doesn’t feel as safe as it once did - that’s just a fact. I live near multiple places that house migrants and provide services to them. I walk past them every day and have NEVER gotten anything less than smiles and hellos from those people and I ALWAYS make it a point to reciprocate and make them feel as welcome as possible. Christ, it was barely a hundred years ago my family fled Russia to NYC - who the HELL am I to have any judgement on people wanting the same chance for their families??  Can some of those people commit crimes? Sure - but so can you, Broadway Flash.
 

That said,  I also live near hotels that have gone from housing serious violent criminals during Covid to now being shelters and I can tell you with all honesty it’s THOSE people who tend to make me more cautious and really pay attention because that’s where the serious VISIBLE mental conditions are noticeable. So take your “illegals” talk and just shove it or find some Facebook group to spew that sh*t.

Updated On: 4/9/24 at 10:12 PM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 10:18pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "It’s UP compared to how we in the present moment expect it to be based on the years of recent memory. I’m not going to get slugged and say “Well thank god it’s not the early 90s!” Get a grip lol."

My response was in response to your reaction to a single data point. You made a better argument in your subsequent response, but I'd still rather be subject to felony assault rather than murder.

[morosco]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 10:44pm

Christ, it was barely a hundred years ago my family fled Russia to NYC

Surely they came to NYC through the proper legal process?

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 10:52pm

Broadway Flash said: "Was it an illegal?"

You are simply disgusting.

Meanwhile, the team at BroadwayWorld collapses onto their fainting couches if you so much as question the appropriateness of MJ the Musical ,but this rampant xenophobia goes unchecked. Boggles the mind.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 4/9/24 at 11:06pm

The key word is “illegal.”  If you can’t see that…

Updated On: 4/9/24 at 11:06 PM