More than 7 in 10 New Yorkers fear they will become a victim of violent crime, a distressing new poll has found — as famously progressive cities nationwide face a public safety reckoning under soft-on-crime Democrat lawmakers and prosecutors, the NY Post reports.
About 76% of residents are “very concerned,” or somewhat concerned, they’ll be targeted amid the Big Apple’s ongoing crime wave, according to the Spectrum News NY1/Siena College poll released Tuesday. When asked “How concerned are you that a shooting in which a gunman targets people based on their race, religion or ethnicity will happen in your neighborhood,” almost half (43%) confessed that they are concerned.
In fact, a whopping 70% of New Yorkers said they feel less safe now than before the COVID-19 pandemic started, compared to just 3% who said they feel safer.
If the Mayor can only clamp down on white supremacy, crime in this City would drop dramatically.