Crime on NYC subway system down more than 20% as tickets skyrocket

[Kamaji]

Crime on NYC subway system down more than 20% as tickets skyrocket: NYPD

By Tina Moore and Craig McCarthy
March 7, 2023

A light at the end of the tunnel?

City subway crime has dropped so far this year to levels not seen in decades aside from the pandemic — as cops significantly ramped up their crackdown on fare evasion, doling out nearly 10,000 more summonses in 2023 than at the start of last year.

Police figures show major crime on the subways is down 21.5% year to date compared to the same period in 2022 — with every category of serious felonies but one in the underground system showing a decrease.

Burglaries remained flat, with two reported.

“Obviously, crime is down. We’re proud. This is real progress,” Transit Chief Michael Kemper told a small group of reporters inside One Police Plaza on Tuesday.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/crime-dips-on-nyc-subway-system-as-tickets-soar-nypd/

[Kamaji]

Policing works.  What a shocker!

[mountaineer]

We in flyover country hear that hardly anyone in NYC actually works in the city anymore, that it's practically a ghost town. If they're working at all, it's remotely. Is that your observation, @Kamaji ?

[Kamaji]

We in flyover country hear that hardly anyone in NYC actually works in the city anymore, that it's practically a ghost town. If they're working at all, it's remotely. Is that your observation, @Kamaji ?

Not my observation.  A lot of people have returned to work.  That being said, there are still a substantial number of people who work at least partly remote.  For example, most people in my office (small professional services firm) work two or three days in the office and the remaining days remote.

So, not a ghost town, but still a lot of remote work going on.