From my blog of March 12th, which quoted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio AS noting that the city\’s murder rate was down 21% from last year, and bragging that his policies had something to do with it:
Didhe happen to notice the WEATHER in New York City for January andFebruary? Like the fact that it was among the most frigid andsnowy January/February periods in the city\’s history? Does Mayor de Blasio understand that when the weather is bad, peopledon\’t go out — not even criminals?
PoliceCommissioner Bill Bratton certainly does. To his credit,Bratton did not have the stomach to lie about those statistics theway de Blasio did. His quote? “JackFrost is the best friend of a police officer”.
Bingo. Exactly right.
Tellyou what: let\’s revisit the crime statistics later in the year,when criminals are more easily able to go about their, er, chosenprofession, and see how they stack up then. Fair enough?
Well, now the weather has finally started to get better. And, instead of a 21% drop in murder versus last year, the difference is down to 7.5%: in other words, in a matter of weeks, two-thirds of that difference is already gone. Additionally, felonious assaults are up 5.6% versus last year, and GLA (auto theft) is up 8.5%.
Click here for all the statistics.
So how do you suppose those numbers are going to run from here on out? Expecting any more 21% drops? I didn\’t think so.
Mayor de Blasio? Any thoughts about your new policies now?
