New York is just random attack central now

Suspect looks like a disgruntled actress. Are we sure this was random?

Good. New York is full of assholes again!

They said this back when Rick Moranis got randomly punched in the head. Forget your bullshit Disney-fied version of NYC and your spotless hipster Whole Foods. Take us back to the era when muggings, graffiti, and pistols under trenchcoats were the norm.

Have to escape NYC if you're just an ordinary law-abiding person without bodyguards and a bulletproof black Suburban.

Only the rich are truly safe in NYC.

[quote]Soon they’ll be attacking Woody and Soon Yi on one of their strolls.

= Mia Farrow, saying the quiet part out loud.

I only want old NY back if there are fuckable hustlers on every street corner!

And yet the rents have increased 33%.

Yet you will STILL HAVE defiant, jaded NYers insisting it’s the best place and they will NEVER leave.

I missed getting pummeled in the head by a crazed homeless person because my walk across Union Sq. was delayed 10 minutes, the woman is still in a coma.

Something is fishy here. This isn’t crazy homeless person random crime - which is the main concern for me. It wil be interesting to see who this woman is.

Do all the old voice coaches in NYC live in Chelsea? All 3 I know live in Chelsea - and are 55+ year old women.

R7 - it's not even that - I just wouldn't be able to get a job that paid my salary in another city. Also I get older, it's seems harder to get hired some place new with the same job security I have now. So my job is in NYC and we are likely getting called back to the office soon.

I'm considering NJ once my lease is up - but then you have to factor in commuting costs and whether it would be isolating to live in the suburbs as a single person.

Has anyone moved out of the city (but still close enough to commute) as a single person? If so - where and how do you like it?

The attacker seems white, oddly

[quote] And yet the rents have increased 33%.

The rent is too damn high!

Been on sabbatical the last 1.5 years but can’t wait to return to NYC in October. Have lived there since 1995. Not jaded.

[quote]Do all the old voice coaches in NYC live in Chelsea? All 3 I know live in Chelsea - and are 55+ year old women.

They were gentrified out of the Ansonia years ago.

Evil coastal cities! 🤮

[quote]She is described as having a light complexion and long dark hair and was wearing a black jacket, black leggings, a white skirt or dress and dark colored shoes.

Her "long dark hair" looks red or auburn.

Where was Deb Messing at the time of the attack?

[quote]Suspect looks like a disgruntled actress. Are we sure this was random?

[quote]Something is fishy here. This isn’t crazy homeless person random crime - which is the main concern for me. It wil be interesting to see who this woman is.

Agree, R1 and R8, it doesn't seem random because she doesn’t “look like” the average homeless person with untreated mental health issues... the long white dress in NYC in March makes me raise an eyebrow though.

This might be the next incarnation of love theater.

Anna Delvey

The victim at OP is a sweet, lovely lady. She is loved by many in the legitimate theater community in NYC.

R9 Hoboken and Weehawken NJ are right across the Hudson and 10 minutes to Midtown by car, bus, ferry or the Path Train which runs from Hoboken to the WTC or up to Herald Square. It's a quicker and easier commute to Manhattan than from many parts of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

PS R9 Hoboken is lively many restaurants and bars with an influx of young people. Weehawken just to the north is a bedroom community clean, green, quiet, safe and less expensive than NY.

R9, you aren’t factoring in the cost of living differences between NYC and other less expensive cities.

For instance, a colleague of mine lives in Manhattan with a base salary of $130k compared to my $110k base. The difference is that all things adjusted, I come out on top because my cost of living in a large southwestern city is over 50% lower than his.

Earning over $20k more than me, his income in NYC is the equivalent of someone making $57k here.

At this point who the hell wants to live in NYC anymore? At least back in the late 70’s/early 80’s (the era so many still wax poetic about), cost of living was reasonable, even cheap, to offset the high levels of crime.

Now you’re paying top dollar to live in a city that is increasingly dangerous, and you can’t even begin to fathom enjoying all the city has to offer unless you bring in $500k or more. It’s ridiculous.

NYers delude themselves that no other city compares to their perfect oasis, while living paycheck to paycheck in their 600 sq/ft studios with no savings.

R24 lives in Pocatello, Idaho. 🤮🖕🖕

I’d avoid Yonkers. There was a horrible attack on an Asian woman today. It followed the usual pattern and you know was committed by …whatever… elephant in the room. Must not talk about it.

R16, you read my mind. The shover does have a Deb Messing look.

If Deb has an alibi, someone needs to question Amy Adams.

R25 lives in a world with limited purview ither live in NY or Pocatella.

[quote] It followed the usual pattern and you know was committed by …whatever… elephant in the room.

Mentally ill men spurred on by the racist talk of people in power?

She died! RIP you sweet little lady.

R9, the commute was easy from NJ into Manhattan when I was on my early to mid 20s, then I eventually settled down in LA.

I’m not sure I’d want to do that same commute now.

The only problem I had with it then, was the weather. Any commute sucks when it’s snowing.

The other issue I had was how limited I was when it came to socializing in NYC after work. I had to be at the station by 10:00 or 11:00 pm if I wanted to make it home that day. I’d be ok with that as an older person, but in one’s 20s and 30s? Those time constraints suck.

I oftentimes found myself crashing with friends who lived in Manhattan if I wanted to do anything after work.

If you haven’t any pets, that’s fine, but it a no go if you have pets.

Not to worry R32 there is no nightlife in NY. PJ Clarke's on Third closes at 10. There is no traffic as most offices are empty and people are working remotely and due to the insane level of random violence have no desire to return to the office.

[quote]It followed the usual pattern and you know was committed by …whatever… elephant in the room. Must not talk about it.

Except you and the 80 million other Trump trash constantly talk about it, even though the majority of crime in this country is committed by white people.

I’m not a Trump supporter and the majority of crime in NYC is not committed by white people. I’m sure in deplorable America most crime is committed by whites though. Although black males punch way above their white as both murder victims and murderers.

…weight not white… Chelsea appears to be getting scary with that poor elderly woman pushed to her death and two shootings (one dead) on Thursday night. Plus a rape last night.

The perpetrator looks like a trannie..,

The is awful. WTf. & She does look like Anna Delvey

From Michael Musto.

[quote] I’m not a Trump supporter and the majority of crime in NYC is not committed by white people. I’m sure in deplorable America most crime is committed by whites though. Although black males punch way above their white as both murder victims and murderers.

Most violent crime is committed by poor people. Violent crime tracks the economy, which is why it went up with the Covid recession. Attaching race to it misses the entire picture. To stop it, you don't go after all black people; you create more jobs and opportunity. You provide mental health care.

Video of killer.

[quote] funeral will be Saturday the 26th at 2pm at Holy Apostles Church. All are welcome.

From Diamanda Galás:

Barbara Maier Gustern, Famed NYC Voice Teacher Murdered

Barbara Maier Gustern, the great vocal teacher and coach to me, Debbie Harry, Tammy Faye Starlight, Taylor Mac, Penny Arcade, and countless others--died on Tuesday, March 15 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. She was violently shoved onto the concrete at 28th Street & 9th Avenue, where Barbara was standing, getting into a taxi on the evening of March 10th. Barbara, 87 years old, was at maximum 90 pounds, 4ft 11inches tall. The woman who killed her is a large woman with red hair, who can be seen in this video:

Please call Crime Stoppers if you know or have seen this woman. Her students are shocked. All are on alert to find out the woman who did this.

Barbara Maier Gustern is a woman who gave enormously to all her students. I worked with her intensively for 29 years, upon moving to NYC.

She worked on Broadway in the last years of her life, and taught 10 hours per day, attending her students' shows at night. Barbara became known as the teacher to go to for singers in many disciplines. Barbara Gustern gave enormously to me. She understood what I was trying to do and we worked closely together.

Her background in music theatre and opera was extraordinary, and it prepared her to take on the challenges of all of her students. She was for many, their New York mother, and she enjoyed being available to her students at all times. Many of us are in a state of rage as well as terrible grief. We want her murderer to be found before interest in this crime wanes. This has to happen now. I kiss you, Barbara, great woman, great mother of so many.

I am too angry to say farewell.

This will happen only when your murderer is caught and incarcerated for life.

She told the wrong girl/tran, "Honey give it up. You just can't sing"

Poster with pics of attacker.

Hochul is finally getting it and trying to roll back some of the more insane parts of bail reform, She faces a fight with the “progressives” who support it. Hopefully some PAC is raising money to primary those progressives. If that doesn’t happen, voters should hold their noses and vote Republican in November.

Why can't Debra Messing just accept that she's not a singer?

I would never consider leaving NYC. I've been in NYC for 10 years now, and consider myself a tried and true New Yorker. We New Yorkers are a study lot, always persevering in the face of challenges. We face struggles head on and always overcome them. We're unique in that regard, I believe.

[Quote] Hochul is finally getting it and trying to roll back some of the more insane parts of bail reform

Um, she’s really not

Qui était cette cunt?

[quote]We New Yorkers are a study lot

Good luck in the Public Libraries!

Meh. NYC will survive. It's been through much worse.

I always picture New Yorkers greeting the day by belting out the city anthem after having their first cup of coffee.

But…but….according to DL NYC is a utopia and the best place the live!

[quote]I always picture New Yorkers greeting the day by belting out the city anthem after having their first cup of coffee.

I picture it more like this...

R48 ever heard of Ukraine?

She kind of looks like that fat girl you all love, the one whose parents paid for her and her cat to have an apartment in NYC and the bitch sent the cat back to her parents because there wasn't enough to for the two of them.

^*room

I had the best of the end of New York's golden age in the 70s. Now I rarely go in and don't miss it in the least.

I was seeing the original Prince/Sondheim musicals, legendary singers at the Met and the City Ballet under Balanchine. And for very little money.

There was no where else in the world to be. Now I can't imagine anyplace less I'd want to be. It is the world's cesspool for billionaires. I had to see Whistle at Carnegie because a friend was in it. I hadn't been on 57th Street in forever even though I had worked on it years ago and loved it. What a fucking dystopian nightmare.

If they have such a clear pic of her face as the poster at R45, surely they'll catch her. Can't wait for her explanation.

She looks like Annie Wilkes from MISERY.

In this case I don’t think it was random. The peeps are usually homeless black criminals this was a young white female who I would bet was a disgruntled former student.

I think it was random, or maybe someone who was familiar with the victim in some way. The face of the attacker from the footage looks off, like you’re dealing with someone who is criminally violent or mentally ill. And if the victim had known the perpetrator, I think they would have been identified by now.

[quote] But…but….according to DL NYC is a utopia and the best place the live!

Only if you want great food, culture, people...

NYC is a fabulous place to live. When you walk outside, you feel like you've stepped onto a stage. The spotlight is on you, and you know everyone is looking at you with awe and admiration. It's a thrilling experience actually to be in the middle of it all. It's a constant swirl of euphoria. That feeling can be found nowhere else.

R64 Limited purview and experience. Bred to believe great food, culture . . .exists only in NY

R65 more like Adderall zombies staring or chatting on their phones and cyclists refusing to stop for pedestrians.

New York City is just about the most wonderful place to live. Nowhere else in the world do you find the wide of swath of cultures and ethnicities. There's a reason we're called the "capital of the world" and I'm beyond happy to call it my home. We New Yorkers are a breed apart from others. We have a thick skin and are able to muddle through the worst crises. We may fall at times, but we dust ourselves off and get right back on our feet. I think we New Yorkers are unique in that regard.

More reasons to love NY:

Teen stabbed in head in Washington Scare Park

Boy, 16, unintended target shot in Crown Heights

Man shot dead in broad daylight Bronx fight

2 teen boys 16 and 17 stabbed outside of Queens high school

2 men killed in separate NYC stabbings

Parolee charged in unprovoked slashing at NYC subway station

In another unprovoked attack a man was arrested for punching a 92-year-old on the UWS

Gang of dirt bikers beat down 64-year-old man and his son in Harlem in broad daylight attack

Bronx shooting leaves one man dead, twin brother injured

"Nowhere else in the world do you find the wide of swath of cultures and ethnicities."

Omg, there are tons of places where you find that.

London, for one.

r69, in a city of nearly 9 million people, the chance of one of these violent acts happening to you is practically negligible, especially if you live in one of the better areas of the city. Don't let the fear porn take away from the fact that NYC is a generally safe place to live and work. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else atall.

R71 it's not the number of people but the danger per square mile. All this constant mayhem in such a relatively small area.

I’m sick of Londoners bragging about how their city is the most “diverse” and “vibrant” city in the world.

Kathleen Hanna wants her found.

Is R65 satire? I can't tell.

Here's an enhanced photo of the creep who pushed and killed the elderly beloved NYC vocal coach.

Besides the surveillance video, there are more photos of her taken in a NYC subway station. Because she's well dressed, don't assume she's not homeless and mentally ill.

Why hasn't this freak been found yet? Guess she could have changed her appearance, cut her hair off or dyed it. Or both.

Look-a-like-a MAN, baby.

Is that a trans woman?

[quote]Is that a trans woman?

Who knows, the police haven't caught them yet!

She’s not trans, just homely.

Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away!

Yes NYC is expensive, dirty, often difficult and sometimes dangerous - it always has been. Living here is a trade off and those of us who think it is worth that trade off know what we get out of it versus the various costs.

In the 70s - 90s it was much more dangerous than it has been for the last 25 years or so, and it is now noticeably more dangerous than it was before the pandemic — but it is nowhere near the level that was considered “normal” during the 80s.

The city has changed in many other ways over the last 40 years, and living here is certainly not for everyone, but if you like it here the current uptick in crime isn’t as big a concern for most of us as it seems to people who Iive elsewhere - especially if you lived here before 1995 or so.

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. It’s climate is a scandal, it’s politics are used to frighten children, it’s traffic is madness, it’s competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

R82 is a clueless know-it-all and sure not a native New Yorker.

Keep repeating the same tired mantra: "In the 70s - 90s it was much more dangerous than it has been for the last 25 years or so", that's not true at all.

Please return to Flyoverville.

I grew up on NYC and lived there 29 years. Not anymore. Left a while ago. And nowadays, with people getting shoved onto subway tracks and rats running In the Cars instead of just the tracks and crazy people throwing shit into the faces of people just minding their own business....you can keep the city. All this bullshit..."It's THE greatest city!"....Please. My nerves. You need to get out of the city more often.

[quote] "THE greatest city!"

The mayor's office has been tweeting this idea for years. It's wild. Hope your people never travel.

R86, yeah, we travel. Just not to NYC.

What the fuck is your problem R94. I was born in Manhattan in 1963, and lived here all my life - so go shit down your own throat.

^^ asshat R84.

Yup. R84 is full of it.

[quote] . It’s climate is a scandal, it’s politics are used to frighten children, it’s traffic is madness, it’s competition is murderous.

Oh fucking dear x4!

Houston is the most ethnically diverse city in the US.

You can start bitching and crying all you want about it being in Texas, but it doesn't change that fact.

NYC is a hellhole. It had its time and it’s been over for years now. Move the fuck on and accept reality. Yeesh.

[quote] I’m sick of Londoners bragging about how their city is the most “diverse” and “vibrant” city in the world.

That place is owned by Arabs. lol. No one who doesn’t have dirty money lives there.

Yesterday (Friday) I walked around NYC. It was sunny and fully of people. The energy was like before the pandemic.

What did she do to Patti LuPone?

[Quote] That place is owned by Arabs. lol. No one who doesn’t have dirty money lives there.

Isn’t that most big cities nowadays?

[quote] What did she do to Patti LuPone?

She sang better than her.

[quote]NYC is a hellhole. It had its time and it’s been over for years now. Move the fuck on and accept reality. Yeesh.

In your dreams, R93. Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Boston will always be second rate. Deal with it.

[quote]Because she's well dressed, don't assume she's not homeless and mentally ill.

I get your point but a winter coat & scarf over a summer dress and black leggings isn't what I would call well dressed, R76.

Woman in her nineties punched in head while reading restaurant menu

Did she piss off the waiter or something?

I sincerely believe that we New Yorkers are a breed apart. It takes a certain type of person to live and thrive in NYC. One must be able to face the daily slings and arrows that come one's way and be able to overcome the challenges and obstacles of living and working in this gloriously inconvenient city. I am happy to report that I am that type of person. We New Yorkers just have a certain je ne sais quoi that people in other major cities lack.

"...living and working in this gloriously inconvenient city."

M A R Y ! ! !

Put more cops on the streets and in the subways

R103 maybe New Yorkers should be classified as a minority for all the slings and arrows they must face

R104, You quoted the LEAST Mary statement of R103’s declaration.

God what a load of mental maturation that was!

*^Mental masturbation!

Sounds exhausting, R103.

[Quote] Put more cops on the streets and in the subways

Improve the economy and increase wages

r103 Anyone can live their entire lives with their head up their arses, it's just most people don't want a prolapsed asshole.

[quote]New York is an ugly city, a dirty city.

New York is a good city; a positive city.

[quote] New York is an ugly city, a dirty city.

[quote] New York is a good city; a positive city.

New York is a little city, a silly city - greedy, barbarous, and cruel!

The attacker looks like Eliza Stepanik or whatever the name of that crazy Republican bitch is.

My cousin (white) was on the subway last weekend with a Korean friend and some black guy was screaming at them to go back to China.

Yes, r110. Both.

An enchanted photo of the elderly vocal coach's murderer. Someone has to recognize this sick bitch, even if she cut and dyed her hair, someone must know who she is. Hope the police arrest this insane bitch soon.

This photo is one of a series taken from a subway surveillance camera.

[quote]Improve the economy and increase wages

Sure, great idea, always has been. How Pollyanna of you.

But how does that correlate with getting mentally ill people to take their meds and try to function? For these disturbed people to want to become part of a functioning society? Lots of mentally ill people are violent, the current unproved assaults prove this. Many need to be institutionalized, but it seems the money doesn't seem to be there for that. You know, those pesky ReThugs are always trying to take money away from all sorts of programs which help people.

Sometimes the easy 'solutions' posted at DL don't work for a lot people, especially those who President Reagan gave their 'autonomy' to many years ago. Reagan allowed the mentally ill to run amok. Reagan allowed the violent mentally ill to terrorize the rest of us.

It’s only a matter of time before this nut is recognized at the Starbucks where she spends her days writing plays and poems longhand on yellow legal pads.

r118 yet it was the bleeding hearts that whine and whine about how awful the state hospitals were... they call work programs slavery... and well, just bitch about everything, when they're not milking the system to the bone or launching lawsuits at it.

^ frivolous lawsuits.

Once the porn shops start popping up in Times Square, it'll seem like old times. I'll be first in line for entry after the ribbon cutting ceremonies. Welcome back, 1970s NYC!!

That should have been, "Lots of mentally ill people are violent, the current [bold]unprovoked assaults [/bold] prove this. "

[quote][R118] yet it was the bleeding hearts that whine and whine about how awful the state hospitals were... they call work programs slavery... and well, just bitch about everything, when they're not milking the system to the bone or launching lawsuits at it.

This isn't about work programs for welfare recipients, that's a whole other situation. This is about the violent mentally ill not taking their meds and a system which thinks it's OK for these people to not have any consequences for their violent actions.

Do you know how many mentally ill people are given their vulnerable children back? ACS cannot seem to to do their jobs either. Seems everyone is just collecting a paycheck until they can start getting their nice fat city pensions.

A friend was telling me about an unstable mentally ill neighbor who was beating up her teenage son, the son was taken away from her, yet, for some reason, ACS allowed her two keep her younger daughter. The more kids in a household, the bigger the welfare check. In case anyone cares, this woman is not Black, she's Italian and Puerto Rican. She also has an adult child who is out of her life. Three kids, with three different men. Quelle surprise.

The landlord doesn't care who lives in his apartments, as long as he has someone paying the rent. He'd probably rather have the government pay him than have a tenant who might stop paying rent. My friend stays in the building because they've been there forever, their apartment is large and their rent is low.

Anyway, the unstable woman fought to get her teen son back, now this sleaze bag has both kids with her. She's so 'poor' yet has a nicer iPhone than my relative! She cannot seem to take her prescription meds, yet takes recreational drugs.

These problems are across the board. Apparently there isn't a one-size-fits-all for these various situations. The city agencies are either not doing their jobs or they are so understaffed, they can't.

R118 Regan hasn't been President for over 30 years are his policies set in stone?

[quote] Regan hasn't been President for over 30 years are his policies set in stone?

Donald Regan or Judith Regan?

I used to think Joe Rogan and Seth Rogen were the same people.

It was some white woman in her thirties who killed her!

Bizarre.

R126 Judith and Donald were never President

There was [bold] yet another [/bold] news report this morning, of a violent rape in Harlem. A woman was violently assaulted then violently raped, she's now in the hospital. IIRC, the news anchor said her skull was fractured.

The assailant wore blue surgical gloves, he was sure planning this.

R130, there's even video of his putting on the gloves. Jesus Christ

r124 I didn't mention welfare receiptents... apparently, you're unaware that many state hospitals had programs to reintegrate longterm patients back into society and often this was achieved via in-house work programs... while those were removed before hospitals faced widespread closure ... it did remain with prisons across the nation until the same argument was used again.

R132, actually you DID mention: [bold]they call work programs slavery [/bold]. To me that alluded to Repubs wanting welfare recipients to earn their monthly checks.

While I do believe that so many of these people on welfare, especially those on public assistance from generation to generation, must be given ultimatums, such as only 2 children, then their checks and free housing get cut off. How can this be implemented when so many of these people think they deserve a free ride?

I also blame NYCHA for filling up their apartments with welfare recipients, NYCHA was formerly housing for the working poor. A few working class relatives grew up in public housing, both their parents worked. The parents got better jobs, then moved out.

Most of these people on welfare are not disabled, they simply don't want to work. Why work when you get a free place to live, food stamps, yet somehow can afford an expensive iPhone and $200 sneakers. It's the social workers job to weed out these grifters from the truly needy.

As far as the mentally ill, you still refuse to comprehend, how can any mentally ill person, who refuses their medications, get back into society? Most of these recent acts of violence in NYC have been perpetuated by mentally ill homeless people. Surely they are not taking any meds or being seen by any doctors.

Despite OP's attempts to paint NYC as a violent hellhole, it has per capita almost half as much crime as cities in Republican states.

Great, so you're unsafe in the best possible conditions.

It is inarguable that since the pandemic most New Yorkers are unhappy with the rates of crime in the city. Prior to pandemic is was not a concern to the degree it is at present.

R134 crime in NYC per square mile is so much more pervasive.

For all their vaunted toughness, New Yorkers seem to have the thinnest skin. There's loyalty to your city and then there's Alex Forrest.

[quote] Regan hasn't been President for over 30 years are his policies set in stone?

Although Dem Presidents have been able to raise taxes on the rich (and improving the economy measurably each time, Reagan's policies are basically the GOP's current policies.

It's all about cutting taxes on the rich to strangle the big social programs, including funding to big cities.

[quote] While I do believe that so many of these people on welfare, especially those on public assistance from generation to generation

Since 1986, people can only get welfare funds for 5 years maximum in a lifetime.

NYC is America's most diverse and international city.

It's also the most cultural and creative.

One leads to the other.

and so welcoming R140 9-year-old girl from Miami visiting NYC with her mom punched in face by 27-year-old man near Cental Park in another random attack Sunday

Oh, it wasn’t random.

That lil bitch had a mouth on her!

R138 more lame excuses

R142 like the 92-year-old woman punched in the head while reading a menu at an UWS restaurant and the voice coach shoved to her death in Chelsea. NY is full of loudmouths! BEWARE!

NY's culture has become gun culture as 29 people shot in 24 incidents over the weekend .

As long as no hot guys are attacked, all is good. I can live with the elevated threat of violence in my city, if it's just fraus and elderly orientals.

THE music coach murderer looks like a hag that would live in the garment workers union building there in Chelsea. I’ll bet she lives with an elderly mother.

[QUOTE] I'm considering NJ once my lease is up - but then you have to factor in commuting costs and whether it would be isolating to live in the suburbs as a single person.

Yes because Hoboken is so isolated.

R146 can you live with all the bottoms clamoring for the dwindling number of tops left in NY? Hopefully you're a top!

R148 Hoboken is quite pricey - I was thinking like an actual suburb further out. I don’t consider Hoboken a suburb - it’s like another borough.

R146 where are the hot guys in NY? Chelsea, the West Village, Hell's Kitchen . . .? Not from what I've seen. Where did they all go?

R150 Not really like another borough; it's safe.

Hoboken has projects too, and the threat of violence lurks at every turn after dark.

R153 any links to stats?

So R153 the people who live in the projects are dangerous? Sounds racist.

[quote]Hoboken has projects too, and the threat of violence lurks at every turn after dark.

Violence only happens around the projects? You sound clueless. Plus, not all violence occurs after dark, another fallacy.

Have you been watching TV news or reading newspaper reports about all this random violence? All the current violent assaults in NYC have been happening in all sorts of neighborhoods, not just areas deemed 'dangerous'. Many of these attacks happened during the day.

There was some recent gun violence by the Queenbridge projects, which are in Long Island City Queens. Ironically, there are now $1-2million dollar condos just a few short blocks from Queensbridge. Silvercup studios is right across the street from Queensbridge.

A man was just run over in Soho while some asshole was doing car stunts, the woman with the shit smeared on her face and head her was simply waiting for a train at 5PM, the elderly female singing coach was pushed at around 8:30PM and so on, none of these incidents occurred near a housing project.

How about the man attacked with an axe in a LES bank while simply using the cash machine? Each attack has been more bizarre than the last.

Unless you have actual facts, please STFU.

R153 also @R48 R65 R68 R71 R78 is a deluded New Yorker who would never consider leaving 'wonderful', 'fabulous', 'gloriously inconvenient' NY. He's just pulling shit from his ass and probably lives in Poughkeepsie.

Criminals get away with way too much violence. Zero tolerance for violent crime in civilized society. Be a con artist, cat burglar or pick pocket. if you must. But stop acting like animals.

Holy fuck New York is fine. I’ve been here for the whole pandemic and BLM and all of it. Life continues apace. There’s slightly more violent crime than 5 years ago, but WAY less crime than 30 years ago.

Cool it with the police blotter bullshit. I could do the same breathless coverage of violent crime in Houston or Little Rock or Tampa.

[QUOTE] Hoboken has projects too, and the threat of violence lurks at every turn after dark.

Yeah the threat of some drunken frat guy puking on you.

[quote][R153] also @[R48] [R65] [R68] [R71] [R78] is a deluded New Yorker who would never consider leaving 'wonderful', 'fabulous', 'gloriously inconvenient' NY. He's just pulling shit from his ass and probably lives in Poughkeepsie.

I'm getting a different vibe here, that the people protesting in this thread how "New York is fine" are mostly the flyovers who simply refuse to admit that NYC has become more violent over the past few years.

Native New Yorkers know what's going on, but the flyovers, trust fund hipsters and wealthy ex-pats would never admit to this uptick in violence.

I also find that non-native New Yorkers are too trusting. Years ago, two former work colleagues (from different jobs) were murdered in Manhattan. Both were transplants.

R159 Lived there 30 years ago from 1988-2006 and it was never this pervasive, constant, random, unprovoked and in all neighborhoods. 30 people shot over this past weekend WTF!

Let's be newly arrived flyovers who desperately want to believe NY is not in decline.

[QUOTE] Years ago, two former work colleagues (from different jobs) were murdered in Manhattan. Both were transplants.

Yeah but they were probably trying to buy dope on the street when they didn't know what they were doing. Or something else foolish.

Let’s be flyovers who for some reason read Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post and obsess about crime in the Big Apple. It all sounds so terrible because we have no perspective — none of the right wing outlets we pay attention to reports on every incident of violent crime in Dallas or Orlando or Fairbanks.

say what you want R165 but since December my office went back to remote and now that Covid deaths and hospitalizations have plummeted people still don't want to return to the office especially those who commute via subway.

[QUOTE] Been on sabbatical the last 1.5 years but can’t wait to return to NYC in October. Have lived there since 1995. Not jaded.

Well it was mostly cleaned up by 1995. That wasn't exactly the bad old days. Get ready for a shock when you return toots.

Violence crime tracks directly with the state of the economy. NYC has 9 million people so it will have alot of crime--people don't think in terms to rate but in terms of isolated stories.

NYC is emerging from a deep COVID economic depression. Jobs are only just coming back--very slowly but they are. Subways are not yet used with the same frequency as they were before.

As the economy improves, all will get better--it always does.

NY feels fine - the issue is the rent increases. If rents were reasonable I wouldn’t want to move.

They haven't caught the bitch yet?

Arrested!

This story is so bizarre. This chick is an event planner from Astoria. Were there some words spoken beforehand? Don’t get me wrong, these kind of girls are entitled bitches, but physically shoving an older lady is next level.

Cluster B, for sure.

The friend who was with the victim mentioned nothing of any words spoken or dispute between the two.

The L&O reboot is getting tons of material for "ripped from the headlines" stories in NYC. But will they make good use of it?

[quote]Tuesday, 26-year-old Lauren Pazienza of Port Jefferson, surrendered to police. She was accompanied by her attorney.

What was her excuse, she couldn't make her train back to Port Jefferson? As she was rushing down the street, the old lady was in her way?

Was this mental case not aware there are surveillance cameras everywhere?! They even got pics of her in the subway.

Can't wait to hear this loons excuse. Lock her up!

She was rushing to catch the midnight train to Georgia and that woman got in her way.

[quote]This story is so bizarre. This chick is an event planner from Astoria. Were there some words spoken beforehand? Don’t get me wrong, these kind of girls are entitled bitches, but physically shoving an older lady is next level.

Event planner, for what? Gatherings of the homeless? From the looks of her wardrobe, she looks like she fishes her clothing out of a dumpster.

Don't get me started on all the entitled assholes moving to Astoria and Long Island City. These creeps stand in the middle of the sidewalk, yapping away loudly, posing in their hipster uniforms, they don't even move when you say "Excuse me." They're in their own little world.

New thread on the arrest:

R178 you'd do better to try to adapt to the culture there instead of complaining.

[quote]Don't get me started on all the entitled assholes moving to Astoria and Long Island City.

How ironic. This bitch actually lives in Astoria. Her parents live in Port Jefferson

Here's her condo just before she bought it

She's white so the excuses will be: Lone wolf, she's crazy, must be drunk

Not like we hear whenever blacks kill: Blacks are all violent

I found this on another website

her motive behind the murder has not been revealed yet. Reports say that she had Gustern as her own vocal coach as well. Many people suspect that the two of them might have a disagreement during their session.

R183, link?

[quote]How ironic. This bitch actually lives in Astoria. Her parents live in Port Jefferson. Here's her condo just before she bought it.

She paid $540,000 to live on the 4th floor of a condo with no Manhattan skyline views! She must be NUTS!

Did you notice the shitty bathroom, looks like one of those cheap 'plastic' tubs and the tiles are plastic too. She could have gotten a much better deal in LIC, with city skyline views. As my friend who works in construction would say: "That place looks like it was put together with spit!"

r184

You think the tiles are really plastic though? I admit they are super boring -- both the choice of tile and the fact that they don't even go up to the ceiling. But plastic?

R187, the tiles are probably not literally plastic, my mom' shower/bath area looks similar. The bathroom in her rental apartment was redone a few years ago. She lives in an apartment building.

The landlord kept the old sturdy large tub, but all the tiles by the tub/shower area were all removed and replaced with what I think is a fiberglass wall. It might as well be plastic, it looks so cheesy and is an ugly beige. In all the tenants bathrooms, the sinks were also replaced as were the light fixtures and toilets, that had to done as low-flow toilets are now the law in NYC.

The landlord needed to have all the tiles removed from every bathroom, there was water seepage over the years which went into the nearby closets and caused mold issues. Some tenants had expensive clothing ruined.

R188 that might be a tub surround.

This works out well for her fiancé. Their apartment is close to Rikers.

Although they'll probably just release her without even asking for bail.

Won't she be headed to Dannemora or Sing Sing?

[quote] This works out well for her fiancé. Their apartment is close to Rikers.

I doubt he'll be a fiance much long

I think her fiancé's name is Robert Pali

Sing Sing?

How appropriate.

[quote]I think her fiancé's name is Robert Pali

He was listed as Naveen Periera. Unless this witch has several lovers.

Robert Pali is a cop in NYC. Naveen Periera is a doctor in MN

Naveen Periera was her fiancé and they recently got married

The suspect was an active presence on the city social scene. Photos on the Guest of a Guest website, which aims to keep visitors “in-the-know about the People, Places, and Parties in your world,” show her attending various art exhibition openings.

One image from 2015 features a smiling Pazienza, her arm around a man in a jean jacket, posing in front of a painting in the Joseph Gross Gallery.

Her name also traces back to an account on Tumblr, which displays more casual pictures of her with friends. In one, she and a lipsticked woman grin broadly in front of the illuminated Empire State building.

[quote]He was listed as Naveen Periera. Unless this witch has several lovers.

No, I was trying to see who owned it from tax records, and the name Robert Pali kept coming up, but it's for apt 4T.

Here he is. He works for Microsoft.

[quote]Her attorney Arthur Aidala stated that there is no proof of his client pushing Gustern.

When she was pushed, wasn't Ms. Gustern waiting for a cab with a friend? If so, there sure is a witness!

Of course there were witnesses, that's how they got footage. Someone (I'm assuming Barbara and her friend) described the person who shoved her, they checked nearby surveillance footage, found the person matching that description, and released the photos.

She's an idiot if she's going to try to say it wasn't her.

Some comments from the most recent NY Daily News updated article.

Here are some interesting comments from some of her Astoria building neighbors: “It’s not an aberration,’ said one neighbor who described herself as a mental health expert. “There have been instances in the building.”

Another resident also knew Pazienza as a troubled woman. “She complains a lot at the management office and she’s had friction with people in the building,” this resident claimed. “I feel sorry for her fiance,” she said. “He’s a really nice guy and now everyone wants him out of the building.”

My god what would be the reasoning for wanting her innocent boyfriend out of the building. Rotten people.

R203, from the other thread: "Prosecutors say Pazienza stayed in the area for about 20 minutes after the attack, arguing with her fiancé on a nearby sidewalk before returning to the scene of the crime to watch as an ambulance arrived."

Was she arguing with him in person or on the phone?

R203, I meant to say that if she was arguing with her fiancé, maybe the neighbors in the building believe he was aware from the beginning that she was the suspect

R203, it's not so easy to get someone out of a condo building, not unless the BF is renting the apartment from the actual owner. Besides, he had nothing to do with his GF's actions.

Not sure if the BF was with her when she shoved the vocal coach, but on the surveillance video, she was walking alone.

I'd say "arguing with her fiancé on a nearby sidewalk" means he was there at the time, but maybe not.

R207, "journalism" is such shit these days, it's hard to tell if they intentionally implied something untrue or they're just fucking dumb.

R206 didn't her fiancé see her picture posted over various media? Did he notify the authorities?

[quote] MEET BARBARAS KILLER - THE GLAMOROUS LAUREN PAZIEZA

Lauren with mummy.

"Prosecutors said Pazienza crossed the street and cursed at her before shoving her to the ground, where Gustern's head struck the sidewalk. The attacker appeared to briskly walk off afterward."

What will her defense be? Mental illness, I suppose. Even if they had a "disagreement" that would be a weak defense: "the old bitch said something to piss me off so I knocked her ass down." I guess she'll cop a plea and get probation.

Not white. South Asian. It's how they deal with crowds.

[quote] South Asian.

?

Lauren isn't South Asian. She's the one who knocked the woman down, not her boyfriend. She's white.

Or Italian, at least.

I don't know if she's Italian or South Asian, but I see a Krazy Karen!

The bf is South Asian, it seems. He's cute.

Will the ladies of The View discuss this story? They rarely if ever discuss the rise of gun violence and attacks in NYC the very city they broadcast from.

Where did FNY go? I'm so sad she's no longer around to hate-post about DeBlasio being singlehandedly responsible for every bad thing that happens in NYC.

And, you know, NYC isn't for everyone. It's fine if you hate it. I probably hate where you live.

But non-NYCers have an inferiority complex. No one in NYC cares what your opinion is of NYC. No one gives a fuck about where you live. Do please shut up.

[quote]The bf is South Asian, it seems. He's cute.

With a last name which sounds Hispanic, Pereira. He's likely South Asian and Hispanic.

Like most South Asians, the BF is surely colorstruck, especially to settle for a very plain white woman, one who has gained a ton of weight!

Here's the murderer when she was younger and much thinner. Her brother looks a bit like Ray Romano, lol

[quote] My god what would be the reasoning for wanting her innocent boyfriend out of the building. Rotten people.

Did he turn her in? Did he alert authorities to her whereabouts? Did he not see his fiancée’s picture on the news every night since the incident? Yeah, he’s a scumbag too and I’m glad they’re trying to boot him.

The condo board can try to boot him, but the apartment still has to be sold. In condos and co-ops it's not as easy as throwing out a renter.

The board likely won't allow him to rent out the place.

[quote]With a last name which sounds Hispanic, Pereira.

possibly Sephardic Jewish

Somebody needs to put Xanax in NYC's water supply. A woman slashed a subway passenger on both sides of the face for not complying with her request to stop eating.

When, R225?

Last Wednesday around 10:30 PM R226

NYC's unemployment is double the national rate as workers are reluctant to return to the office. Can't imagine why? In the most recent subway mayhem, a man was punched in the face at the 42nd Street Bryant Park station by a panhandler who asked him for a dollar.

Woman, 28, pummeled by two men in unprovoked attack on Brooklyn train

A lot of the unprovoked attacks seem to be on women: the voice teacher, the woman attacked by hammer guy in Queens, the 9 year old girl, the elderly lady punched sitting outside the restaurant, the lady smeared with feces in the subway..

Wrong attack at R229. This one.

NBC reported a 13 year old Bronx girl was beaten up by a gang of males and females. Onlookers filmed the beat down. Not one person intervened!

The reporter interviewed the teen and her mom, their faces were not show. The teen said they kept called her by another name. It's assumed the gang were looking for someone else.

Besides punching and kicking her, the teen was beaten with a half gallon of milk, they removed her expensive sneakers and put them up on a lamp post. A guy who was not part of the gang, ran over to get a punch in! Then quickly ran off.

WTF is going on?!

We mustn't speak of what's going on, r231

[quote]We mustn't speak of what's going on, [R231]

WTF is that supposed t mean?

Go away, flyover.

It's some shithead from Kiwi Farms making more racist implications again, r233. That's all that particular guy ever does. Just an ugly pest.

I know some people don't like him, and feel like he Disneyfied NYC....but, Bloomberg was the best mayor. He really cleaned up the city.

I think you mean Giuliani.

Unfortunately, he was the one who did that.

I actually really liked Bloomberg too. He made a lot of parts of the city really beautiful with his parks programs and he seemed to run things efficiently and without drama. I know it's sacrilege to admit that, but I also know a lot of NYers who feel that way.

Everything went straight to hell once De Blasio took over.

They need to actually start making these violent attackers face consequences. There is a boldness now with these sociopaths. They know there are no consequences.

R238 makes an excellent point. There needs to be consequences, and the punishment needs to be broadcasted/announced far and wide in an attempt to help prevent future crimes from happening.

Let Alvin Bragg know...

Casted.

Broadcasted.

[quote] Everything went straight to hell once De Blasio took over.

I understand this is the dominant impression but he did do what he ran on: getting rid of Stop and Frisk and inacting universal pre-K. I do know there's other stuff that people dislike about him..

Neither of this crooked Republicans "cleaned up" anything. If you can't recognize the Swamp when you see it, you are a poor judge indeed.

They certainly made street sociopaths think twice before committing violent crime.

Nonsense

Pretending that Republicans did a bad running NYC is just denying reality. Bloomberg was really a Democrat at who ran for President as a Democrat. Giuliani before the dementia was a good mayor. Dinkins was terrible and Adams seems to be making the same mistakes as Dinkins but just more corrupt. If a Bloomberg type Republican ran again they could win in the next election. I even think a Republican could win as Governor in NY but it would have to be someone with zero connection to Trump.

Republicans did a terrible job governing New York, and when Rudy went to help "clean up" Mexico City, he was an embarrassment. Neither GIuliani nor Bloomberg were good mayors.

but compared to Lurch DeBlasio they were good mayors R247

Bloomberg allowed his commissioner of transportation nutjob, Janette Sadik-Khan, run amok with all those ridiculous bike lanes.

NYC, Brooklyn and Queens are not Amsterdam, these bicyclists do not obey any traffic rules, many people have been injured due to all those bicycle lanes. Now those Citibikes are also taking over valuable parking space.

I walk a lot when I run errands, I enjoy walking. I sometimes forget which streets in my area have bicycle lanes. I almost got hit a few times, of course, most of these bicyclists don’t seem to have a bike horn to warn people to move!

Not to mention, for people who own cars, those bike lanes have screwed up parking. NYC is much too crowded to focus on bicycles.

Bloomberg is a Republican, don't forget that.

[quote] NYC is much too crowded to focus on bicycles.

Maybe it's the cars. I love ridiculous anti bike people. Many people have been injured by bike lanes? ROTFL Talk about people killed by motorists. You're in a lot more trouble if you get hit by a car. Drivers in New York are aggressive.

R249 Also cyclists need lights and helmets. Bicyclist struggling to survive after hitting pedestrian and flying over handlebars in Manhattan early Sunday morning his head hitting the pavement.

Have to agree with R236. Things were already cleaned up before Bloomberg came in.

agree with R236 and R252 Giuliani cleaned the city up and he paved the way for Bloomberg's success in making Times Square and NYC safe for tourists and good for businesses.

I almost got hit by a bicyclist there. I was about to step off the curb, when I heard, "Watch out!"....just missed me. A group was barreling down the street. No signs of slowing down.

Do you mean to tell us that you can’t even step recklessly into the street without looking both ways for oncoming traffic like you could in the good old days?

God, Deblasio destroyed NYC. Fox and the Post have it 100% right.

DeBlasio posting on here...who knew?^^

R255 you're right Lurch De Blasio and his grifter former lesbian black wife ruined NY. Cyclists don't obey traffic signals nor directional arrows in bike lanes. Their motto is 'don't stop'!

R250 pedestrians in NYC are aggressive!

[quote] Bicyclist struggling to survive after hitting pedestrian and flying over handlebars in Manhattan early Sunday morning his head hitting the pavement.

Huh?

New York’s mayors do well or badly depending upon the nation’s overall economy.

Giuliani gets tons of credit but he just ride on the coattails of the Clinton economy. DeBlasio’s NYC went to hell when Covid dried up all the tax money.

And on and on and on

In New York I worry about getting hit by a car. I know how to look both ways so I can see bicyclists coming.

and as you walk through the crosswalk R261hopefully you continue looking from side to side as cyclists don.t stop for red lights or stay in the bike lane if there is one

[quote] New York is just random attack central now

Just like the Oscars.

^ #oscarssoghetto

Pretty soon NYC is going to start looking like...

Maine

Wishful drinking R265 Diversion is pointless when on the relatively small island of Manhattan in less than 48 hours . . .

a 6-year was hit over the head with a laptop by a homeless man

a jogger was sexually assaulted by a cyclist at the Hudson River Greenway

the body of a fatally stabbed man was found a few blocks from Times Square

a Queens pawn shop employee is in critical condition after being shot in the head

an 18-year-old girl was repeatedly punched in the face in an unprovoked attack on an L train

a 33-year-old man was fatally shot on a Brooklyn Street Sunday night

a 73-year-old man was shoved to the ground and repeatedly kicked in an attempted robber in Midtown

On Saturday night a man was fatally stabbed in a road rage incident in the Bronx

^Oh, and I forgot. On Sunday night a 57-year-old Brooklyn man was slapped in the face in front of millions of television viewers

FNY where do you get these things? Are you on some sort of local crime site?

Asking seriously.

[quote} where do you get these things?

Notice there's never a link?

Because it's copied directly from the front page of The New York Post, i.e.: the print form of Tucker Carlson.

R268 R269 WINS Radio, WPIX News, NY Daily News, CBS, ABC7, NY Post and the hits just keep on coming, literally

-69-year-old man shoved to ground outside Penn Station

-Man stabbed on Manhattan subway

-Conductor hit with object thrown at subway

Those things happened every day when Bloomberg was mayor too. And it was so common in Giuliani's day it would never have made the news.

R271 Live in NYC from 1988-2006 You sound delusional

^ lived

[quote] Diversion is pointless when on the relatively small island of Manhattan in less than 48 hours . . .

Except the inconvenient part that many of those didn't happen in Manhattan...

True R274 I overstepped the boundary but so does the violence. The random violence and crime per square mile in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens is concerning. Just this morning a man was beaten and robbed at a McDonald's on 7th Avenue and a 23-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at a Brooklyn subway station. There is a reason people in my office don't want to return and it has nothing to do with Omicron or COVID.

[quote] There is a reason people in my office don't want to return and it has nothing to do with Omicron or COVID.

It's a weird situation because with people not returning to the office, streets are emptier. Empty streets embolden criminals.

Things are really bad in NYC, besides the daily violence, the homeless situation is getting much worse, especially when you hear that many homeless are living in the stairwells in various housing projects and in HUD subsidized buildings!

The local WABC news just reported a homeless man has been living in the stairwell of a subsidized HUD building for TWO years. Two women were interviewed about their efforts to get this man out. Two years and he's still there. He's actually taken over two levels of the stairwells with his possessions. One tenant joked, 'He's got a duplex!"

The building manager, of course, gave the WABC reporter a convoluted answer as to why they cannot get this man to leave the stairwell.

This is the kind of ongoing bullshit most of New York's working poor and middle class deal with everyday. The naysayers here need to STFU.

And yet it's still impossible to get an apartment because rents are so outrageously high.

When is this crime/reality going to catch up with the rents? It did when everyone fled during COVID but it seems like no one gives a fuck anymore and there is no evidence of the masses leaving again when you look at apartment listings...

Yep the residential rental market is insane in NY r278. People here wish these stories of people being afraid of NY were true, the competition for apartments is high and rents are crazy expensive.

Exactly R279. I don't see any evidence of this latest exodus or people being terrified to come here when you look at streeteasy. God I WISH that were the case.

[quote]Yep the residential rental market is insane in NY [R278]. People here wish these stories of people being afraid of NY were true, the competition for apartments is high and rents are crazy expensive.

Ever think the trust funders, wealthy flyovers and wealthy ex-pats who come to NYC for their high paying jobs, and the cultural aspects, simply don't give a shit?

People with lots of disposable income are taking Ubers, other car services and yellow cabs everywhere, most of them have no clue how dangerous the subways have become because they haven't stepped into a subway for years.

Working class and middle class New Yorkers, especially native New Yorkers, sure are afraid. You seem quite clueless about this situation.

There was one NY woman on the news, who was a tenant in an apartment building. She complained about a homeless man who lived in the stairway of her building, would have his set up on a landing. He would sleep naked and have his homeless buddies visit and stay with him. She asked him to at put some clothes on...as there were children in the building. He would be kicked out, only to return again. It's really out of control.

...to at *least put some clothes on..^

Why is crime so high in the red states?

R277 beat me to it with that story.. lol..

R279 Are the rents for commercial and office space skyrocketing as well? I see so many closed businesses and restaurants with "For Lease'" signs and offices are largely unoccupied on a daily basis due to the large number that are remote or hybrid.

R277/& r282 isn’t that afire hazard, can the fire marshal get involved? That’s insanity.

R287...I think people have tried to remove him, only to return again.

[quote] Things are really bad in NYC, besides the daily violence, the homeless situation is getting much worse,

These are both signs of the poor covid economy. As workers readjust and no longer come in from the suburbs, NYC will have to do a reset. Don't see a whole bunch of tourists yet either to energize the economy.

Of course, it's still only March. Hopefully, as the weather improves, tourists will return.

In my nextdoor message board (which encompasses midtown east up through the upper east side), people are going wild over the rent increases. Some woman just got a lease renewal with an increase of $1300 per month in Yorkville. An increase of at least $700 a month seems to be the norm.

Everyone is saying they are moving - I just wonder where??

I'm thinking about Astoria, Jackson Heights or maybe Inwood when my lease is up....

[quote]These are both signs of the poor covid economy. As workers readjust and no longer come in from the suburbs, NYC will have to do a reset. Don't see a whole bunch of tourists yet either to energize the economy.

You assume the majority of homeless, the ones you are now seeing all over every borough, were gainfully employed, with high paying or at least middle class solid jobs, before the "Covid economy", c'mon, you cannot believe that's true.

You must deduct that very few of the homeless people who are now randomly violently attacking people were already homeless and they are definitely mentally ill.

I see this one homeless man in my neighborhood, he's been around over 8 years, he wanders around the mini-shopping mall and people buy him food from the Burger King, I've sometimes bought him food. He sits on ledge by the parking lot, eats his food and drinks his beer.

The man sure didn't become homeless due to Covid, we weren't dealing with Covid 8+ years ago. This guy seems harmless, but the others who are randomly attacking innocent people, they need to be on meds. This man, of course, needs help, but you cannot force the homeless to into shelters. That douchebag President Reagan gave the homeless and the mentally that right. Not that Reagan cared about them, he simply didn't want any more government money to be spent on the homeless.

[quote]I'm thinking about Astoria, Jackson Heights or maybe Inwood when my lease is up....

Very few NYC neighborhoods are affordable, especially Astoria, Jackson Heights and Long Island City. It seems all the neighborhoods which were once working class are now being gentrified.

Re huge rent hikes, it seems the only people I know who seem somewhat protected in most of these neighborhoods are those who bought co-ops and condos at low prices.

In the late 1990s, a work colleague paid only $25,000 for a huge six room Jackson Heights pre-war co-op. This woman got an insider price because she had lived in the same apartment for many years with her late husband and children. Unfortunately, due to the hikes in property taxes, which cooperators have to pay, there has been a surge in co-op maintenance prices, however, these hikes aren't as bad as paying high market level rents, especially where you won't get any of of the money back when you move. At least, with a co-op or condo, when you sell your apartment, hopefully, the seller makes a decent profit.

Inwood, Astoria and Jackson Heights are affordable compared to Manhattan below 125th street.

Yeah everyone has a different definition of affordable but those neighborhoods are far cheaper than the population options. Especially Jackson Heights and Inwood. Astoria near the subway is not quite as cheap anymore, most of the good deals there are far from transit. There is also Sunnyside which is a other good option for people looking for cheap rents.

Good call re: Sunnyside. Thank you.

R249 Democrats for Bloomberg was a campaign involving Dems who said they were voting for Bloomberg when he ran and won an unprecedented 3rd term for Mayor and more recently Bloomberg was running as a Dem for President. Rememba Pocahontas Warren grilling him about NDAs (non-disclosure agreements} during the debates?

R289 it's more likely people from the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Inwood . . who are most reluctant to return to the office because they rely on the subway to get to work.

[quote] You assume the majority of homeless, the ones you are now seeing all over every borough, were gainfully employed, with high paying or at least middle class solid jobs, before the "Covid economy", c'mon, you cannot believe that's true.

Not every perpetrator is homeless

[quote]when he ran and won an unprecedented 3rd term for Mayor

I don’t think you know what unprecedented means.

[quote]Not every perpetrator is homeless

Of course not, but all the men recently arrested for several of the violent random attacks, such as the shit thrower, the hammer attacker etc, have been homeless men. Or rather, mentally ill homeless men.

Yeah generally crazy crimes are done by mentally ill homeless people. Most criminals commit crimes for a reason, not just random chaos.

R299 yes, I do unprecedented = unparalleled

So you think Bloomberg was the first mayor to win a third term? Seriously?

R291 What about Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama-Trump-Biden? Are their hands tied ?

Another child , a 12 year old, was just killed in a random shooting in Brooklyn, think he was sitting in a car eating. This happened in East Flatbush, it was originally misreported as happening in another neighborhood.

The morons in this thread keep saying "It was worse in the 1970s!" No it was not.

There was no way this sort of daily violence was going on in the 1970s. Lots of people being interviewed on the local news channels,, who all looked old enough to have been around in the 1970s, all said, "I've never seen anything like this, I do not remember this sort of violence going on almost daily."

R305 is such a MARY!

[quote][R305] is such a MARY!

And you are such a dick and not a big one. You're more like an over-cooked limp Ramen noodle.

🖕🏾🖕🏽🖕🖕🏿🖕🏻🖕🏽Fuck off. 🖕🏾🖕🏽🖕🖕🏿🖕🏻🖕🏽

Gay man attacked on subway by a lunatic who kept saying "I wish I had more pepper spray" and spitting on gay man. The gay man stood up and the lunatic beat him and pulled out his hair. Gay man in hospital.

I’m carrying pepper spray again, haven’t done that since the Dinkins years.

^ People in Chinatown were given free pepper spray. 500 units were given out in half an hour

New Yorkers, either move or STFU. 🖕🖕🤮🤮☠

Lots of loons on the streets in nyc. I guess the city doesn’t have money or space to house and treat these people so they roam around in the streets and subways

How long for Adams to found out clearing encampments didn't solve homelessness?

In just 48 hours:

WCBS RADIO A 71-year-old food delivery worker robbed by 4 men on Bronx street

WINS Woman robbed for $19 at gunpoint inside Brooklyn subway station

WPIX Man hit with brick, punched in Manhattan on 7th Avenue in Midtown

NY POST 61 year old woman killed in crossfire on Bronx street

ABC Man stabbed at Wall Street subway station

WPIX Man inside his car shot in Bronx drive by shooting

AMNY Upper East Side senior dies a day after a scooter driver slammed into her

I keep thinking there are updates about the cesspool heiress but it's just people posting random crimes. Why are people posting random crimes?

The U.S. has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, one of the highest rates of gun deaths, the most deaths by mass shooting, the most school shootings, etc., why make a catalogue on DataLounge of all places?

Sadly, the U.S. also has one of the highest rates of child poverty and the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world. This country needs a hug.

NY needs to take back the streets and subways if it wants workers to return to the office and tourists to reappear and no amount of diversion can change that R315 unlike many other places those are the things the city relies on for its economy and jobs in hotels, restaurants, small business . . .

Take back the night!

59% of Big Apple voters polled responded to the question "My family would have a better future if we left NYC permanently' with Strongly Agree or Somewhat Agree a 12% increase from last year's poll. Citing rising crime, homelessness and cost of living.

[Quote]Get outta town!

That would be great. Please do something to drive down these sky high rent costs.

Yes would love it if everyone left.... please go.

R320 and what or who would remain? and who would support all the restaurants, businesses, parking garages, Broadway shows, MSG, the MTA . . .? As it is Douglas Ellman FOR LLEASE signs are on numerous closed business all over the city. And who will occupy all of the unused office space? Be careful what you wish for!

Yes NY's economy as a city is already suffering due to W work from home and less tourism r321. I'm well aware.

However the residential housing market is absolutely not suffering right now, and that is making it very painful for the people trying to find an affordable place to live.

[quote]I keep thinking there are updates about the cesspool heiress but it's just people posting random crimes. Why are people posting random crimes? The U.S. has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, one of the highest rates of gun deaths, the most deaths by mass shooting, the most school shootings, etc., why make a catalogue on DataLounge of all places?

[bold]Dearest, you are in the wrong thread. [/bold]

The Cesspool Heiress thread is called ARRESTED.

Why mention US homicide rates? This is thread about NEW YORK and the current explosion of random attacks. Do you have reading compression problems?

R322 well the homeless are finding affordable housing as ABC is reporting on a standoff at a homeless encampment in the EV. And thanks to ABC News' 7 On Your Side an apartment building in Brooklyn has finally gotten rid of a homeless man who lived in the stairwell on and off for 2 years. And the neighborhood of Grammercy Park and the area around NYU is having problems caused by homelessness.

Hey, New Yorkers! Move...or die.

[quote]And thanks to ABC News' 7 On Your Side an apartment building in Brooklyn has finally gotten rid of a homeless man who lived in the stairwell on and off for 2 years.

IIRC, this was going on in a NYCHA building not in a random apartment building. For a long time, NYCHA hasn't cared about their residents, Have you noticed all the news reports about mold, leaks, rat and roach problems in those complexes?

Most of the NYCHA residents work, the service is not there anymore. Now they are finally getting to some repairs. For years if was a Band-Aid approach.

The money for repairs has been going in others pockets for many years. I remember when Bloomberg appointed some Wall Street guy to run NYCHA, what an insult. The man never had any real-estate experience, let alone ran any sort of building. That jerk was fucking disaster, to further insult the tenets, he was arriving to his office in limo every day!

Then the woman who came after him was yet another disaster, then, the Orange Menace hired a party planner to run the NY division of HUD.

For years re NYCHA management, there has been incompetence and obvious corruption across the board.

I have family who lived in NYCHA years ago, some of those apartments were as nice as the apartments in Sty Town and Peter Cooper. The grounds were very well kept. Not to mention, the vetting process for tenants was very strict years ago.

If you weren't on the original NYCHA lease, you couldn't remain when a relative, who legally held the apartment, had died. These days NYCHA management allows people who were not on the lease to remain. I guess if your pay off the managers enough $$$ they'll allow you to stay.

As the saying goes "the fish rots from the head down", NYCHA has some of the worst management in the US.

R326 That fact that it was going on for 2 years and nothing was done about it until 7 On Your Side came to the rescue. is itself concerning. The guy shot up, walked around naked, defecated and pissed in the stair well. Who's in charge in NYC.? The inmates have taken over. Homeless and mentally ill people are not confined to NYCHA as there have numerous, virtually daily acts of random, unprovoked attacks in all parts of the city with complaints of homeless people starting fires in Soho, pelting prospective NYU students with eggs in the Village and a homeless man who has been terrorizing Grammercy Park residents.

Lawmakers are pushing a bill cracking down on negligent landlords after the historic high rise blaze the killed 17 in January.

Serial arsonist busted twice for setting fires in Midtown this week- one in Penn Station.

Brooklyn club set afire as man empties can of gasoline and puts a lighter to the gas.

R326 So it wasn't an apartment, apartment.

R322 Canada is considering making it illegal for foreigners to buy residential properties in Canada for 2 years to help create affordable housing. NY might consider this as foreign investors are scooping up properties even though most won't be NYC residents.

R330, Canada isn't considering it, it's doing it.

My bad. Thanks 331. A little behind here.

R305 as if 'worse' makes the current climate OK. All types of crime have been rising and so much is 'random. unprovoked'

Cue the 'it was worse in the 70s' delusionist: April 7

AMNY Teen stabbed, robbed by gang of 10 in Queens

WPIX Pair attack man on Manhattan bound J train

WCBS Man beaten in robbery at Brooklyn subway station

NY Daily News Parents beat safety agent who asked for proof of COVID vaccination at Brooklyn elementary school

NY Post Man steals elderly woman's purse, throws her to ground in NYC bank

WINS Arsonist sets several fires on UWS including famed deli

The new state budget has some modification to bail reform. It’s a start.

I saw a (likely) DLer screaming at some poor woman who tried to pass him on the sidewalk earlier today as he dawdled on his phone in the pouring rain. Happened on the upper east side. It was alarming - he appeared completely unhinged. The woman scurried around him to catch a bus while he stood outside a bank and SCREAMED at her “you BITCH!!! You PSYCHO!!!!” I have no doubt he would have lunged at her if she hadn’t silently run away. A bunch of passerby crossed the street to get away from him.

If you’re reading this you hysterical MARY - your tantrum was not impressive. Get ahold of yourself.

R336 sounds like a well-adjusted Manhattanite

This happened in L.A., but I remember first hearing it from the NY Daily News or the NY Post. Imagine THIS happening to you:

Bucket of ‘hot diarrhea’ dumped on woman’s head by homeless man

A Los Angeles woman’s life was forever changed when a homeless man dumped a teeming bucket of runny feces over her head in Los Angeles in the summer. Her attacker received two months of psychiatric treatment and was on the streets again by August.

“It was diarrhea. Hot liquid", Heidi Van Tassel told NBC News Monday. I was soaked, and it was coming off my eyelashes and into my eyes. Paramedics who came to treat me said there was so much of it on me, that it looked like the man was saving it up for a month.”

The harrowing incident reportedly happened just off the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where Van Tassel had just finished eating Thai food with friends. After getting into her car, she was attacked by Jere Blessings, who is said to have “schizophrenia and psychotic disorders.”

“It was all inside my car because it was so much. He just kept pouring it and splattering it all over me,” she said.

The victim was taken to a hospital and checked for infectious diseases, the report said. There will be further testing.

Van Tassel said she wants to see her attacker get treatment for the psychological condition that caused him to attack her. He spent two months in a facility for people with mental disorders and was released before the end of summer, the report said.

The victim said she suffers PTSD from the grotesque encounter and believes form of counselling ought to be made available for people like herself who are left traumatized by such crimes.

“It was awful,” said Van Tassel, tearfully recalling the incident. "It changed my life.”

NBC confirmed there was a police report and that security cameras from downtown Hollywood businesses recorded the incident and immediate aftermath. Van Tassel asked Los Angeles police to view that footage and they reportedly decided against letting her see it.

She said she has “empathy” for her sick attacker, whose face she’ll never forget. It concerns Van Tassel that man is still on the streets, presumably untreated.

“What’s the next thing he’s going to do somebody?” she asked.

A16-year-old girl was killed and 2 injured in crossfire outside Bronx school today

2 teens stabbed one fatally during parade for HS basketball team in Mount Vernon

suspected arrested in death of 61-year-old Bronx woman killed Monday in the crossfire

Will probably be released immediately, R341.

Of course he will. And that’s just.

We can’t look un-woke here in NY.

Man stabbed in the back of the head in SoHo in yet another random, unprovoked attack Sunday morning.

Purse snatcher punches 67-year-old woman down stairs at Port Authority Bus Terminal

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Be careful what you wish for...or vote...^^ Defunding the police was a stupid slogan and move. Like the police or not, we NEED them.

A shooting in a subway and unexploded devices found on site today

This is the old New York people miss so much, right?

[quote] This is so fucking disgusting. It started on Trump's watch, but it's spiraling so out of control under Biden

Seems ridiculous to explain what the Seattle PD is and isn't doing in terms of who's president.

NY=Ukraine on the Hudson

Detroit on Hudson, more like.

R351 NY is a war zone and just recently Adams talked about using drones to fight crime

R349, the media focuses pretty relentlessly on police and politicians, but they have very little to do with prosecution and sentencing. That key piece is rarely a focus, except currently in CA. Changes to bail policies are having predictable effects in many jurisdictions as well.

and the ladies of The View focus on 'the Central Park Karen' as if Karens were at the root of NYs problems

Yesterday following the worst subway shooting in the city's history. at least 12 people were wounded and 3 people killed in 5 separate outdoor shootings across Brooklyn and the Bronx. Was it really worse in the 70s & 80s?

I lived in NYC in the 80's, 90's, early 2000's and I don't remember it being this bad. And I lived in Brooklyn in the 90s because of college. And it was a shit hole. The people getting killed back then were mostly gang members shooting each other, other criminals shooting each other.

Totally agree R356 lived in NY from 1988-2006 and it was never as random, unprovoked, frequent and in all neighborhoods as it is now, and my memory is sharp.

It's the randomness I couldn't cope with, in New York or anywhere. It just seems kind of chaotic, feral, moving more toward probable from possible.

[quote]Was it really worse in the 70s & 80s?

It actually wasn't. The people stating it was cannot be native New Yorkers, they sure didn't live in NYC back then.

The attacks sure weren't as random and frequent as it's been this past year. In the 'bad' neighborhoods there were usually gangs shooting each other. I sure don't remember people getting assaulted in the subways or ATM bank lobbies with machetes or getting shit smeared on their faces.

If people were attacked it was usually to rob them, not because the attacker was mentally ill and picked someone at random to attack and injure or kill.

[quote]And I lived in Brooklyn in the 90s because of college. And it was a shit hole.

Did you go to Pratt? The area surrounding Pratt was dangerous. Not anymore, it's now filled with trust fund flyovers and ex-pats and hipsters with money.

Such a blanket statement about all the Brooklyn neighborhoods is not correct. It depends on what part of Brooklyn people were living in during the 70s, 80s and 90s. Many areas were slowly going through gentrification, many are now fully gentrified. The original residents have slowly been priced out of many Brooklyn neighborhoods.

When you see $6000 apartments in Bushwick and are a native New York, you shake your head. My relatives, who grew up in Bushwick, cannot believe the level of gentrification there. A crappy apartment a cousin lived in as a small child, now rents for $2500. It's an old shitty, but now renovated, railroad flat! The building is over 100 years old. Cosmetic changes sure don't take away from the fact it's an old crappy building.

Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Brooklyn Heights were never dangerous, the working class and poor areas of Brooklyn were sketchy and somewhat dangerous.

I attended high school in Manhattan. Back in the late 1970s, a school friend, who lived in Williamsburg, was afraid to stay in the city later than 7PM, this was a big strong guy who was afraid of his neighborhood.

Now all these rich trust funders and rich hipsters, most who claim to be 'creatives', are moving into formerly dangerous neighborhoods, such as Bushwick and Williamsburg. One of Sting's kids lives in Williamsburg, she's a working musician. Sting bought her an apartment there, it's in a new highrise building.

You cannot make a blanket statement about Brooklyn, it's filled with many different types of neighborhoods, it always was. Some neighborhoods were always much nicer and more expensive than others. Brooklyn Heights would have been compared to Forest Hills or a similar nice area of Manhattan.

Queens is by far the largest borough, but Brooklyn is the city's most populous.

It's just like one big Patti LuPone performance!

are the people who are unconvincingly and pointlessly saying it was worse in the 70s & 80s, realtors or just unable to face reality?

Robberies were 5 times as high from 1970-1994 or so as they are now but go off

More mayhem on the subway with 2 people stabbed as many children, afraid to take the subway, were kept out of school. Perhaps schools like so many offices in Manhattan should revert to remote.

R364 so 26 years ago!

HOLY THURSDAY

4 people including a 17-year-old were hurt in separate overnight shootings in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan

16-year-old stabbed at Duane Reade in Lower Manhattan in critical condition

2 teens stabbed in NY subway station

Girl shot outside Brooklyn transit hub

School safety agent and teacher slashed at PS 69 in the Bronx

R364. You're an idiot. Those data go up only through 2019. What many people on this thread are saying is crime has risen POST COVID.

[quote]Robberies were 5 times as high from 1970-1994 or so as they are now but go off

No one cares.

We are living in the year 2022.

Inflation was also worse in the 1970s.

And so?

Man in Hell's Kitchen stabbed on 44th/9th in unprovoked, wordless attack.

[quote]Robberies were 5 times as high from 1970-1994 or so as they are now but go off

The statistics from the 1970s - 1990s are not completely comparable. The NYPD has been caught lying many, many times about their crime stats.

A lot of crimes go unreported now. The types of crimes committed now has kind of shifted. Shoplifting and reselling items is probably more lucrative than robbing a store cashier. And they can resell in broad daylight. They advertise stolen stuff online. On Facebook, Instagram, all social media. It can even be a family affair, where their mom, sister, wife handles the resellin

Only a loser robs a cashier. If they get caught they can get a few years in jail. If a shoplifter gets caught they probably won't get jail time.

“ We may fall at times, but we dust ourselves off and get right back on our feet. I think we New Yorkers are unique in that regard.”

Lol. Pretty much much most people in big cities around the world are like that.

[quote] You're an idiot. Those data go up only through 2019. What many people on this thread are saying is crime has risen POST COVID.

I'm not an idiot. Many other people on this thread are saying it's NEVER been this bad. R305 thinks it's worse now than the 70s. R356 remembers the 80s,90s and doesn't remember it Ever being this bad. R357 agrees. Do try to keep up.

So many crimes reported today in Queens, it's nuts. In broad daylight.

Not making much headway on making subways safer

[quote]“ We may fall at times, but we dust ourselves off and get right back on our feet. I think we New Yorkers are unique in that regard.”

Whatever. The truth you have to get your ass up and get moving, or a criminal will come along and beat and rob you.

or shove you, slice you. hammer you, shoot you . . .R376

Innocent bystander struck by stray bullet outside LES pizzeria😒

Teen shot in back in spate of overnight violence😨

Man fatally shot in head on Queens street🤷‍♂️

NY It doesn't stop!

Man attacked with machete on Lower East Side Sunday

Man stabbed repeatedly outside Bronx bodega Sunday

A Forest Hills woman was murdered, her body was found in a duffel bag near Forest Park. A surveillance camera caught the image of man dragging the duffel bag. The duffel bag left a trail of blood.

The woman was married with two sons. Her husband was away with the older teen son and their 13 year old was handcuffed by the police. He was questioned and released.

The husband owns an equity firm. IIRC, there was a threatening phone call left on their answering machine. The person said the rest of the family would be murdered too.

Man slashed women's leg on subway platform as she was waiting for the train at Herald Square

Man on apparent drug-fueled rampage attacked 4 people on the Upper East Side Monday morning

Are we allowed to cross the street when we sense an approaching person is up to no good, or is that still considered offensive?

Yes, but in the last few days a man was attacked from behind with a machete and another stabbed in the back and of course people are being pushed from behind. You need eyes in the back of your head

In broad daylight:

store worker stabbed in face in Brooklyn deli

2 men exchange gunfire on Queen's street

man wounded in Bronx drive-by shooting

Yonkers' police officer shot Wednesday afternoon one week before retirement

[quote]2 men exchange gunfire on Queen's street

Elizabeth? Boy, London has gone to pot.

[quote]Yonkers' police officer shot

Oh, dear!

[quote]Man slashed women's leg on subway platform

How many women did he slash?!

[quote]Man in Hell's Kitchen stabbed on 44th/9th in unprovoked, wordless attack.

Oh, I doubt it was truly wordless.

A lot of “ouch” and “oh, shit!” come to mind.

'ouch' and 'oh,shit' when you are being sliced? Really R387? He didn't stub his toe

[quote]Oh, I doubt it was truly wordless. A lot of “ouch” and “oh, shit!” come to mind.

Don't be a moron, the poster obviously meant: there was NO previous confrontation between the victim and the lunatic who attacked. Read and comprehend.

Much in the same manner The Cesspool Princess loon, Lauren Pazienza, attacked the elderly female vocal coach without reason. That Pazienza bitch literally crossed the street to attack a woman she didn't even know.

The lunatics have taken over the asylum, that's for sure.

[quote]How many women did he slash?!

One is too many. You are so desensitized to crime that you are actually just used to attacks on multiple people.

subway assaults jumped over 50% to highest total in 11 months. First it was COVID then Omicron and now . . .workers have another reason not to return to the office

man stabbed 8 times in Thompkins Square Park in broad daylight

man slashed in the face and stomach Monday night by a couple on 47th and Second Ave in Midtown

Bless your hearts, r389 and r390.

Bless your dumb little hearts.

The subway police don't seem to care too much. They just look the other way with the gate jumpers....and are looking at their phones most of the time.

man targets 8-year-old and elderly woman in an unprovoked attack near East 23rd and Fifth Avenue

Here are the stats for anyone who cares about the truth:

R397 the truth is as random unprovoked attacks occur in all neighborhoods in broad daylight and, shootings are daily occurrences as are brazen smash and grabs and assaults on the subway no one is worrying about St. Louis. NY has enough to contend with.

New York seems overrated to me. Who wants to spend a fortune living in a shoe box with the crime and the rats? Gross.

man, fatally shot on the UWS while sitting in his Mercedes

delivery man fatally shot in Queens by a stray bullet

man stabbed to death in Times Square restaurant

And NY has a showboat mayor, a glad hander.

Are the rats really worse in Boston?

NY may not be the highest crime city, but it's most expensive high crime city.

I thought you elder queens LONGED for the halcyon days of a filthy, crime-ridden NYC. Now that we have that again, you're still complaining. Are you bitches EVER happy?

well, R404 there were no restrictions due to COVID, theater, film, fashion and nightclubs were in full swing, Chelsea Hell's Kitchen, the UWS and the Village had many gay hotspots, Adderall zombies surgically attached to their phones had not taken over nor had the wall-wall endless chain stores and it was a much more 24/7 city back in the day and crime was not so random and unprovoked and somewhat restricted to certain as of yet gentrified neighborhoods ...

^ not yet gentrified

R404 and it was so much more affordable

11 shootings over the weekend with 12 victims including the fatal shooting of a restaurant delivery man who was shot for not bringing enough Duck sauce

Man shot and killed tonight a 6pm in the Bronx after answering a knock at the door. No suspect identified

So no more talk about NYC, eh? That city is sooooooooo over.

but is it over, over R410?

officer stabbed, suspect shot in Coney Island

Crime surged 34% in NY in April.

Does OP know or is OP capable of knowing how her trolling spew sounds?

Just wondering, while waiting to be blown up. Thanks. Good bye.

Goodbye R414 you will be missed🤣😍😂😊😁

Bye bitch

[quote]including the fatal shooting of a restaurant delivery man who was shot for not bringing enough Duck sauce

You do NOT fuck around with someone’s duck sauce. That shit is sacred. Everyone knows that!

What's going on with the murderous Cesspool Princess? Is she under house arrest?

R417 Man killed by another driver in NY for taking too long to parallel park

R418 she joined the Y

7,400 Rat Sightings Reported to 311 So Far This Year as Each Month Sets Fresh Record

another Chinese delivery man shot and robbed this time in Brooklyn a week after a similar fatal incident in Queens.

woman with a stroller falls over after man slaps her from behind in Brooklyn

tires of 41 cars slashed in Midtown Manhattan overnight along 7th and 8th Avenue

45-year-old California tourist stabbed and slashed in the neck in Midtown Wednesday morning

Any news from red states trailer parks? Oh, wait, that would overwhelm the news cycle.

Lots of news from all over R426 and so much about crime in NY and Chicago and since this thread is about NY . . .

R426 ever hear of Vicki and Casey White? There's a couple of threads about them on DL

22-year-old in critical condition after being shot twice in the back of the head at the entrance to a Bronx park

Eric Adams claims Gracie Mansion is haunted. With this clown as Mayor NYC doesn't stand a ghost of a chance

Not sure why crime seems so much worse here, but it does.

Teens pummeled. tazed in brawl outside Queen's McDonald's

Man violently robbed in Times Square subway station during rush hour

I live in a rent stabilized one bedroom in Manhattan; been here forty plus years. The new tenant on my floor pays 5 TIMES what I pay.

R434 you are of why people remain. Your neighbor is being robbed

Robber threatens Manhattan Trader Joe's worker with knife

Queens school goes into lockdown after teen is shot outside school.

28-year-oldR man fatally stabbed in Greenwich Village this morning

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Good going John Hopkins

Gunman shoots 2 teen boys Thursday night in the Bronx

58-year-old man stabbed to death at Queens gas station

Jewish teen punched in eye on Brooklyn street is being investigated by NYPD Hate Crime Unit

Two men stabbed to death overnight in 2 separate incidents in NYC

Pizzeria worker shot with BB guns in apparent unprovoked attack in Midtown

Man knocks mom, 4-year old son to ground in robbery in Fordham Heights

I'm so glad the attacks seem to have ebbed.

Sunday in New York 2022

Woman stabbed to death inside Brooklyn cash checking business

27-year-old fatally shot outside Bronx barber shop

Teen shot, another stabbed in Queens basketball court

Woman, 62, fatally struck by van while crossing Bronx street

Multiple shots fired during fight on NYC subway

MTA worker struck with glass bottle on Financial District subway platform

Not an attack but someone tried an old scam this morning outside Port Authority. She stumbled into my husband and tried to say he knocked food out of her hand. Old bitch was mad as a hornet when I laughed at her and said “you ain’t getting nothing from him”.

This rat feels attacked.

r445, You mean the rat feels triggered and is trying to find his safe place.

June 09, 2022

NEW YORK CITY — Police asked for the public’s help Wednesday to identify two men wanted after a 61-year-old man was sucker punched and robbed last month. The victim, identified by WPIX as 61-year-old Victor Vega, died five days after being struck on Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn. The attack happened on the night of May 25 in front of Vega’s home after he and two men got into a verbal dispute, WABC-TV reported, citing police.

Do I need to look? The feral Amish do get around, don't they?