Looks like New York's getting the crime uptick politicians have been asking for

Looks like New York's getting the crime uptick politicians have been asking for
"Robbery is up almost 30% in New York City since the first of the year.
...Which should not surprise: Not only does government usually get more of what it encourages, when it comes to crime, it also gets more of what it fails to discourage.
...Albany’s bail-reform initiative got off to an ominously comical start.
When the feds had to take custody of alleged serial bank-robber Gerod Woodberry because local judges had to keep turning him loose — well, what else was there to do but laugh?
But consider this: Robbery in the third degree became a revolving-door offense Jan. 1, and this was followed by a dramatic, 29% spike in reported robberies, according to the most recent — albeit very short-term — CompStat numbers..."
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