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    NYPD Looking For 2 People Who Attacked and Robbed Woman in Central Park

    November 18, 2025 | 10:24 AM
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    By Gus Saltonstall

    Police are searching for two people who attacked and robbed a woman in Central Park earlier this month, NYPD said on Monday.

    A 51-year-old woman was walking through Central Park near the new Davis Center around 2:30 p.m. on November 5, when two people on a bike rode up behind her and hit her on the back of the head, police said. The duo then forcibly removed her headphones, and fled the scene, police added.

    The victim refused medical attention at the scene, NYPD said.

    Here are the photos of the suspects that police released to the public on Monday.

    Photo courtesy of NYPD.
    Photo courtesy of NYPD.

    Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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    81 Comments
    Ped Astel
    Ped Astel
    10 months ago

    Mayor Mamdani? you seeing this?

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    This is a city with 8 million people. If you want to run it like North Korea good for you but that’s not going to change the simple fact that we will have crime and unless you want to live alone marooned on a desert island it’s something that we can deal with. The NYPD is bigger than the armed forces of some countries. It’s doing a good job. This wouldn’t even make the news when I was a kid. The incoming mayor isn’t going to lead to any catastrophe. He just wants to improve things like how we deal with the mentally ill and homeless who aren’t even criminals.

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    Nick
    Nick
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    Well, he’s not the mayor…

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    Maddie
    Maddie
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    I have news for you all it’s going to get worse. With this new mayor

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    riverside
    riverside
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    Eric Adams (the cop) is Mayor.

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    Ergo
    Ergo
    10 months ago
    Reply to  riverside

    In Israel.

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    Jeanne
    Jeanne
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    Isn’t Eric Adams currently our Mayor and also wasn’t he our Mayor on November 5th when this happened?

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    JimmyJohn
    JimmyJohn
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    This is all fake news there is no crime in our city!!!!!!!!!!

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    wehstsider
    wehstsider
    10 months ago
    Reply to  JimmyJohn

    Sarcasm is anger sideways.

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    Paul
    Paul
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Ped Astel

    Perhaps you should also ask that of Mayor Adams, under whose administration this crime occurred.

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    OPOE
    OPOE
    10 months ago

    I don’t understand.

    Isn’t crime down ?

    Maybe it isn’t down in broad daylight ?

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    say what
    say what
    10 months ago
    Reply to  OPOE

    Come on, OPOE. Crime being down doesn’t mean it’s non-existent.

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    Paul
    Paul
    10 months ago
    Reply to  OPOE

    You can check Central Park’s crime stats.
    https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-022pct.pdf

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    OPOE
    OPOE
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Paul

    To a victim of crime, stats are useless.

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    Peter
    Peter
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Paul

    Do anyone think these are accurate?

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Peter

    They are. Compared to the 80s crime was so high that incidents like this wouldn’t even move the numbers. Now it’s so low relative to then a handful of crimes look significant, which to the victims they are but overall do not indicate that there’s significant risk for the citizens. There’s more people in Central Park on any given day than reside in entire counties up north. It’s safe.

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    Jane
    Jane
    10 months ago

    The poor dears probably had difficult lives and can’t dare to be held responsible for their behavior.

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    Manhattan parent
    Manhattan parent
    10 months ago

    I can’t believe this is what New York has come to—a woman getting attacked in broad daylight in Central Park, of all places, at 2:30 in the afternoon! Seriously, what’s going on? If people can’t even feel safe in a spot that’s supposed to be one of the city’s main attractions, where can they? Honestly, it feels like things are just getting worse, and it makes you question what’s really being done to keep everyone safe. It’s upsetting and honestly pretty scary for anyone who lives here or just wants to enjoy the city—and please, spare me the so-called statistics.

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    CatherineS
    CatherineS
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Manhattan parent

    What New York has come to? How long have you lived here? I was mugged twice in broad daylight in the 1970’s once at knife point. This is a big city. It’s a helluva lot better now than back then.

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    Manhattan parent
    Manhattan parent
    10 months ago
    Reply to  CatherineS

    I’ve lived here for 30 years. It’s sad that your benchmark is the dreadful ’70s. Just because you went through that doesn’t mean everyone has to.

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    Rita Smith
    Rita Smith
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Manhattan parent

    Crime is definitely up in Manhattan. I don’t care what they say with their fake statistics.
    I was “sucker punched” so hard on my back on Sunday, November 16th at 1:45pm in broad daylight on a busy street, First Ave at East 75th Street. A mentally disturbed very tall young guy ran up behind me and “wham”!!! I saw stars. He was screaming something unintelligible.
    He then went on to smash his fist into others on the street. These crimes go unreported, or if reported and no one was seriously injured they just drop it. I called the police. Nothing got done. CRIME IS UP!!! BE CAREFUL!!!

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    Sam Katz
    Sam Katz
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Manhattan parent

    Is this a joke? You couldn’t go into Central Park in the 1970s at any time of day. If e-bikes were licensed and carried plates, ANY one riding one could be stopped and frisked. Vote for Priscilla’s Law! And get them OUT of Central Park altogether.

    Last edited 10 months ago by Sam Katz
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    Manhattan parent
    Manhattan parent
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    No, it is not a joke. Not sure why you think it is. I don’t care how it was in 1800s.

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    WhatsUpDuck
    WhatsUpDuck
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    Could you share more information about the law and how to get involved?

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    Famous Original UWS Dad
    Famous Original UWS Dad
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    But you could go into Central Park at any time of the day from 2000 to 2015. Let’s not benchmark ourselves against the worst era in living memory.

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Famous Original UWS Dad

    Dad we had incidents like this then too. There’s 8 million people in NYC. One mugging doesn’t mean that there’s a catastrophe.

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    Peter
    Peter
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    Dismissing legit public safety concerns by mentioning conditions from 50 years ago is ridiculous. They aren’t going to give out licenses and plates. They aren’t going to stop and frisk anyone. The new Mayor isn’t going to do that. There will be less law enforcement. . You think they will stop and frisk illegals on bikes in the park? They want to close Rikers and reduce city jail space by 65 percent. That means they stop arresting people.

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Peter

    Stop and frisk was a major violation of constitutional and human rights. More Black males were accosted by LE than there were Black males. We have the largest prison population of any democracy also and in NYC we did a pretty lousy job overall of diversion, especially for young people.

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    Lisa
    Lisa
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    Thanks for mentioning Priscilla’s law. If everyone rallied behind this, we could make it happen.

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    deegee
    deegee
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Lisa

    the evsa is disingenuous, don’t buy their nonsense..

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    OPOE
    OPOE
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Manhattan parent

    It is getting worse and will keep doing so.

    If someone is a victim of crime it is a traumatic experience and can change them forever.

    What do I know, crime is down.

    Last edited 10 months ago by OPOE
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    Judy Harris
    Judy Harris
    10 months ago

    Did they ever catch the man who shot someone on Amsterdam Ajvenue a few days ago or the one who put the gun to the head of the woman on the 86th Street subway?

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    Manhattan parent
    Manhattan parent
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Judy Harris

    WSR, could you please follow up?

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    Cheryl
    Cheryl
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Judy Harris

    They don’t want to catch them…

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    Linda
    Linda
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Cheryl

    It doesn’t matter if they are caught. They are released immediately. This is the main problem. And yet NYers continue voting for Alvin Bragg. Insanity.

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Linda

    People who commit violent felonies aren’t released. And the NYPD certainly does want to catch criminals. Bragg just thinks if you pee on a subway platform society isn’t well served by treating you like a felon.

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    Sam Katz
    Sam Katz
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Cheryl

    Of course they do. What an inane comment.

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    sandro
    sandro
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Sam Katz

    Aren’t you tired to always be aggressive and rude with everyone around here?

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    John E.
    John E.
    10 months ago
    Reply to  sandro

    Hey, Sam calls it like she sees it. She’s not being aggressive or rude.

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    James Mirando
    James Mirando
    10 months ago

    Time to call the social workers.

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    Dino Vercotti
    Dino Vercotti
    10 months ago
    Reply to  James Mirando

    Or the violence interrupters.

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    Peter
    Peter
    10 months ago

    Even if they get arrested nothing will happen.

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    Safety1st
    Safety1st
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Peter

    And yet Alvin Bragg was reelected with 73% of the vote. Apparently the majority of Manhattan voters approve of do-nothing DA Bragg.

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    Parking nightmare
    Parking nightmare
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Safety1st

    I voted for Maud. Just like I voted for Liz Crotty the time before. Why do NYers have an aversion to women in powerful positions? Shame on them.

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    scott v.
    scott v.
    10 months ago

    NYPD’s “Crime and Enforcement Activity Reports” have a lot to say about this issue.

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    Cheryl
    Cheryl
    10 months ago

    This area of the Park has gone way downhill since the pandemic, and hasn’t come back. They can put as much new stuff in as they want, but when you see 40 year old men peddling around on children’s bikes all day you know you’re in a bad spot…

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    Anthony
    Anthony
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Cheryl

    Are you thinking of Bromptons??

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    D M
    D M
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Cheryl

    Since the pandemic, or since the crime reform and BLM? Let’s call a spade a spade.

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    wijmlet
    wijmlet
    10 months ago
    Reply to  D M

    thumbs down

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    Manhattan parent
    Manhattan parent
    10 months ago

    There was just another violent robbery in Central Park.

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    Retumos
    Retumos
    10 months ago

    Feel better!

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    Mark Horowstein
    Mark Horowstein
    10 months ago

    Two future astronauts. They truly enrich our city. I don’t know what we would do without them.

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    Luke
    Luke
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Mark Horowstein

    can we keep biggoted twitter talking points off here?

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    Anthony
    Anthony
    10 months ago

    If u arena teen in NYC these sorts of crimes will result in literally no ramifications.
    The Raise the Age Law lets anyone under age 18 escape any incarceration for all but the most serious crimes. If it’s not a felony resulting in serious physical harm they’re tried in family court.

    Punching someone in the face, beating them up is basically a freebie.

    This isnt helping anyoke including the kids, who eventually will commit a serious felony and likely wind up in prison for killing someone.

    Some on the NY Council want to raise the age again, to 25.

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    Sam Katz
    Sam Katz
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Anthony

    It has to be done in Albany. And YES, the law was a nightmare. 25? Those Councilmembers are insane, although I never heard of any such proposal. The age of culpability must go back to teenagers. They know right from wrong.

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    anon
    anon
    10 months ago

    Seems there is an assault or robbery covered in WSR. weekly. Has 24th precinct increased it coverage of the UWS? BTW, The photos of the “persons of interest” are pretty graphic. Someone will surely ID them

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    GiveMeCake
    GiveMeCake
    10 months ago
    Reply to  anon

    Except that snitches get stitches.
    At least in certain segments of our society.

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    Will
    Will
    10 months ago

    I’m sure repeat offenders that have been released bail free on multiple occasions.

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    Rcw
    Rcw
    10 months ago

    Not to blame the victim, but people have to stop wearing headphones and earbuds and staring at their phones in public. It’s always the same situation who becomes an easier target..

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    Susan Jeffries
    Susan Jeffries
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    But you ARE blaming the victim.

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    caly
    caly
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    I wondered how long it would take someone to post this. I’ve been robbed twice and I’ve never had headphones/earbuds or even a phone or a purse with me. How about not blaming the victim in any shape or form and focusing on the criminals who do commit these acts of violence? And if you think it’s just a ride by/grab then check out this video and imagine this happening to you or someone in your family (because it seems that no one else gives a damn otherwise). It’s from 2022, so there you go…nothing has changed.

    https://www.fox5ny.com/news/woman-fights-off-moped-riding-robbers-on-upper-east-side

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    Life-long Upper West Sider
    Life-long Upper West Sider
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    Thank you, I agree wholeheartedly. It is not “blaming the victim” to warn that wearing headphones and earbuds, and counseling people to STOP staring at their phones in public, is COMMON SENSE. It’s dangerous to be so oblivious to what is going on around you, and adds to antisocial behavior, to everyone’s detriment. It is stupid and pathetic to conduct oneself in this manner. Look around! Listen! Pay attention!

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    Ergo
    Ergo
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    How dare the law abiding act freely? Do you even listen to yourself?

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    Bob
    Bob
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    I grew up on the Upper West Side during the 70s. AT ALL TIMES, you should always know:
    1. Who’s in front of you
    2. Who’s on your right
    3. Who’s on your left
    4. Who’s behind you

    Not meaning to “blame the victim,” but people who wear headphones in public and people who focus on texting for more than a few seconds are opening themselves up to be robbed.

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    SCPNYC
    SCPNYC
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Bob

    I agree. No matter where you are in NYC, stay aware of your surroundings. In the 70s we had eyes on all four sides of our heads. People complain that crime is up don’t seem to know or remember what the real mean streets were actually like. It isn’t the pandemic or BLM. It’s just the way things are now.

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    Peter
    Peter
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Rcw

    or maybe arrest criminals and put them in jail.

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    Jan
    Jan
    10 months ago

    Trump is going to send the national guard in.

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    Renee Baruch
    Renee Baruch
    10 months ago

    E-bikes! Again! And used in a crime! Again! And why are e-vehicles allowed in Central Park????

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    Brownie
    Brownie
    10 months ago

    When Republican Rudy Giuliani was mayor, there were over 7700 murders in the city.Lol.So please stop the false narrative that Republicans reduce crime.

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    Susan
    Susan
    10 months ago

    If e-bike riders’s bikes had licenses the police would know exactly who the perpetrators were immediately. But somehow that seems to be beyond the abilities of both the state and the city, neither of which has passed Priscilla’s Law which would do just that. The #1 job of government is to keep the public safe. Not so much when large corporations want e-bikes unlicensed and are working to do that through their support of quasi-lobbying groups like Trans Alt.
    If you want to change this call your state assembly leaders and tell them to support Priscilla’s Law!

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    Paul
    Paul
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Susan

    Police DO know who the perps are; last year a high-level NYC cop reportedly claimed that a small number of individuals familiar to the department are responsible for most of the street crime.

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    John Gallagher
    John Gallagher
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Paul

    Exactly. Better policing not excessive policing and a lot of the hysteria about the next mayor isn’t that he proposed mental illness shouldn’t be treated like a crime by unprepared LE.

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    Patricia
    Patricia
    10 months ago

    I fear NY is going to go down the road to ruin which LA has. LA is almost dystopian when not in extremely high end areas and even in those area no one goes out at night. LA tried the mental-health officers, crime has skyrocketed.

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    Nick
    Nick
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Patricia

    If only you had statistics and sources to back up this absolutely hilarious and ridiculous claim… But you don’t, because it’s nonsense.

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    Safety1st
    Safety1st
    10 months ago

    The Central Park Conservancy wants carriage horses banned while funding expanded speedways for e-bikes. Who could have imagined that the CPConservancy would develop a Robert Moses Raceway, the antithesis of its mission to insure a sanctuary within the City. Expect crimes using weaponized e-bikes targeting vulnerable pedestrians to skyrocket but these crimes will be underreported in manipulated stats.

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    Jay
    Jay
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Safety1st

    And the CPC seems intent on destroying the lawns through lack of soil maintenance.

    This leads to trees being uprooted in a stiff wind. Happened in Riverside Park back a couple of years.

    Let’s also not forget that the CPC can’t be bothered to enforce the rule against bikes and “bikes” on pedestrian paths — this is in addition getting rid of red lights on the loop.

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    deegee
    deegee
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Safety1st

    this is complete nonsense. where do you get this from?

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    Tired
    Tired
    10 months ago

    It seems like every time there’s a crime, the post section is deluged by hand wringing and exclamations of horror and fear. While crime is regrettable, NYC is NOT going to get any safer than it is now and the cliched remarks about all being lost suggest that some would be better suited to small town life in Vermont.

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    deegee
    deegee
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Tired

    its really turning into the comments section of the post.

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    JODY GRECO
    JODY GRECO
    10 months ago

    It seems that these stories tend to blame the old mayor,the new Mayer and/or the cops If they are kids, what about the parents? And why are there so many angry people out there?

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    Jane
    Jane
    10 months ago
    Reply to  JODY GRECO

    I blame Oscar Meyer.

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