With gun violence up, NYC shifting 330 cops to high-crime locations
Summer All Out program to return
After reports showed an increase in shootings and homicides in New York City this year, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference on Tuesday that NYPD would be moving resources towards problem areas for the summer.
He stressed that overall crime in New York City is down 6.6 percent, calling it a “remarkable achievement” coming on top of last year’s crime reduction.
However, the mayor said, “There has been obviously an uptick in homicides and shootings. It is something we take very, very seriously. It’s something we’re addressing right now … That is why NYPD is moving, as we speak, resources and energy toward the problem areas.”