- New York City had its first weekend without a shooting or a homicide in 25 years, the New York Police Department said on Monday.
- The last Friday-Saturday-Sunday time period during which no shootings occurred across all five of New York City’s Burroughs happened in 1993.
New York City had its first weekend without a shooting or a homicide in 25 years, the New York Police Department announced Monday.
“We went Friday, Saturday, Sunday without any shootings and homicides,” NYPD Chief James O’Neill told reporters. “That’s the first time in decades, and that’s something not just the NYPD, but all New Yorkers can be proud of.”
The last Friday-Saturday-Sunday time period during which no shootings occurred across all five of New York City’s Burroughs happened in 1993.
In 2017, New York City saw fewer than 300 killings for the entire year, the New York Post reported at the end of December, marking the fewest of those crimes in nearly 70 years.
There were 292 murders in the New York City in 2017, down from the 334 murders that occurred in 2016.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio lauded the department for that in January: "No one believed it was possible to get under 300 murders," he said, referring to the 2017 numbers. "The NYPD reached the goal that no one thought possible."
For 2018, the number of murders in the nation's largest city is on the rise, The Wall Street Journal reported in June.
New York City saw 147 murders between January 1 and June 30, 2018, an 8% increase from the number of murders during the same time period last year, The Journal wrote, citing data compiled by the city.
