{"id":5626,"date":"2022-02-28T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/?p=5626"},"modified":"2022-04-25T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:27:57","slug":"grace-responds-to-mayor-adamss-crime-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/grace-responds-to-mayor-adamss-crime-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Responds to Mayor Adams’s Crime Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Media provided by Managing Editor, Naaz Valvani ’22.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Jan. 1, with the new year fresh upon us, former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio completed his eight-year term, making way for the new mayor: Eric Adams. While campaigning, Adams made it clear that his administration would prioritize tackling crime after a sharp increase during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the NYPD<\/a>, as a result of the pandemic, shootings nearly doubled from 777 to 1,531 and murders increased 44% from 319 to 462 from 2019 to 2020. The numbers continued to rise with January 2022 seeing a 38.5% overall violent and nonviolent crime increase compared to January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an announcement on Jan. 24, Mr. Adams revealed his \u201cBlueprint to End Gun Violence<\/a>\u201d aimed to accomplish  just that: \u201cWe will start by putting more officers on patrol in key neighborhoods throughout the city,\u201d Mr. Adams said in the video released by the NYC Mayor\u2019s Office<\/a>. \u201cWe will launch these additional teams in the next three weeks with deep focus on 30 precincts where 80% of violence occurs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Adams also noted that he will deploy a non-uniformed anti-crime unit in said neighborhoods, a heavily controversial idea amongst New Yorkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite many Grace students living in relatively low-crime neighborhoods like Tribeca, the Upper East Side, and Midtown Manhattan, Adams\u2019s policies affect everyone — particularly the students and faculty of GCS who commute to school and back home on the subway. Mr. Adams recently proposed to police subways heavily in response to a 28% increase in assaults<\/a> from 2020 to 2021.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about his thoughts on Adams\u2019s proposition to increase police patrol on trains, Jackson H. \u201823 mentioned that he is \u201cgenerally supportive\u201d of the Mayor\u2019s plan, claiming, \u201cI think this is a good, targeted strategy.\u201d However, he is cautious to give his full support, noting that, \u201cthe specifics of how he\u2019s going to do this aren\u2019t clear.\u201d Yet, Jackson concluded that Adams\u2019s proposition to police subways more heavily \u201cwill make subways safer overall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other members of the community expressed some concern with a possible return to the \u2018stop and frisk\u2019 days of New York: the heavily racialized and unsuccessful attempt to keep the city safer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Kallan Wood, Dean of the Class of 2023, pronounced, \u201cWith Adams\u2019s plans, I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know if they are a good idea,\u201d she said. She wonders about the effectiveness of the increased police presence. \u201cSometimes having police around can make you feel more safe and sometimes it can do the opposite.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, in one of Mr. Adams’s new initiatives, a combination of police and health care workers have been patrolling the subways in a quest to help more homeless people find shelter. By the last week of February, the New York Times<\/a> reported there has been a noticeable decline in the homeless population in the subways, and Mr. Adams hopes the new patrols will lead to fewer unprovoked attacks throughout the underground system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There seems to be a level of uncertainty coming from the GCS community about Mayor Adams, and specifically his plans to increase police presence. No one can predict the outcome of his plans, and only time will tell the success or failure of his administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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