Another tragic shooting in New York City over the weekend, this one in Times Square, with three people injured, including a 4-year-old girl, confirmed what the statistics already show: The Big Apple has a crime problem, and city officials are making it worse.

Within the first few months of this year, New York City saw 120 murders, a 9.1% increase over the same period in 2020. More than 400 people have been shot in the city since January, an 83.3% increase from 2020 and a 93.5% increase from 2019. Just a couple of weeks ago, the New York Police Department reported that shootings had tripled.