Times Square shooting shows NYC is helpless to deal with its crime problem

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.