In 2020 New York City’s [[homicide]] rate was at a five-year high; the number of shooting victims was up over 42 percent through June 21, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. The number of shootings in the first three weeks of June 2020 was over twice that of the same period in 2019, making this June the city’s bloodiest in nearly a quarter century, according to the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/</ref> | In 2020 New York City’s [[homicide]] rate was at a five-year high; the number of shooting victims was up over 42 percent through June 21, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. The number of shootings in the first three weeks of June 2020 was over twice that of the same period in 2019, making this June the city’s bloodiest in nearly a quarter century, according to the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref>https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nycs-criminal-justice-system-is-imploding-nypd-boss-says-as-homicides-hit-5-year-high/2483376/</ref> |