New York Mayor Eric Adams has acknowledged that some of the illegal immigrants that have been coming to the city in droves have added to what he described as a “robbery pattern,” although he went far from pinning the blame for a rise in some types of crime on illegal immigrants.
The Democrat mayor made the admission during a media briefing on Jan. 2, during which his topline message was that overall crime is down, jobs are up, and more tourists are visiting the Big Apple.
“In 2023, overall crime went down. We saw a drop in five of the seven major crime categories, including a 12 percent decline in homicides, and 25 percent decrease in shootings,” he said, noting that a personal bugbear of his—the high number of rat complaints—has also dropped.The overall crime index fell by 3 percent in October 2023 from the same period a year ago, according to recent crime data from the New York Police Department. However, both felony assaults and grand larceny auto (GLA) rose by 6.9 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively.
