More than 80% of pistol-packing perps were put back on the streets after getting busted for gun possession in New York City this year, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday.
“When it comes to guns, this year, 2,386 people were arrested with a gun. Of those, approximately 1,921 are out on the street,” Adams said during a news conference on bail reform and recidivism.
“Arrested with a gun, out on the street.”
Adams added: “Gun arrests in custody: 19.5%. Out of custody: over 80%.”
“How do you take a gun law seriously when the overwhelming numbers are back on the streets after carrying a gun?” I have asked.
Adams also highlighted the number of gun suspects who’ve been re-arrested — and re-released.
“This year, 165 people were arrested with a second gun charge,” he said.
“Of those, 82 — out on the street. Not one arrest but two gun arrests — back out on the street,” he smoked.
Major Eric Adams questioned how anyone could take a gun law seriously if they are released from custody so quickly.NYC Special Narcotics ProsecutorAround 80% of perps for gun arrests are released to the streets. Robert Miller
Adams didn’t specify how many defendants were released without bail or how many posted bail to get sprung.
All gun-possession charges are eligible for bail under New York law, which requires judges to impose the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure defendants return to court.
In 2019, the year before the state’s controversial bail reform law took effect, “we arrested 80 people for a gun crime who had an open gun arrest,” Adams said.
Adams has continuously challenged state lawmakers on bail reform. Robert Miller
In 2021, he said, “the number was 259” — more than three times as many.
Adams also said that in 2019, 20 people arrested in shootings already had pending gun-possession charges but that last year, the number spiked nearly fourfold, to 77.
Also during Wednesday’s news conference at One Police Plaza, NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri said, “We like to talk about credible messengers when we work with our social service providers … to deliver the message to the crew member about stop the violence. ”
But Lipetri said that “the credible messenger today in New York City is the crew member that was arrested with a gun yesterday, that’s out today, that’s telling that crew, ‘Well, look at me, I can carry a gun in New York City .’”
Lipetri said the NYPD was investigating 716 suspected of committing 30% of the roughly 2,400 shootings that have taken place since 2021.
“Of those individuals, 54% — almost 385 — today have an open felony,” he said.
Manhattan Rep. Carolyn Maloney doubled down Wednesday on her view that President Biden won’t seek re-election — even as she said she would back him if he did.
“I don’t believe he’s running for re-election,” Maloney declared Tuesday night during the NY1 three-way Democratic primary debate for New York’s 12th congressional district against Rep. Jerry Nadler and lawyer Suraj Patel.
Maloney’s surprise statement became national news and has become a talking point for Republicans that proof that Biden is washed up.
But it wasn’t just Maloney.
Nadler, who — because of court-ordered redistricting mandated after illegal gerrymandering by state Democrats — chose to fight it out with his one-time ally Maloney, also showed a lack of confidence in the commander in chief.
And he would not commit to supporting Biden’s re-election.
“Too early to say. Doesn’t serve the purpose of the Democratic Party to, to deal with that until after the midterms,” Nadler said in the debate.
By comparison, Patel simply said “yes” that he supports Biden’s re-election.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks during New York’s 12th Congressional District Democratic primary debate.Mary Altaffer/AP
Maloney, during an interview with The Post Wednesday, stood by her surprise remark that Biden, 79, won’t seek re-election. Biden’s approval ratings are at record lows in recent polls.
“That’s my personal opinion,” she said.
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But a day later, Maloney sought to soften the blow, saying she would support Biden if he does run for a second term.
“If President Biden runs again, I will support him,” said Maloney, who has served in Congress since 1993.
“I’m glad Biden ran for president and defeated President Trump. He’s a great president.”
Political analysts said Maloney stated the obvious about what many Democrats are thinking privately about Biden, 79.
“It tells you that Democrats are very worried about a Joe Biden campaign in 2024 and what it could do to their chances of keeping the House,” said consultant Hank Sheinkopf.
“If we judge by today his poll numbers today, they’re atrocious and the sense that things are out of control and mismanaged is clear. It seems it would take an act of god to bring inflation down and lower gas prices in order to make Biden look like he’s in charge again – whether it’s his fault or not – and it looks like he’s not.
Sheinkopf said the video of Maloney and Nadler’s lack of enthusiasm for Biden is a “very good anti-Biden ad” for Republicans.
“Republicans will be able to use the video from that debate in races around the country by saying: `even if these people don’t want him!.’”
Rep. Maloney backtracked her statement, saying that she would support Biden if he chooses to run again. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Stu Loeser, who served as press secretary for former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, tweeted Tuesday night, “If lifelong professional liberal Dems in one of the deepest blue districts in the US can’t support the Democratic agenda, then….”
“Right on cue, the not-even-that-good oppo team at the RNC weaponizes this against Biden. That’s the downside.”
Perhaps sensing the political damage her remarks inflicted on Biden, Maloney also issued a statement on twitter.
“I will absolutely support President Biden, if he decides to run for re-election,” she said. “Biden’s leadership securing historic investments for healthcare, climate & economic justice prove once again why he is the strong and effective leader we need right now.”
“I urge all Democrats to stay united & focused on working towards winning the midterms,” she added.
Nadler also expounded on his non-endorsement of a second Biden term Wednesday, saying it was not intended as a snub.
“Anyone watching last night’s debate would have heard my extremely effusive comments about President Biden’s performance during historically trying times. As I have said many times, I strongly support the president,” Nadler said told The Post.
“My point in response to a yes or no question about the 2024 election was simply that a discussion about anything else then the historic midterm election this year is a distraction from our important work of keeping our House and Senate majorities and protecting our democracy.”
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Jerry Nadler and attorney Suraj Patel debate during New York’s 12th Congressional District Democratic primary debate. Mary Altaffer/AP
But Patel, during an MSNBC interview Wednesday, accused Maloney and Nadler of throwing the president “under the bus.”
“What the heck are you thinking, giving Republicans talking points ammo and making an ageist argument against your own president,” Patel said.
“Fact of the matter is, Joseph Robinette Biden was the only one capable of beating Donald Trump… He will after this climate bill, be the most accomplished President since Lyndon Baines Johnson. And as commander in chief, he has put Putin in a box.”
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-Bronx-Queens) previously said she “will cross that bridge when we get to it” when asked about Biden’s re-election, saying she would first focus on helping Democrats preserve their House majority in the mid -term elections.
Other House Democratic members from New York had no immediate comment.
Towering cranes and scaffolding dominate inner-city Brisbane right now with major infrastructure projects like the Cross River Rail, Brisbane Metro and Queen’s Wharf set to change the face of the CBD.
The developments are also occurring in some of the oldest parts of the city.
Then on Wednesday morning, traffic gridlock and hours-long delays gripped the CBD after contractors working on the city’s new bus network, Brisbane Metro, discovered a “void” below Adelaide Street.
Brisbane City Councillor Ryan Murphy said a decision was made “out of an abundance of caution” to close the stretch between George Street and North Quay, to ensure no vehicles drove over the weak point.
Could this happen again as the city develops?
This is what those in the know say about what could have caused the “void” and the likelihood of it happening again.
What is a void and how common are they?
Put simply, it’s a hole.
Professor David Williams, director of the Geotechnical Engineering Center at the University of Queensland, said in this instance a void “is a loss of support below the ground surface leading to surface settlement”.
“Most people would agree it’s not that common, we don’t usually have the whole of Brisbane brought to a standstill because … a void is revealed,” Professor Williams said.
“It’s more likely a bit of a one-off — it makes sense that it’s related to the construction activity.”
Professor David Williams says voids are uncommon. (Supplied: Professor David Williams )
A void is also referred to as “ground subsidence”.
It can cause major disruption to roads, resulting in fracture, unevenness, and in some cases, sinkholes.
What happened under Adelaide Street?
The exact cause of yesterday’s void is yet to be determined, but Mr Murphy said it was “uncovered through excavation works”.
“We don’t know how long it was there, we don’t know exactly the cause.
“Workers were doing vacuum excavation … which found a void below one of the traffic lanes on Adelaide Street,” he told ABC Radio Brisbane.
“Some free-flowing material … flowed onto our work site which caused a slight sag in the road.
“Essentially a void [was] created, and that void needed to be filled before we could safely reopen that road – this is not a tunnel collapse.”
Professor Williams said “it’s a little unclear” whether the “excavation activity revealed or caused the void.”
Adelaide Street is subject to heavy traffic and was partially closed as a precaution.(ABC News: Lucas Hill)
What could have caused a void?
Tom Brown from the Rail Tram and Bus Union questioned Brisbane City Council’s explanation.
“The story doesn’t seem to stack up to me, because if there was a void underneath Adelaide Street surely the city’s engineers would’ve picked it up with the ultrasounds when they were marking up this job,” Mr Brown said.
“The report I got was they had over-excavated … taken too much dirt out and they obviously weakened the street structure and what council later called a subsidence occurred, which means that Adelaide Street sank.”
Mr Murphy told ABC Radio Brisbane that claim was “categorically untrue”.
“There was no over-excavation,” he said.
While intense rainfall or flooding can create road cavities, Professor Williams said this was a highly unlikely cause.
“It’s not due to surface creeks being revealed, there’s been no flooding associated with this – it’s too high an elevation to be related to flooding in this case.
“It could be related to old buildings or old building foundations, or foundations that were impacted by construction works.”
“People [council] should give as accurate a description of the cause of things like this to allay public anxiety and so on, people are entitled to know what the causes are,” he said.
How big was the void?
Workers have now backfilled the subsidence with quick-dry concrete but the council have not said how big it was.
“I don’t have the exact detail of that,” Mr Murphy said.
“It wasn’t the size of a car or anything like that, the sag in the road was minimal, but obviously this is a street that takes heavy vehicles.
“We weren’t in a position to reopen that [the street] to traffic until the afternoon.”
A void found under the Brisbane CBD is very unlikely to occur again. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)
Could it happen again?
Mr Murphy said the chances of another void being discovered are “very, very low”.
“We are taking steps to ensure this cannot happen again.
“[But] this is one of Brisbane’s oldest streets, it’s built on top of a swamp so the ground conditions under Adelaide Street are very challenging.
“We know that there have been a number of things under there that we weren’t expecting when we went in, things like a road that was built over in the 1970s, the footings of convict buildings – this is a challenging site.”
Longshot challenger Suraj Patel came out swinging in the Democratic primary debate for the race to represent Manhattan’s Upper West and Upper East sides, saying it’s time to retire septuagenarian Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney.
The call for new blood from the 38-year-old came right after Nadler stumbled badly through his own opening statement.
“It’s 2022. It’s time to turn the page on 1992,” Patel, 38, said in a swipe at Nadler, 75, and Maloney, 76, during his introductory statement in the debate co-sponsored by NY1 and WNYC.
Nadler’s delivery was halting during his initial presentation and he missedpoke and often seemed unable to come up with the right words.
And then Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, uttered a real whopper, proclaiming, “I’ve impeached Bush twice.”
He was referring to his oversight of the politically divisive impeachments of former President Donald Trump, who he confused with either the 41st or 43rd presidents.
Nadler’s bumbling seemed to prove Patel’s point.
Nadler stumbled several times, and even said he impeached “Bush” twice.AP/Mary Altaffer, Pool
“Nineteen-nineties Democrats have lost about every major battle to Mitch McConnell and the Republicans,” said Patel, referring to the Senate Republican leader from Kentucky.
Meanwhile, Nadler sat down during the entire 90 minute session while Maloney and Patel stood at their lectures.
Nadler had many other verbal stumbles throughout the debate and at one point when the moderators offered him a chance to respond since his name had been brought up by an opponent, he seemed stunned and had nothing to say.
At one point, WNYC moderator Brigid Bergin asked Nadler about the importance of seniority and how he and Maloney differed on policies, two related but different questions.
Nadler answered that seniority is important if used effectively, but forget about the Maloney comparison.
“The second one, the second question, what was the second one?” Nadler asked.
Maloney made waves for a different reason during the debate: She predicted that President Biden, 79, would not run for re-election.
“I don’t believe he’s running for re-election,” Maloney said.
Nadler, meanwhile, would not commit to supporting Biden’s reelection and would only answer, “It’s too early to say,” when asked.
Patel, who had made a point of noting that his opponents are too old to be reelected to the House, nevertheless said “yes” to supporting the 79-year-old Biden’s re-election.
On foreign affairs, all three candidates supported House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan and said the Biden administration should not give in to China’s bullying it.
Maloney claimed she was more effective in office than Nadler, saying she delivered the Second Avenue subway for her district while Nadler’s proposed rail freight tunnel hasn’t gotten off the ground. Nadler claimed he helped secure funding for the Second Avenue subway.
Maloney was on the defensive about her prior concerns over whether vaccines contributed to autism, a position she has since abandoned.
Maloney and Nadler each were elected and have served together in Congress for 30 years, first elected in the early 1990s.
Nadler was a former state assemblyman before his election to the House. Maloney chairs the House Oversight Committee and formerly served in the City Council.
Suraj Patel is a 38-year-old Democrat calling for Nadler and Maloney’s retirements.SpectrumNews NY
Patel, a self-described “Obama Democrat” and lawyer whose family runs a hotel business, is making his third run in the 12th congressional district.
The Democrats’ gerrymandering debacle ended up pitting Maloney and Nadler — longtime allies — against each other.
Judges knocked out the Democrat-drawn maps — which Republicans derided as the “Hochulmander” because Gov. Kathy Hochul approved them — finding them unconstitutional.
As a result, a court-ordered special master merged Maloney’s East Side turf with Nadler’s West Side base, and Nadler wasted no time, immediately declaring he’d run in Maloney’s district, guaranteeing at least one of the aged incumbents will be out of a job next year.
Nadler decided to run in the 12th CD against Maloney instead of the 10th District, which he currently represents, because the reconfigured 10th cut out his Upper West Side turf and took in communities in brownstone and southern Brooklyn, a swath of the city he has never .
The primary will be held on Aug. 23 with early voting beginning on August 13.
A new Siena College poll shows Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul with a 14-point lead over Republican nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
When asked who they’d “vote for today” if Hochul and Zeldin were the candidates for their respective parties, 53% of respondents said they’d vote for the governor while 39% said they would vote for Zeldin.
Another 7% said they “don’t know” or had no opinion and 2% said they would not vote for governor at all.
“Hochul dominates in New York City, leading by nearly 50 points, while Zeldin has slim 3-point leads both upstate and in the downstate suburbs,” pollster Steven Greenberg said.
Political experts say a pathway to victory for Zeldin requires winning at least 30% of the vote in Democrat-dominated New York City while winning big in the surrounding suburbs and upstate.
The incumbent governor is up in every demographic category based on race, age and income in the survey of 806 likely voters conducted July 24 to July 28.
Women are favoring Hochul by a whopping 26 points while Hochul and Zeldin have 46% support each among men.
While 36% of New Yorkers believe the Empire State is heading in the right direction, just 19% say they same about the country – an all-time high that could help Republicans like Zeldin campaign on such issues as historically high inflation.
Gov. Kathy Hochul dominates in New York City, leading by nearly 50 points.Matthew McDermottPresident Joe Biden is receiving mixed reviews from the Democratic Party.Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker
New Yorkers are split on Democratic President Joe Biden, who is rated as favorable and unfavorable by 46% of respondents to the Siena poll.
The results of the poll are similar to a separate survey released Tuesday morning by Emerson College Polling, which showed Hochul with a 16-point edge over Zeldin, with similar margins separating the candidates in New York City and other regions of the state.
While Zeldin appears to be falling short of his electoral targets, he appears better positioned at this point in the race compared to other recent GOP nominees.
A 2018 Siena poll showed Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, a Republican, was 22 points behind Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo weeks after they won their respective party primaries, held in September that year.
NY State Congressman and 2022 candidate for governor Lee Zeldin has slim 3-point leads both upstate and in the downstate suburbs.J. Messerschmidt/NY Post
“While Democrats have taken the last four gubernatorial elections, Zeldin’s current 14-point deficit matches the closest Republicans have come in those races, when Andrew Cuomo defeated Rob Astorino 54-40% in 2014. In August 2014, Cuomo led Astorino by 32 points , 58-26%,” Greenberg said in the press release.
But Zeldin has ground to make up if he wants to replicate the success of George Pataki, the last Republican to serve as governor.
Republican challenger George Pataki led Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo by 3 points statewide – with an 11-point edge in New York City – in an October 1994 poll conducted by The New York Times/WCBS-TV News ahead of Pataki’s upset victory over the three-term incumbent that November.
Other GOP candidates on the statewide ticket in November 2022 appear to face even longer odds than Zeldin of becoming the first Republican to win a statewide election since Pataki won his third term in office in 2002.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading in his race.Rod Lamkey / CNP / MediaPunch
US Sen. Chuck Schumer and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli have 21-point leads in their respective races against Republican nominee Joe Pinion, a former Newsmax host, and banker Paul Rodriguez, according to the Siena poll.
State Attorney General Letitia James is 14 points ahead of commercial litigator Michael Henry in her own reelection bid.
Hochul has raised more than $34 million in her bid to become the first woman to get elected governor after taking over last August for ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned amid multiple scandals.
Campaign finance disclosures filed in mid-July show her with $11.7 million on hand to spend for the campaign ahead compared to $1.6 million for Zeldin.
Hochul has advocated for stricter gun control after a major Supreme Court decision last month. AP/Philip Kamrass
In recent months, she has campaigned heavily on abortion rights and gun control following controversial decisions by the US Supreme Court that might be weighing down Republicans’ chances in the Empire State this November.
“Although a small majority of Republicans support the Dobbs decision, it is opposed by 89% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and at least of 62% of voters from every region, age group, gender, and race,” Greenberg said in reference to the recent SCOTUS decision on abortion.
“Support for the new law expanding eligibility requirements to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon – background checks with character references and firearms safety training courses – is through the roof with all demographic groups,” he added about new state laws passed following another ruling striking down long time New York rules on carrying concealed weapons.
The random box-cutter attack on an Asian woman in Times Square was a hate crime, cops said Tuesday – as they busted and charged the suspect in the case.
Anthony Evans, 30 was allegedly caught on shocking video slashing the 59-year-old seamstress Sunday morning as she was walking along Seventh Avenue near West 42nd Street in Manhattan.
The 30-year-old suspect was arrested around 8:45 am Tuesday and now faces raps of assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police could not immediately say what specifically raised the case to hate-crime status. The NYPD had released Evans’ photo Monday evening and named him as a suspect.
Anthony Evans, 30, has been linked to the random slashing of a woman in Times Square early Sunday.NYPD
The victim – who has lived in the city for decades – was pulling a shopping trolley down the block when the suspect walked up behind her, raised the weapon in the air and slashed the blade down on her right hand, footage previously released by police shows .
Evans fled the scene afterward, cops said.
The victim’s 23-year-old daughter, who asked that her name not be used, told The Post on Monday that the assault left her mother “traumatized.
Footage shows the moment the alleged slasher, identified as Anthony Evans, 30, attacked the 59-year-old woman without provocation on Seventh Avenue near West 42nd Street.NYPDThe 59-year-old victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.Paul MartinkaThe victim’s daughter said she was left traumatized by the event.
“It was a very violent event, a very violent thing to do,” the daughter said. “I wouldn’t wish this upon anybody — even my worst enemies.
“I hope it wasn’t for malicious reasons,” the daughter said.
“I just want to make sure that it’s clear that we don’t know what is the motivation behind the attack,” she added. “If it’s mental health-related, I hope [the suspect is] find and receive[s] the necessary treatment. If the perpetrator had malicious reasons, I hope they’re found and prosecuted.”
A new Siena College poll shows Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul with a 14-point lead over Republican nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
“Hochul dominates in New York City, leading by nearly 50 points, while Zeldin has slim 3-point leads both upstate and in the downstate suburbs,” pollster Steven Greenberg said.
Political experts say a pathway to victory for Zeldin requires winning at least 30% of the vote in Democrat-dominated New York City while winning big in the surrounding suburbs and upstate.
The incumbent governor is up in every demographic category based on race, age and income in the survey of 806 likely voters conducted July 24 to July 28.
Women are favoring Hochul by a whopping 26 points while Hochul and Zeldin have 46% support each among men.
While 36% of New Yorkers believe the Empire State is heading in the right direction, just 19% say they same about the country – an all-time high that could help Republicans like Zeldin campaign on such issues as historically high inflation.
Gov. Kathy Hochul dominates in New York City, leading by nearly 50 points.Matthew McDermottPresident Joe Biden is receiving mixed reviews from the Democratic Party.Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker
New Yorkers are split on Democratic President Joe Biden, who is rated as favorable and unfavorable by 46% of respondents to the Siena poll.
The results of the poll are similar to a separate survey released Tuesday morning by Emerson College Polling, which showed Hochul with a 16-point edge over Zeldin, with similar margins separating the candidates in New York City and other regions of the state.
While Zeldin appears to be falling short of his electoral targets, he appears better positioned at this point in the race compared to other recent GOP nominees.
A 2018 Siena poll showed Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, a Republican, was 22 points behind Democratic incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo weeks after they won their respective party primaries, held in September that year.
NY State Congressman and 2022 candidate for governor Lee Zeldin has slim 3-point leads both upstate and in the downstate suburbs.J. Messerschmidt/NY Post
“While Democrats have taken the last four gubernatorial elections, Zeldin’s current 14-point deficit matches the closest Republicans have come in those races, when Andrew Cuomo defeated Rob Astorino 54-40% in 2014. In August 2014, Cuomo led Astorino by 32 points , 58-26%,” Greenberg said in the press release.
But Zeldin has ground to make up if he wants to replicate the success of George Pataki, the last Republican to serve as governor.
Republican challenger George Pataki led Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo by 3 points statewide – with an 11-point edge in New York City – in an October 1994 poll conducted by The New York Times/WCBS-TV News ahead of Pataki’s upset victory over the three-term incumbent that November.
Other GOP candidates on the statewide ticket in November 2022 appear to face even longer odds than Zeldin of becoming the first Republican to win a statewide election since Pataki won his third term in office in 2002.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is leading in his race.Rod Lamkey / CNP / MediaPunch
US Sen. Chuck Schumer and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli have 21-point leads in their respective races against Republican nominee Joe Pinion, a former Newsmax host, and banker Paul Rodriguez, according to the Siena poll.
State Attorney General Letitia James is 14 points ahead of commercial litigator Michael Henry in her own reelection bid.
Hochul has raised more than $34 million in her bid to become the first woman to get elected governor after taking over last August for ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned amid multiple scandals.
Campaign finance disclosures filed in mid-July show her with $11.7 million on hand to spend for the campaign ahead compared to $1.6 million for Zeldin.
Hochul has advocated for stricter gun control after a major Supreme Court decision last month. AP/Philip Kamrass
In recent months, she has campaigned heavily on abortion rights and gun control following controversial decisions by the US Supreme Court that might be weighing down Republicans’ chances in the Empire State this November.
“Although a small majority of Republicans support the Dobbs decision, it is opposed by 89% of Democrats, 60% of independents, and at least of 62% of voters from every region, age group, gender, and race,” Greenberg said in reference to the recent SCOTUS decision on abortion.
“Support for the new law expanding eligibility requirements to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon – background checks with character references and firearms safety training courses – is through the roof with all demographic groups,” he added about new state laws passed following another ruling striking down long time New York rules on carrying concealed weapons.
A woman was randomly slashed by a man with a boxcutter as she walked down a Midtown street Sunday, police said.
The 59-year-old victim was sliced in the right hand by the man who crept up behind her on Seventh Avenue near West 42nd Street in an unprovoked attack around 10 am, according to cops.
Dramatic video shared by the NYPD shows the suspect a few steps behind the woman as she pulls a shopping trolley down the block.
He raises the blade in the air, with his arm outstretched towards the sky, before suddenly lunging at the woman and slashing the blade down on her right hand.
The man uttered no words before stabbing the woman’s hand, police said.
The woman was transported to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
The suspect, meanwhile, fled eastbound on East 42nd Street before cops arrived.
The criminal shared no words before slashing the victim’s hand.Paul MartinkaThe 59-year-old victim was sliced in the right hand by the suspect. Paul MartinkaVideo shows the man raising a blade in the air and slashing the woman.DCPI
Police are asking anyone with information in regard to the incident to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
A fiend tried to rape a woman as she walked her small dog on a Brooklyn sidewalk Saturday morning, cops say.
Video footage released by the NYPD shows the attacker approaching his 30-year-old victim from behind around 8:30 am near Woodbine Street and Ridgewood Place in Bushwick and place her in a chokehold.
He then wrestles her to the sidewalk behind a parked car.
The woman’s dog can be seen frantically barking as the man gets on top of the woman, footage shows.
Police said the perp continued to strangle the victim and assault her over her clothing before he fled east on Woodbine Street.
“This scumbag literally placed her in a chokehold and pushed her to the ground and almost choked her unconscious,” a police source told The Post on Sunday.
The victim originally turned down medical attention but was later treated at Interfaith Medical Center, police said.
She sustained a cut to her neck and bruising and swelling to both eyes, a police source said.
The victim was walking her dog before the suspect began to attack.NYPDThe man wrestles the woman to the ground attempting to rape her.NYPDThe man strangled the woman in daylight.NYPDI have fled east on Woodbine Street.NYPD
The suspect was described as about 30 years old and 5’8″ with a medium build, police said. He had his black hair in dreads, a mustache and chin hair, police said.
He was last seen wearing a black ball cap with a rose design on the front and also had on a black t-shirt, shorts and sneakers, according to authorities.
Anyone with information can call NYPD’s Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-75-PISTA.
The Gucci-loving Brooklyn bishop robbed during a livestreamed service bizarrely re-enacted the crime at his prayer meeting Sunday — including by hitting the floor as if taking cover again.
“I need you to get back in position when the three men came in here with them guns out. I gotta get back into position, ”flamboyant Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead said, addressing his congregation of him, including those watching him on Zoom, as he made a“ voosh ”sound and stepped behind his podium.
“As I began to preach, I saw the door open,” Miller-Whitehead, 44, recalled of last week’s million-dollar-plus jewelry heist. “And I looked, and I said, ‘OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK.’
The bishop — who denied Friday that the sensational crime was part of any purported insurance scam — added, “As I got down on the floor, I told my church, ‘Y’all get out.’ “
That’s when he splayed his body out on the floor for dramatic effect, according to video captured by The Post.
Miller-Whitehead, who has an alleged history of grifting and served time in prison for identity theft and grand larceny, lost more than an estimated $1 million in jewelry in the incident.
Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead re-enacted how he reacted when he was robbed during a sermon last week.Gregory P MangoMiller-Whitehead denied that the sensational crime was part of any purported insurance scam.Gregory P MangoThe robbers took a $75,000 Rolex watch, $75,000 Cavalier watch and several crosses worth tens of thousands of dollars each.
The bishop told his congregants Sunday that God would bring him back “double” what he lost, likening himself to the Bible’s King David when David faced off the Amalekites and saw his wives captured.
“Don’t think that God allows somebody to come here and steal something for him not to give us double. This is what the Bible says,” Miller-Whitehead said. “David recovered all.”
The gold-and-gem-dripping clergyman — who tools around in luxury vehicles such as a Rolls Royce — has battled back against critics who claim his high-flying lifestyle made him a ripe target for crooks.
Miller-Whitehead owns several luxurious items, including a Rolls Royce car.Gregory P Mango
The bishop has blamed the caught-on-video robbery in part on media coverage of his cozy relationship with Mayor Eric Adams.
The robbers’ massive haul last week included a $75,000 Rolex watch, $75,000 Cavalier watch and several crosses worth tens of thousands of dollars each.
“Fendi, Louis, and Gucci, why can’t we wear that in church? What’s wrong with that? the pastor said at a press conference last week.
The robbery was caught on the live stream camera.
It also surfaced last week that Miller-Whitehead is the target of a lawsuit accusing him of bilking a parishioner out of her $90,000 life savings in 2020.
Mayor Adams has defended his relationship with the clergyman, with Hizzoner saying he has an “obligation to mentor other black men that had negative encounters in their lives and other people in general.”
