Dont trust Gov. Hochuls sneaky crime reduction claims shes cooked the books

Gov.Hochul issued a deceptively worded statement last week touting substantial “reductions” in crime across New York state in 2024.“Shootings Down 26% to Date,” it bragged.

“Lowest Number of Shooting Incidents with Injury Since 2006.” “Gun Violence in New York State is at its lowest point since 2006.”“Here is the data, despite what you’re hearing from the fear-mongers out there today,” Hochul claimed in a press conference she called to celebrate her news.“Murder and gun crime rates are down lower than they’ve been in 60 years.”Well, as a proud “truth-monger,” I must correct the governor on her “data.” First, the numbers the governor cited came from only 28 of the more than 500 police departments in the entire state. The report she cheered carries on every page the bold-faced notation, “Current data are preliminary and are subject to change” — reminiscent of the federal government’s recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment revisions and the FBI’s corrected crime data.Moreover, those 28 police departments cover just 4.3 million, or 22%, of the state’s 20 million people.Notably, the report Hochul relied on doesn’t cover a single county in New York City, all of which have Democratic district attorneys.It was obvious that the governor hastily issued this misleadingly worded press release to assist Democratic candidates, who are being hammered on crime and quality-of-life issues, in their races against Republicans for seats in CongressBut the vast majority of the people in the 28 police departments whose stats she cited — 78% — live in counties with Republican district attorneys. In other words, people living in counties and towns with Republican DAs are doing very well crime-wise, thank you. Hochul singled out seven police departments in particular for achieving the greatest crime reductions: Nassau County, Suffolk County, Utica, Troy, Niagara Falls, Rochester and Syracuse.

Six of those seven work with Repub...