Mayor Eric Adams continues to fight rising crime rates in the Big Apple.
For the 18th time in a little more than two years, yet another New Yorker lost his life in yet another senseless act of deadly violence on the subway.
Last weekend’s victim was finance professional Daniel Enriquez, 48. And, as is so often the case, the 25-year-old man charged with his murder, per The Post, is a career criminal with at least 19 prior arrests since 2015 — who was released after his most recent arrest, in April, despite prosecutors asking the judge to set bail at $15,000.
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell described the suspect as “another repeat offender who was given every leeway by the criminal-justice system.”
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Rafael A. Mangual is a senior fellow and head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Follow him on Twitter here.
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