NYPD’s 2022 crime statistics were grim—especially for New York youths who have increasingly become both the city’s criminals and its victims. By last year’s fourth quarter, one in 10 shooting victims were under 18. And while fewer than five percent of New Yorkers are 15 to 17 years old, according to those latest stats teens under 18 are responsible for roughly 15 to 20% of robberies and felonious thefts. Things are now so bad that the NYPD is expanding its in-school officers program following a string of recent shootings.
A significant obstacle to dealing with escalating youth crime is New York’s “Raise the Age” (RTA) law, which is coming up on its fifth anniversary.
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W. Dyer Halpern is an attorney who previously served as chief of the tax and fraud unit in the investigations division of the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, where he worked for 14 years. Based on a recent MI report.
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