Articles about “assaults”

The police have now identified the man who has allegedly assaulted eight people—all Asian—and stolen their cellphones and money. The NYPD says that Jason Commisso, 34, is their main suspect. Police say that Commisso has struck...

Given that ridership is at record highs, the MTA and police are proud that subway crime is down from a year ago, according to statistics obtained by the New York Post. Overall, crime is down almost 13%...

Robberies are down a little more than 8% from a year ago, but the New York Post reports that some spots around town have seen stunning jumps in the incidence rate of muggings. In 18 of 76 precincts in NYC, robberies are heading up rather than down, like in the rest of the city. Assaults, however, are static citywide--increasing from 15,025 to 15,097 which is statistically insignificant. The increase in robberies is anomalous mostly because...