Your information isn't accurate. I don't declare anything fake. The uninformed assume as part of their argument. NYPD just released year over year as of Jan 23 stats. Overall index crime is up 1.4% and felony assault is up 14.9%. Anytime someone is actually victimized is, in fact, terrifying. Just ask the victim. That's different than keyboard declarations that are just, false.

Your article is old, from 2022, and it's opinion that talks about only homicide. Crime can be more commonly about assaults, muggings, stabbings, and rapes, for example. Remember that police are literally running out the door every week. That means fewer police on the job today than the article publish date. Now look up those historical stats.

The public will not come back to mass transit given a choice of arriving to their destination uninjured and still alive by another means of transportation. Just the same as they are now leaving NYC for somewhere else that offers them, and their families, more safety in their lives. This city has made this error in judgement before. The more things change, the more they stay the same.