Staten Island pols demand NYPD move NYC cops over from ‘defund’ districts
Staten Island pols are urging the NYPD to fight surging crime in the bluest borough by reassigning officers there from sections of the Big Apple represented by lefty, cop-hating City Council members, The Post has learned.
The so-called “Forgotten Borough” — long known as a bedroom community for cops and other civil servants — has seen reported rapes rise 133%, robberies 50%, burglaries 37%, felony assaults 32%, and grand larceny 5%, troubling They said they “appreciate and fully support” Sewell’s efforts to “reverse this trend — despite the political headwinds [she has] faced” from the far left, noting “many of our colleagues in government do not feel the same.”ZUMAPRESS.com
Two Democratic Council members familiar with the talks confirmed they occurred informally multiple times, but believe they were made in jest.
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