Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, speaking at his first news conference with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, thanked rank-and-file police officers “for the work that you all do in making today possible.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, center, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, to his left, agree on the need for congestion pricing, but seem to still be apart on the mayor’s goal of making buses free.
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