It was also a ridiculously cold January, which always suppresses crime. Criminals don't like to go out in the cold.
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To be fair to the criminals, neither do I
Looks like that Sharia Law is already paying dividends.
Didn’t all the far right fascists said they would leave New York if he is elected? Might explain the low crime.
You mean to tell me the xenophobic fear mongering wasn't based in reality? Unheard of. Next you'll tell me the TSA doesn't actually stop terrorists.
Tbh I'd expect low crime rates with Sharia law. It's notoriously pretty harsh with punishments, like cutting off the hands of thieves or whippings for various crimes. I like Mamdani, but I don't really see how the two ideas are connected to each other
Punitive criminal systems are notoriously bad at reducing crime, actually.
Honestly, I had expected that it was a minor improvement (and it was - something like three fewer murders), and insofar as I would have seriously credited Mamdani at all, I would've attributed it to the general positive mood after Mamdani's victory - he certainly is very charismatic and active in the community, and such things do have an effect in the public mood and awareness.
However, someone else pointed out this was, apparently, the coldest January in the past decade, so that's the more likely culprit.
Any statistics that back it up? I think making people unhappy and promoting casual violence can lead to bad things
It's more just pointing out that the two thoughts are completely unrelated to each other. It's a non-sequitur
The link you're missing is that Sharia Law is a brown people thing and brown people are all aggressive and murderous and hate the US and hate freedom and I can't keep up this satire any longer, Jesus fucking Christ, what has this world come to
A lot of people geniuenly think like that. Not even old, a ton of highschoolers just spread those ideas around because it's "dark humour."
I don't like living in south.
Thats a nice stat to start the term off, is there are policy responsible for this? Low crime is super important for increased public transport usage. In my city we are currently dealing with high violent crime on public transport and its horrible.
is there are policy responsible for this?
Probably just a result of the snow. No way any policies got implemented that fast.
Where's my woke Jihad?! SMH
Admiral Akbar told us it was a trap!!
Just a reminder to the Mamdani stans in Lemmy, at some point he will (or already has) done things you will disagree with, because you have to make compromises in politics, and I fear the left doesn't understand that basic fact of the job and are always too ready to completely cut ties with anyone who doesn't check all the boxes at all times. The left's motto is "I want it perfect or nothing at all!" and this is great if you're an artist, not so great if you're trying to push a largely liberal population to better outcomes.
Whatever missteps you think you will think you're seeing are going to get amplified by the worst voices on the left too, with a lot of "Wow I thought I liked this guy, but this is uncool" sentiments. Just be ready for it, don't let yourself be influenced by mobs of people you think are your peers.
edit: yah, lot of people don't understand the actual job of politics and think they do from watching TV and movies. I worry deeply for our future.
"The Left needs to fall in love; The Right simply falls in line."
The left is unrepresented in this two party system. Why do Blue states still use First-past-the-post voting if democrats are so concerned with 3rd party voters and the spoiler effect? Republicans arent stopping this state level legislation from being passed.
This is not about just one political opinion it something common in all political opinions.
lot of people don’t understand the actual job of politics and think they do from watching TV and movies. I worry deeply for our future.
what? there is many good movies and TV-shows that correctly reflect (sometimes even make feel) politics
Anybody who expects a100% perfect politician is a fool
And then there's the other segment of the population who say "we can never have a perfect politician, SO MIGHT AS WELL ELECT A DUMB VERSION OF HITLER JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS"
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This just reads like a bad faith interpretation of anyone on the left who might have ideological differences between themselves and Mamdani. That doesn’t mean they aren’t pragmatic. For example, if you believe that our current government cannot be reformed then compromise with the right wing is often the least pragmatic way to bring about change. Pretending that this means you’re making perfect the enemy of the good either means you’re being disingenuous or you just don’t understand the perspective you’re critiquing.
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Already happening. He has a good working relationship with governor Hochul and endorses her above a DSA candidate.
But she put out her neck for him and made things possible. If he did not reciprocate nobody in Albany would cooperate with him any more.
Somewhat related based on arguments I keep seeing, the number of people who don't understand that Albany is the state capital and that New York is a state as well as a city, and that the mayor of New York has to also deal with a governor, is really frighteningly high. What the fuck are people learning in school? Anything at all?
Legitimately there is a problem with stupidity on Lemmy. I don't know if it's because the average user is younger than other sites or what, but I have seen the absolute dumbest, most blatantly wrong shit get upvoted all over the place and there are a number of people who will get into arguments over obvious misreadings of articles.
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This is almost entirely due to the fact that January was frigid. It's pretty well documented that cold temperatures reduce crime.
"safest January on record" implies that the stats are being compared to the same time period of different years, no? Was this January that much colder than average?
This was the coldest January in about a decade.
Well, that'll do it. Thanks, wasn't sure
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NYC should have basically no crime because Spider-Man lives there
If no crime was ever committed then what would Spiderman be doing all day??
Do you want Spiderman to go unemployed????
Teaching college, probably
What would spider-man do in a crime free world? Powerline technician? The guy who changes bulbs at the top of skyscrapers?
Math and statistics are clearly conspiring with him to hide the truth. Why else would they use Arabic numerals?
Al Gebra is a terrorist.
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