https://nypost.com/2022/06/07/7-in-10-new-yorkers-concerned-about-being-violent-crime-vic-poll/
7 in 10 New Yorkers concerned about being
violent crime victim: poll
New York Post, by Bernadette Hogan & Emily Crane
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/7/2022 11:03:31 AM
More than 7 in 10 New Yorkers fear they will become a victim of violent crime, a distressing new poll has found—as famously progressive cities nationwide face a public safety reckoning under soft-on-crime Democrat lawmakers and prosecutors. About 76% of residents are “very concerned,” or somewhat concerned, they’ll be targeted amid the Big Apple’s ongoing crime wave, according to the Spectrum News NY1/Siena College poll released Tuesday. When asked “How concerned are you that a shooting in which a gunman targets people based on their race, religion or ethnicity will happen in your neighborhood,” almost half (43%) confessed that they are concerned.