More than 80 percent of gun-toting criminals have been put back on the street after being arrested for gun possession in New York City this year, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday.
“When it comes to guns, 2,386 people were arrested with guns this year. Of those, approximately 1,921 are on the street,” Adams said during a press conference on bail reform and recidivism.
“Arrested at gunpoint, on the street.”
Adams added: “Weapon arrests in custody: 19.5%. Out of custody: over 80%’.
“How do you take gun law seriously when so many people are back on the streets carrying guns?” he asked.
Adams also highlighted the number of gun suspects who have been re-arrested — and re-released.
“This year, 165 people were arrested on a second weapons charge,” he said.
“Out of them 82 – on the street. Not one arrest, but two arrests at gunpoint — back on the street,” he fumed.
Mayor Eric Adams asked how anyone could take gun laws seriously if they were released from custody so quickly. New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor About 80% of those arrested with guns are released onto the street. Robert Miller
Adams did not specify how many defendants were released without bail or how many posted bail to be released.
All gun charges are subject to bail under New York law, which requires judges to impose the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure defendants return to court.
In 2019, the year before the state’s controversial bail reform law went into effect, “we arrested 80 people for a gun crime who had an open arrest,” Adams said.
Adams has continually challenged state lawmakers on bail reform. Robert Miller
In 2021, he said, “the number was 259” — more than three times that number.
Adams also said that in 2019, 20 people arrested in shootings already had pending gun charges, but that the number had nearly quadrupled to 77 last year.
Also during Wednesday’s news conference at One Police Plaza, NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri said, “We like to talk about trusted ambassadors when we work with our social service providers … to get the message out. to the crew member to stop the violence. “
But Lipetri said “the reliable messenger today in New York is the crew member who was arrested with a gun yesterday, who is out today, who is saying to the crew, ‘Well, look at me, I can carry a gun in New York.'”
Lipetri said the NYPD is investigating 716 suspects in 30 percent of the roughly 2,400 shootings since 2021.
“Of these individuals, 54% – almost 385 – today have an open criminal record,” he said.
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