NYC Felony Assaults Against Women Have Soared More Than 40% Over Four Years: NYPD Data

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Physical attacks on women have surged a shocking 41% over the last four years, according to disturbing NYPD data obtained by The Post.

Through Oct. 1 this year, 2,830 women have been the victims of felony assault, excluding domestic violence, compared to 2,006 just four years ago.

The attacks, ranging from random subway shoves to vicious beatings, have jumped 5% from the same period last year, when 2,699 women were felony assault victims.

“It seemed like a while ago, it was old Asian people, and now it’s young women,” one 27-year-old told The Post, three weeks after a stranger sucker-punched her in the face at the West 4th Street subway station. “It feels like men just hate us.”

She ripped ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio and his comrades for pushing to empty the city’s jails during the pandemic and lashed out at city pols for passing legislation to cut down on the number of people in custody as part of its goal to close Rikers Island.

“There’s nowhere safe for them to go, so they are on the streets and they’re drug-addicted and they’re desperate for a sense of control and women are an easy target.”

Misdemeanor assaults, excluding domestic violence, against women have also risen 8% over the same period, from 8,008 in 2019 to 8,668 in 2023.

The tally is also up a troubling 12% compared to last year when 7,734 women were attacked.

Overall, felony and misdemeanor assaults on all genders are both up 6% citywide this year.

Several victims agreed that women are more likely to be targeted for their small size and stature, but also blamed city and state politicians for passing legislation to allow more criminals to roam the streets — or for failing to provide sufficient services to drug addicts and mentally ill individuals to reduce the chances of them violently acting out.

“You could see a lot more people with mental illness out and about — it’s never been this bad,” said HR executive Gladys Chen, who was punched so hard by a crazed woman on the N/R/W platform at the 23rd Street station that her contact lens popped out of her eye.

“Attacks are up because people who are committing the crimes are not getting the treatment they normally would need.”

In recent months, a number of assaults have shaken New York women’s sense of safety in the city, including:

• On June 18, accused maniac Kemal Rideout went on a subway slashing spree, leaving gashes in three women’s legs — with one victim’s injuries so severe she required a tourniquet before being transported to Bellevue Hospital. Rideout, 28, who managed to evade police capture for almost two days, was charged with three counts of felony assault.
• On Aug. 8, a stranger punched New York Post Police Bureau Chief Tina Moore in the ribs on Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan. She snapped his photo and gave it to the NYPD. Police sources said the man had 12 prior assaults on his record and is on parole until 2025 for criminal possession of a weapon. But he hasn’t been arrested.
• On Aug. 30, an unhinged Samuel Junker allegedly followed Wan Xu, a married nail technician, into the 1/2/3 subway station at Chambers Street late at night before shoving the 34-year-old mother of one onto the tracks and fracturing her ankle. Junker, 41, was charged with felony assault and had bail set at $250,000. Xu said she may never take the subway again.

• In the early morning hours of Sept. 1, 200-pound brute Norton Blake allegedly clobbered 60-year-old Laurell Reynolds more than 50 times with her own cane, his belt, and his fists at a Harlem subway station — which landed the disabled senior in the hospital for two weeks. Blake, 43, was indicted by a grand jury on assault charges.
• On Sept. 27, a man suddenly pushed emergency room technician Aniqa, 24, to the ground and bashed her in the face after she said “excuse me” to him while exiting the 90th St.-Elmhurst Avenue 7 train station in Queens. Since no one at the crowded subway stop made an effort to help rescue her from the assailant, the victim plans on getting a weapon to protect herself.

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Physical attacks on women have surged a shocking 41% over the last four years, according to disturbing NYPD data obtained by The Post.

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“If you are a woman living in New York City, please protect yourself,” 19-year-old Ellio Wagner, who was sucker-punched by a stranger in Chelsea last month on her way to work, said through tears in a TikTok video captioned “PSA TO NYC GIRLIES!!”

With her face still covered in bruises, she pleaded: “Please stay aware because you will never know when s–t like this is gonna happen.”

 

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This can’t be, according to New York statistics violent crimes is down, just like in all democrat run cities, no convictions, no crimes and the voters obviously believe it

 

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Reporting is down and/or a lot of police reports are going un-filed or missing.

 

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A social media influencer is urging New York City women to carry spray paint instead of pepper spray to defend themselves from attackers, amid a string of unprovoked attacks and assaults on women.

Monique “Moe” Black, a 29-year-old fashion influencer Detroit native who regularly travels to the Big Apple for gigs, said a can of spray paint is more reliable and easier to get — and marks the perp so that cops know exactly who the bad guy is.

“I prefer spray enamel, to be honest, because that sh-t is never coming off,” Black told The Post.

She said she knew she needed some type of protection when she started traveling to the city for work.

Black puts a can in her tote bag, under her shoulder where it is easy to grab.

The idea came from her stepdad, a retired homicide detective for the Detroit Police Department.

“He was like, ‘You know, if you spray somebody in the face and then whack them over the head with it, you’re probably going to have enough time to run away,'” Black said.

And there is less chance it will blow back in the user’s face like pepper spray.

Growing up in the notoriously tough 7 Mile Road area of Detroit, she and her friends would walk to school with Master Locks in a sock to defend themselves.

The Big Apple now feels a lot like Detroit, she added.

And after watching videos of women getting randomly attacked in New York City, she was inspired to share the tip on TikTok. The video has gotten over 3 million views.

Already, one woman messaged her to thank her for sharing the tip, saying it saved her life in a domestic violence situation.

“I was in a domestic violence situation and I remembered your video,” the woman told Black. “I used spray paint and it gave me enough time to run out of my house and my neighbors were able to see me covered in blood and they called the police.”

Others reached out from around the world, like in the UK, where many self-defense tools are prohibited.

In New York, it is legal to carry pepper spray but illegal for it to be shipped here. Stores must be licensed or authorized to sell it in person and few are.

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As unprovoked attacks on women leave New Yorkers on edge, Monique “Moe” Black, a 29-year-old model says a can of spray paint is more reliable.

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