Physical assaults against women have jumped 41% in the past four years, according to disturbing NYPD data obtained by The Post.
Through October 1 this year, 2,830 women have been victims of felony assaults, not including domestic violence, compared to 2,006 just four years ago.
The attacks, which range from random subway beatings to brutal beatings, have jumped 5% from the same period last year, when 2,699 women were victims of criminal attacks.
“It looks like a while ago, it was an old Asian, and now it’s a young woman,” a 27-year-old man told The Post, three weeks after an unidentified man punched him in the face at the West 4th Street subway station. . “It feels like men just hate us.”
He ripped former Mayor Bill de Blasio and his colleagues for pushing to empty city jails during the pandemic and slammed city polls for passing legislation to reduce the number of people in custody as part of his goal to close Rikers Island.
“They’re not careful about who they take out,” he said.
Through October 1 this year, 2,830 women have been victims of felony assaults, not including domestic violence, compared to 2,006 just four years ago. Christopher Sadowski
“There’s nowhere safe for them to go, so they’re on the streets and they’re addicted to drugs and they’re desperate for a sense of control and women are easy targets.”
Misdemeanor assaults, excluding domestic violence, against women also increased by 8% over the same period, from 8,008 in 2019 to 8,668 in 2023.
The number also increased by an alarming 12% compared to last year when 7,734 women were assaulted.
Artist Emine Ozsoy was paralyzed after a man came up behind her and pushed her head into a departing E train. Gofundme
Overall, criminal assaults and misdemeanors against all genders are both up 6% across the city this year.
Some victims agree that women are more likely to be targeted because of their small size and stature, but also blame city and state politicians for passing laws to allow more criminals to roam the streets – or for failing to provide adequate services to drug addicts and mentally ill. individuals to reduce their chances of acting violently.
“You can see 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 crazy woman on the N/R/W platform at the 23rd Street station that the lens his touch came out of his eyes.
“Assaults happen because people who commit crimes don’t get the treatment they normally need.”
Wan Xu suffered a broken leg after Samuel Junker followed him to Chambers Street underground station and suddenly pushed him onto the tracks. Brigitte Stelzer
A City Council spokesman said lawmakers recently passed legislation that expands mental health services and has extended budget initiatives that support violence prevention and victim services programs.
In recent months, several attacks have shaken New York women’s sense of safety in the city, including:
- On June 18, accused lunatic Kemal Rideout went on a subway rampage, injuring three women’s legs — with one victim so badly injured that he needed a tourniquet before being taken to Bellevue Hospital. Rideout, 28, who managed to evade police arrest for almost two days, was charged with three counts of felonious assault.
- On August 8, an unknown person punched New York Post Police Bureau Chief Tina Moore in the ribs on Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan. He snapped a photo of it and gave it to the NYPD. Police sources said the man had 12 previous assaults on his record and was still on parole until 2025 for criminal possession of a weapon. But he has not been arrested.
- On August 30, unhinged Samuel Junker allegedly followed Wan Xu, a married nail technician, to the 1/2/3 subway station on Chambers Street late at night before pushing the 34-year-old mother-of-one onto the tracks and breaking her ankle. Junker, 41, was charged with felonious assault and held on $250,000 bail. Xu said he would probably never ride the subway again.
- In the early morning hours of Sept. 1, hulking 200-pound Norton Blake allegedly hit 60-year-old Laurell Reynolds more than 50 times with his own cane, his belt and his fists in a Harlem subway station — landing the disabled senior in the hospital for two week. 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 punched her in the face after she said “I’m sorry” to him while exiting the 90th St.-Elmhurst Avenue 7 train station in Queens. Since no one in the crowded subway station tried to save him from the attackers, the victim decided to get a weapon to protect himself.
Elizabeth Gomes was brutally beaten by a homeless man in a Queens subway station after he ignored her on the train. Gomes lost one of his eyes as a result of the attack. rfaraino
“I felt so helpless,” Aniqa said. “Now I’ll probably carry a knife or pepper spray in my pocket or hand, just in case I need it.”
Jane Manning, director of the Women’s Equal Justice Project, also attributed the skyrocketing assault cases to an increase in “explicitly aggressive surveillance” in public.
“On the right, we have a leading presidential candidate bragging about being cruel to women. On the political left, we have organizations that exclusively call for the elimination of domestic violence,” he said, adding that this rhetoric drives some men to attack women.
Sarah Arias, 18, survived being pushed onto a subway train — and still attended her senior prom the same day. Matthew McDermott
“The two go hand in hand,” he said.
Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said attackers often seek out the most vulnerable victims.
“Criminals are opportunistic, and they’re cowards, and they’ll look for the easiest target available. It’s that simple,” he said.
“There are a lot of people who are out, particularly on the subway and on the streets, who shouldn’t be out in the crowd…and it results in more victimization.”
Ellio Wagner is warning New York City women to be vigilant when out and about after he was punched in Chelsea last month.TikTok @elliowagner
Women, however, are uniting online to help keep others safe.
“If you’re a woman living in New York City, please protect yourself,” 19-year-old Ellio Wagner, who was punched by a stranger in Chelsea last month on her way to work, said tearfully in a TikTok video with the caption ” PSA TO NYC GIRLIES!!”
With his face still covered in bruises, he pleaded: “Please be careful because you never know when something like this will happen.”
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