Something I haven't seen mentioned: A few more high-profile crimes like this and Mayor Bill De Blasio will be cast as the new David Dinkens.
Back during the Dinkens administration (1990-93), it wasn't just that the crime numbers went up. It was that there were several specific crimes that were so heinous they dominated the national news cycle and seriously damaged the image of the city.
One of the worst came in Sept. 1990 when a young guy from Utah, Brian Watkins, was brutally stabbed to death after he stepped in to stop thugs from robbing his family on the subway. The family were tourists and had barely been in New York one day.
Soon afterwards, Don Henley released the single "New York Minute" that seemed to capitalize on the tragedy, even thought it had been released beforehand on an album.
Having news of a crime go national is never good, and in this case, it's going to damage New York's recent rep as a relatively safe city.
Back during the Dinkens administration (1990-93), it wasn't just that the crime numbers went up. It was that there were several specific crimes that were so heinous they dominated the national news cycle and seriously damaged the image of the city.
One of the worst came in Sept. 1990 when a young guy from Utah, Brian Watkins, was brutally stabbed to death after he stepped in to stop thugs from robbing his family on the subway. The family were tourists and had barely been in New York one day.
Soon afterwards, Don Henley released the single "New York Minute" that seemed to capitalize on the tragedy, even thought it had been released beforehand on an album.
Having news of a crime go national is never good, and in this case, it's going to damage New York's recent rep as a relatively safe city.