What crime problem? NYC is safer than its been in 25 years, NYPD stats show, despite Trump threats of federal takeover

Following President Trump’s move to take over the Washington, DC Police Department Monday, the Queens native says he is also eyeing the possibility of taking over the NYPD, citing alleged crime concerns.

We are going to look at New York,” Trump said on Aug. 11 – but examining a quarter-century of crime stats in New York shows that there isn’t much for Trump and his administration to look at, because the NYPD has led a significant crime decrease this year and over the last 25 years.