Comparing the results Hochul used can be misleading because they don’t contain all of the same types of shooting incidents, and the state report includes only some geographic areas. NYPolitiFact
A state report shows a 10% decline in select shooting incidents through August compared to last year in select departments upstate and on Long Island, while more recent New York City report finds a 13.6% decline in shootings.
Hochul, a Democrat, is running for re-election against Republican U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who has accused her of being soft on crime. In a speech about public safety, she"Shootings across the state of New York are down 10% from one year ago," she said."And we're outpacing the rest of the country — as you know, this is a national phenomenon, the gun violence, national phenomenon — we are outpacing the country, where on average across America, the drop is only 2%.
. The agency collects data about shootings from 20 major police departments across upstate and Long Island: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Hempstead, Jamestown, Kingston, Middletown, Mt. Vernon, Nassau County, Niagara Falls, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Schenectady, Spring Valley, Suffolk County, Syracuse, Troy, Utica and Yonkers. Notably, New York City is not on the list.
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