The mayor of one of the townships of the state asked residents not to travel to the city of New York due to the increase in crime

East Fishkill, NY City Councilor Anil Beefan has issued guidelines for residents to stay away from New York City due to the rise in crime there. Writes about it Fox News.

NYPD recently released data showing that the city saw a 2020% increase in firearms incidents in June 130 compared to June 2019, and a 51% increase in car thefts.

“Due to the increasing level of violence and violent crime, residents of the region are advised to exercise heightened caution when visiting New York,” Bifan wrote in a document he posted on Facebook, noting that criminals target both bystanders and bystanders.

The message indicated that people should "reconsider" their travel plans to the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens "because of the crimes."

Beefan, representing the Hudson Valley community about an hour north of Manhattan, blamed controversial state and city measures related to the police and criminal justice system. In June, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced the dissolution of the crime unitconsisting of plainclothes officers and undercover officers who have since been transferred to other units.

New York City Police Patrol Chief Fausto Pichardo said the elimination of the unit is part of an effort to "restore" public confidence in the police.

In early 2020, a new statewide criminal justice law went into effect, which in many cases prohibited judges from granting bail to detainees, and after indictment, all detainees were released without bail.

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“With the disbandment of the crime fighting unit, coupled with criminal justice reform, officers and judges may have limited capacity to provide adequate services and protection to victims of crime,” Bifan wrote.

Earlier, New York City police said that as a result of the bail reform bill, offenders "are regularly re-arrested, which contributes to an increase in overall crime rates." Policing has been overhauled due to protests across the country following the death of George Floyd.

Ironically, Beefan's recommendations came at a time when New York City imposed travel restrictions on people wishing to come to the region from out-of-state. Travelers from states with higher rates of COVID-19 cases than New York, according to a decree signed in late June by Governor Andrew Cuomo must be quarantined for 14 days upon entering the state or they will be fined up to $ 10.