Alternative views of reality are part of the debate about crime in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, and the success or failure of local anti-crime efforts

Republican-Conservative candidate Brian Fox's already tortuous and torturous path to the NYC Council, caused by almost continuous errors and ommissions, gaffs and pratfalls  >>>  now appears to have run into a major NYPD roadblock

Latest crime figures from the NYPD, as reported in the local press, seem to back up incumbent Democrat Justin Brannan's claims that crime is down all around the 43rd Council District on his watch

Brian Fox, his campaign team, and his allies would have had everybody believe that things have never been this bad  ---  and that from Bay Parkway out in Bensonhurst down to Shore Road in Bay Ridge the lawlessness rivaled Dodge City and Tombstone when the Earps and Doc Holliday were being kept very busy at the OK Corral and other venues

In an article by Helen Klein in today's local edition of the Brooklyn Reporter the news seems very favorable:  "Crime continues to drop in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, down nearly 16 percent since the beginning of 2021, according to the NYPD....  According to CompStat, which tracks the seven major index crimes, overall crime in the 68th Precinct was down 15.79 percent year to date, as of Sept. 19, putting it well ahead of both the city at large and Brooklyn South, the patrol borough of which the 68th Precinct is a part....  In comparison, citywide crime has gone down .80 percent since the beginning of the year, and crime in Brooklyn South (which is comprised of 13 precincts) is down 4.35 percent since Jan. 1....  Giving the 'favorable crime report is easy for me because of the hard work of the cops,' noted Capt. Andrew Tolson, the commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, during the precinct community council’s September meeting, which was held via Zoom because of the pandemic. But he also stressed that crime reduction is enhanced by the good relationship between cops and community. That, he said, 'helps keep crime low'.... 'It’s extraordinary,' Tolson went on. 'Everyone is on the same page. The community is very involved. Our success is your success, and we are all in this together.' ...  Overall, crime has gone down in the 68th Precinct in six of the seven index crimes: Murder, rape, robbery, felonious assault, burglary and grand larceny auto (GLA), and up in just one, grand larceny....  According to CompStat, murder in the precinct is down 100 percent. By this time in 2020, there had been three murders in the 68th Precinct; this year, so far, there are none....  The crime category that seen the second largest decrease is GLA, which has dropped, year over year, 44.3 percent. According to CompStat, in 2021 there have been 54 GLAS, so far in 2021; at this time last year, there had been 97.."   (See "Crime continues to drop in Ridge, Dyker" by Helen Klein, 9/25/2021, Home/Brooklyn Reporter /Southern Brooklyn/ News   [https://brooklynreporter.com/2021/09/crime-continues-to-drop-in-ridge-dyker/?lp_txn_id=206459]).

Local Councilman Justin Brannan didn't miss the opportunity to do a "Victory Lap" with the great news from the NYPD.   According to the Klein story in the Brooklyn Reporter newspapers, Brannan said this:   ".... 'Our very low local crime numbers are showing what we already knew: Our neighborhoods are some of the safest in all of New York City. Captain Tolson has done a tremendous job, and the men and women of the 68th Precinct go above and beyond every day to keep us safe,'  noted Councilmember Justin Brannan.... 'There are people who will tell you otherwise to serve their own political agendas,' he continued, “but the facts and the stats are clear: Crime here is down and heading even lower. At the end of the day, we are all partners in looking out for each other. Between our precinct, our neighbors and our community leaders, I couldn’t be prouder to play for the best home team in the five boroughs.' ....”

So far there has been no attempt at any damage control by the Fox folks for what looks like a pretty big hole in their boat..... 

As we are now past midday on Friday,  nothing but cricketts from Fox and/or the Fox campaign about any of this stuff.