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Face of Suspected Slasher Caught on Camera  The NYPD released new surveillance video of the suspect wanted in the slashing of a Brazilian tourist at a Queens subway station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice February 21, 2024 QUEENS - The NYPD released new photos of a man sought in the slashing of a Brazilian tourist at a Queens subway station. The new photos show the suspect without a mask covering his face. Cops say the man on the surveillance video is the one who slashed a Brazilian tourist across the neck with a knife. The new video shows the suspect without a face mask so he could smoke a cigarette. At around 10:30 am on February 15, a 29-year-old tourist from Brazil was standing on the mezzanine level of the Queens Plaza subway station on the "E, M, R" line. Cops said without warning a man dressed in a black balaclava and gray hoodie walked up behind him and slashed the left side of the tourist’s neck with a knife.  The knife-totting suspect ran out of t...

Photo by  Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams NEW YORK - While I was on the campaign trail, I met many New Yorkers who expressed their desire for a safer city.   New Yorkers want to feel safe in their neighborhoods, at their places of worship, in the subway and on the streets. I vowed to make public safety my top priority, and under the bold leadership of NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, our efforts are paying off. We have a lot more work to do, but I want to be clear to New Yorkers: we are making progress.   For the first time this year, we saw a drop of 1.2% in overall index crimes in November compared to November of 2021.  What does that mean? It means that in November of 2022 compared to November of 2021, we saw a 32.8% decrease in shootings, a 14.1% decrease in rapes, a 6% decrease in burglary, and a 5.5% in grand larceny.   We have also removed more than 6,750 guns from our streets so far t...