A sharp rise in citywide crime since 2020 began was sparked by New York’s new bail reform laws, which took away a judge’s discretion to hold repeat and possibly violent offenders behind bars, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a press conference Friday.

“In the first three weeks of this year, we’re seeing significant spikes in crime. So either we forgot how to police New York City, or there’s a correlation,” Shea told reporters in reference to the new laws

NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea blames bail reform for 2020 crime spike

How bad?

Since 2020 began, as of Friday at midnight, robberies are up 32.5 percent, car theft is up 61 percent and burglaries are up 18 percent compared to the same time period last year.

And the numbers aren’t fractions either — a total of 233 more robberies have happened this year compared to last, 159 more car thefts and 125 more burglaries, just in the last three weeks.

Ladies and gents, we are barely but 25 days into 2020.  Gross calculations put it at 700 robberies (29 daily), 415 car thefts (17.5 daily) and 819 burglaries (34 daily) since the ball dropped in Times Square on Midnight plus one second on January First.

Then again, when you elect a government that sees you as a potential felon, it make sense you should support the laws that make it easy for you to remain free if you were to fully enter a life of crime, accidentally or otherwise.