Nightmare in New York: How Covid-19, BLM protests and a liberal mayor are turning the city into a no-go zone as murders skyrocket, shops are looted and 500,000 middle-class residents flee

Nightmare in New York: How Covid-19, BLM protests and a liberal mayor are turning the city into a no-go zone as murders skyrocket, shops are looted and 500,000 middle-class residents flee

• The number of shooting victims has gone up 51 per cent to 616 this year in NYC
• In June, there were 250 shootings compared to 97 in the same month in 2019 
• Many blame New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, who has slashed police funding
• New York state has suffered the highest coronavirus death toll in America 

By CAROLINE GRAHAM FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

PUBLISHED: 17:01 EDT, 4 July 2020 | UPDATED: 10:28 EDT, 5 July 2020

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