NYC Mayor Says Illegal Immigrants Contributed to ‘Robbery Pattern’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has acknowledged that some of the illegal immigrants that have been coming to the city in droves have added to what he described as a “robbery pattern,” though he went far from pinning the blame for a rise in some types of crime on migrants. The Democrat mayor made the admission during a media briefing on Jan. 2, during which his topline message was that overall crime is down, jobs are up, and more tourists are visiting the Big Apple. “In 2023, overall crime went down. We saw a drop in five of the seven major crime categories, including a 12 percent decline in homicides, and 25 percent decrease in shootings,” he said, adding that a personal bugbear of his—the high number of rat complaints—has also dropped....