BELIEVE IT OR NOT, POLICE SAY FELONY ASSAULT ARRESTS OF REPEAT OFFENDERS IN NEW YORK CITY SURGED TWO HUNDRED AND SIX PERCENT OVER EIGHT YEARS… AND OFFICERS HAVE COLLARED TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE SUSPECTS WITH MULTIPLE PRIOR ASSAULT ARRESTS THIS YEAR.
New crime statistics show a sharp rise in repeat violence across New York City.
Over the past eight years, felony assault arrests involving repeat offenders climbed 206 percent.
NYPD officers have collared 263 criminals this year who were previously arrested three or more times for felony assault.
That total marks an increase of 205.6 percent from the same period in 2018.
During that timeframe in 2018, police arrested 86 career criminals.
The data highlights a steep eight-year climb in arrests of individuals with multiple prior felony assault charges.
The source described one fatal incident in May as among the most disturbing cases of the year.
Ross Falzone was 76 years old.
Falzone was a retired teacher.
A serial offender shoved him down subway steps in Manhattan.
The push caused Falzone to fatally strike his head.
He died from the encounter.
The deadly shove occurred just hours after the offender walked out of the Bellevue Hospital psych ward.
The suspect was identified as Rhamell Burke.
Burke is a 32-year-old repeat troublemaker.
He was previously a Broadway dancer.
Burke had been arrested four times since February.
Before the fatal encounter, Burke was acting erratically inside a local precinct.
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Police took him to the hospital as an “emotionally disturbed” person.
Hospital staff released him an hour later.
Then he went on to shove Falzone down the subway steps.
The fatal attack prompted public condemnation from a friend of the victim.
Rob DiMeo spoke out regarding Falzone’s death in a post on Facebook.
“I blame the self-serving mayor, governor, Manhattan DA and certain members of the city legislature for Ross’s death because they support policies that protect violent criminals at the expense of their victims,” Falzone’s friend, Rob DiMeo, raged on Facebook at the time.
DiMeo placed additional blame on local voters.
“I also blame NYC residents who voted them into office and also those residents who don’t vote at all,” he said.
Reaction also came directly from law enforcement.
A high-ranking NYPD official addressed the case in comments to The Post.
The official described the subway push as a senseless killing.
The official fumed to The Post that the incident represents a “complete collapse” of City Hall’s approach to mental health and repeat offenders.
And citywide statistics showed broader increases across assault categories.
Overall, felony assaults increased 3.1 percent in August compared to the same month last year.
Across the entire year, felony assaults rose 0.7 percent compared to last year.
According to the stats, 20,200 felony assaults have been recorded so far in 2026.
That compares to 2,065 felony assaults recorded in 2025.
The total rose.
The repeat arrests rose.
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