{"id":514518,"date":"2022-11-23T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T07:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T04:00:35","slug":"democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats deny subway crime but voters can see it for themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9cc07a695\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9cc07a695\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/#%E2%80%9CDemocrats_deny_subway_crime_but_voters_can_see_it_for_themselves%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Democrats deny subway crime but voters can see it for themselves&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/#Big_Apple_bona_fides\" >Big Apple bona fides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/#Asian_persuasion\" >Asian persuasion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves\/#Cant_gaslight_all\" >Can\u2019t gaslight all<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDemocrats_deny_subway_crime_but_voters_can_see_it_for_themselves%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Democrats deny subway crime but voters can see it for themselves&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>On a recent midday subway ride, I moved cars to get away from a man loudly threatening his companion and wound up on a car that smelled like a urinal \u2014 and I tweeted about it.<\/p>\n<p>Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times\u2019 1619 Project could not resist the urge to call into question the point I was making: that our current political leadership is not going to fix the crime problem in our subways because it refuses to acknowledge we have a crime problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She responded to my tweet with her trademark snark: \u201cYes, yes. This was absolutely unheard on subways until two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Big_Apple_bona_fides\"><\/span>Big Apple bona fides<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I have known New York City for more than two years. I came here when I was 8 years old and grew up in Queens attending public schools. My first day of third grade I did not speak English. Five years later I took the SHSAT, got accepted to Bronx <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> and began commuting three-plus hours each day on the same subways I wrote about last week \u2014 during the crime-ridden 1980s. My daughters are New York City public-school kids, one graduate and one middle schooler.<\/p>\n<p>The gaslighting from progressive journalists and the city\u2019s overwhelmingly Democratic political leadership is increasing almost as fast as the crime statistics. As an Asian-American woman, I am keenly aware of how much less safe the subways are than a few years ago. I have decades of experience to draw on and I refuse to be lectured to about what I can see with my own eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?w=711\" alt=\"Nikole Hannah-Jones\" class=\"wp-image-24758751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1422 1422w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1067 1066w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=711 711w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=356 355w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1435762303.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\"\/><figcaption>Nikole Hannah-Jones dismissed Chu\u2019s concerns about New York subways.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/ JC Olivera<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The responses to our two tweets \u2014 mine outlining a bad but mundane experience on the subways and Hannah-Jones\u2019 dismissively waving away my concerns \u2014 caused a flurry of comments. The dividing lines are clear. Many New Yorkers agree with me: They see, feel and resent the staggering crime and increasing lawlessness in our subways.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Asian_persuasion\"><\/span>Asian persuasion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But others supported Hannah-Jones. They mocked me and suggested I must be a recent immigrant or a tourist. There is a desperate attempt to insult New Yorkers who wish to live in a safer, cleaner, more orderly city \u2014 one that anyone over 5 years old can actually remember.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221107_Yang_NYP___Subways_27.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"subway crime\" class=\"wp-image-24758761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221107_Yang_NYP___Subways_27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221107_Yang_NYP___Subways_27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221107_Yang_NYP___Subways_27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/221107_Yang_NYP___Subways_27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Subway crime is a major issue for transit riders, especially Asian-American riders who do not feel safe or protected.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The state\u2019s recent elections were a mixed bag. Gov. Hochul was reelected, but Republicans had significant down-ballot success \u2014 so much so that New York played a big role in flipping the US House of Representatives. And in New York City, where Democrats enjoy a 7 to 1 registration advantage, Rep. Lee Zeldin won 13 Assembly districts, which included 23 predominantly Asian election districts.<\/p>\n<p>One thing was very clear from the 2022 election: Asian Americans will not vote for the party that pretends there is no crime wave. If the star writer of New York City\u2019s paper of record is any indication, the woke liberal elite of our city will continue to insist that up is down, east is west, and the crime wave is not that bad.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cant_gaslight_all\"><\/span><strong>Can\u2019t gaslight all<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is evident Asian Americans are leaving the Democratic Party, but what we\u2019ll learn in the upcoming elections is whether we are trailblazers. The subway that I took last week had New Yorkers of every race, age and creed trying to get where they were going. You can\u2019t gaslight everyone. We can all see what is in front of us, and New Yorkers of every race want and deserve a safer city.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yiatin Chu is president of Asian Wave Alliance and cofounder of PLACE NYC.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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