While the city suffers rampant crime

New York City's assistant mayor robbed at gunpoint

Christopher Pugh (left) is an assistant mayor of New York (right).

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As New York Mayor Eric Adams grapples with rising crime in the city, one of his top aides was robbed at gunpoint in the Brooklyn area on Tuesday morning, according to reports.

The aide was walking near the former Navy Yard, in Brooklyn, when, at 10:30 am, two people intercepted him.

According to a city law enforcement source, the assistant mayor, Christopher Pugh, addressed one of the thieves, saying, "You want to do this.

I work for the mayor.” One of the suspects then pulled up his shirt to display a pistol, and the two assailants seized the victim's phone and wallet, before fleeing.

The mayor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday evening.

There have been 8,314 robberies across New York City so far this year;

An increase of 39.7% over the same period, in 2021, according to New York Police data.

Car thefts, grand thefts, burglaries, assaults, and rapes increased.

The only major crime indicator, which has fallen this year, is murder, which has fallen by 9.9%, after an extraordinarily bloody 2021.

And the crime wave has cast a shadow over New Yorkers, with 76% of the city's residents saying they are concerned about the possibility of violent crime, in a survey conducted by Siena College, last month.

Adams, who was a NYPD officer, said the level of crime in the city during his first six months in office surprised him.

"Let me tell you something: When I started researching this, I was shocked at how bad this place is," he said while commuting on the subway, on June 27.

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A robbery across New York City, so far in 2022.

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