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Ignore Mamdani’s gaslighting — NYC subway violence is worse than you remember

Nypost · · 888 words · By Nicole Gelinas
Government Incompetence Criminal Justice Reform Failures NYC Public Safety Decline
open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/opinion/ignore-mamdanis-gaslighting-nyc-subway-vio…

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Name Calling / Labeling 75% confidence
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19 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Decarlos Brown, Jr., fatally pierced 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska’s throat on a Charlotte, NC, commuter train last August”
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The web search results provided for this claim are entirely irrelevant, discussing car suspension kits (Godspeed MAXX Coilovers) rather than any crime or person named Decarlos Brown, Jr. or Iryna Zarutska.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 4, 2025 · Godspeed Project's MAXX is our premier single-adjustable coilover suspension kit. It features a monotube damper that is made out of a carbon seamless steel 52mm tube with a 44mm internal…
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193498813397
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 31, 2025 · Upgrade your SUBARU LEGACY (BE/BH) 00-04 with Godspeed MAXX Coilovers. Track-ready, daily-drivable suspension for better handling and control.
https://www.suspensionhouse.com/products/godspeed-maxx-coilo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Godspeed coilovers, such as MonoSS, MonoRS, and MAXX, are high-performance, adjustable suspension kits. Featuring full-length height adjustment, independent spring reload, and monotube shocks, they de…
https://shop.redline360.com/collections/godspeed-coilovers-m…
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“fatal shoving of 76-year-old Ross Falzone down a flight of Manhattan subway steps”
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Multiple independent news sources confirm that 76-year-old Ross Falzone died after being pushed down Manhattan subway entrance steps in Chelsea.
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web search NEUTRAL — A 76-year-old man died after he was pushed down subway stairs, and the police arrested a suspect who had been discharged from the public hospital’s psychiatric unit hours earlier.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/nyregion/mamdani-bellevue…
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web search NEUTRAL — A 76-year-old man died after being shoved down subway entrance steps in Chelsea Thursday night, the NYPD said."I am horrified by the killing of Ross Falzone and the circumstances that led to it. I ext…
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/chelsea-homicide-man-pu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rhamell Burke, 32, allegedly shoved 76-year-old retired teacher Ross Falzone down Manhattan subway stairs hours after being released from a psychiatric ward.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-suspect-freed-psych-hold-hour…
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“another man, allegedly 32-year-old Rhamell Burke, steps into the frame... He catapults the older man forward, smashing Falzone’s head into the steps.”
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Multiple sources identify 32-year-old Rhamell Burke as the suspect who allegedly shoved Ross Falzone down the stairs.
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web search NEUTRAL — 32-year-old Rhamell Burke is alleged to have pushed and killed 76-year-old Ross Falzone on Thursday. Burke had been released from Bellevue Hospital's psych ward hours before the alleged killing.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-suspect-freed-psych-hold-hour…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rhamell Burke, 32, posed for pics with movie stars and was in the cast of the hit show “King Kong” on Broadway — years before police said he randomly pushed beloved ex-educator Ro…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/us-news/grinning-accused-nyc-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rhamell Burke, 32, was charged with murder on Friday after he allegedly shoved the retired teacher down a flight of stairs of a subway station. She claimed Burke kept pursuing them even after they esc…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15807803/nyc-woman-de…
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“Falzone’s was the fourth subway killing of 2026.”
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While sources confirm the death of Ross Falzone, none of the provided evidence mentions that this was the 'fourth subway killing of 2026'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The victim, Ross Falzone, was a social worker for… pic.twitter.com/cBlbscyOOW. — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 11, 2026. I have to say, if you are on the New York subway with a former dancer you might…
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/11/mercy-for-the-guilty-…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York City police arrested a deranged suspect for killing a man in the subway just hours after his release from a psych ward this week, according to reports.Ross Falzone, 76, suffered a traumatic b…
https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/05/08/elderly-man-hurled-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ross Falzone, 76, was a beloved former teacher and social worker, a friend told The Post. Obtained by NY Post. Surveillance video showing Rhamell Burke allegedly pushing Ross Falzone down subway stair…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-news/accused-killer-subway-…
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“Three of these deaths were stranger-on-stranger crimes”
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The search results provided for this claim are generic definitions of the number 3 and advertisements for a mobile network, providing no information regarding subway crimes.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3
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web search NEUTRAL — Get phones, tablets, Mobile Broadband and SIM Only deals on the UK’s Fastest 5G Network.
https://www.three.co.uk/
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web search NEUTRAL — Careers at Three. We were the first operator to offer mobile broadband anywhere in the world over 10 years ago, and since then, Three has continued to lead the way by offering people what they really …
https://www.three.com/?from=sst
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“In March Bairon Hernandez, 34, fatally flung Richard Williams, an 83-year-old military veteran, onto the subway tracks at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street.”
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The search results provided for this claim discuss the board game Reversi/Othello and are completely irrelevant to the claim about Bairon Hernandez and Richard Williams.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reversi is an abstract strategy board game for two players, played on an 8×8 uncheckered board. It was invented in 1883. Othello, a variant with a fixed initial setup of the board, was patented in 197…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi
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web search NEUTRAL — Play Reversi, also called the Othello game! Enjoy AI matches, online multiplayer, and local play with friends. Challenge Reversi AI levels from beginner to expert, compete with players on the internet…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reversi rules Reversi, or Othello, is a strategy board game. Another two-player board game on our website is Backgammon. Gameplay The dark pieces are yours, and the light pieces are the computer's. Ma…
https://www.mahjongfun.com/reversi/
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“In July 2021, a suspect pulled 58-year-old Than Htwe down the Q train steps at Canal Street, killing her”
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The search results provided for this claim are grammatical definitions of the word 'than' and 'then', providing no information about a person named Than Htwe.
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web search NEUTRAL — Than is a grammatical particle analyzed as both a conjunction and a preposition in the English language. It introduces a comparison and is associated with comparatives and with words such as more, les…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than
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web search NEUTRAL — To keep this pair of words straight, focus on this basic difference: than is used when you're talking about comparisons; then is used when you're talking about something relating to time.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/when-to-use-then-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grammatically speaking, than is used as a conjunction or preposition, while then is used as an adverb or adjective. Perhaps the most common way the two words are confused is when then is used when it …
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/than
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“a year before [July 2021], another man was pushed to his death on the Penn Station steps.”
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The provided evidence does not mention a man being pushed to his death on Penn Station steps in 2020; the results are unrelated medical journals or general news about Ross Falzone.
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web search NEUTRAL — study published in September 2020 in the journal JAMA Network Open.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nach Angaben des Death Penalty Information Center stehen am 18.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/upcoming-executions
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web search NEUTRAL — The straphanger told the New York Post she now completely regrets her decision not to work with prosecutors after Burke was charged with murder on Friday for allegedly shoving 76-year-old Ross Falzone…
https://www.unz.com/sbpdl/his-name-is-ross-falzone-76-year-o…
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“Since 2020, New York has suffered 47 subway murders, along with at least five justified homicides”
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No evidence was found after searching for the specific statistics regarding 47 subway murders since 2020.
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“In the 23 years between 1997 and 2019, New York never had a year with more than five subway murders.”
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No evidence was found after searching for the historical statistics of subway murders between 1997 and 2019.
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“And it suffered just two years — 1999 and 2005 — with even that many [five murders].”
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“Over this two-decade period, the average number of killings in the transit system each year was two — and in 2017, it reached zero.”
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“Over six years from 2020 through 2025, New Yorkers, visitors, transit workers and police officers suffered 3,125 life-changing felony assaults in the subways”
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“violent subway felonies were up nearly 7% in the first quarter of this year.”
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“Adams... deployed hundreds of NYPD officers on overtime shifts in the subway beginning in 2022”
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“The man who allegedly killed Williams in March — an illegal migrant — had racked up 15 arrests.”
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“Police had arrested Burke, the suspect in Falzone’s killing, four times since February”
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“police brought Burke to Bellevue for psychiatric evaluation hours before he allegedly pushed Falzone — and was released again.”
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“fare evasion, though lower than its 14% peak in 2024, is still at 10.6%”
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