Aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams Robbed at Gunpoint in Brooklyn

Aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams Robbed at Gunpoint in Brooklyn

July 6, 2022

As New York City Mayor Eric Adams grapples with a surge in crime in his city, one of his top aides was robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.

The aide was walking near the former Brooklyn Navy Yard when he was accosted by two suspects around 10:30 a.m. “You don’t want to do this. I work for the mayor,” 33-year-old Christopher Baugh informed the robbers.

They were undaunted. One of the suspects lifted his shirt to display the butt of a gun tucked in his waistband and they made off with Baugh’s city-issued cell phone and wallet.

There have been 8,314 robberies throughout New York City so far this year, a 39.7% increase over the same time frame in 2021, according to NYPD data. Car thefts are up 46.7%, grand larceny is up 49.4%, burglaries are up 33.6%, assaults have surged 19.3%, and rapes are up 13.1%. The only major crime index that has fallen this year is murder, which has dropped 9.9% after an unusually bloody 2021.

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