NEW with HOMICIDE DET (RET) RAY SCHNEIDERS

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 8pt;">NYCCR -- MARCH 29 -- RAY SCHNEIDERS</span></strong><br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><span style= "font-size: 8pt;">24/2020 - MEDIA CLAIMS ANTI-ASIAN CRIMES ON THE RISE</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">A special message from the host and creator of The <strong><em>New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon, Pat Dixon</em></strong><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THE CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE DEMANDED THE CLOSURE OF NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON MOST OTHERS, WHILE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN REMANDED TO HOME CONFINEMENT AND TO PRACTICE "SOCIAL DISTANCING" DURING THE BRIEF OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS WE'RE ALLOWED.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">THESE SWEEPING DRACONIAN MEASURES THREATEN TO FOREVER ALTER OUR COUNTRY IN A WAY THAT NO VIRUS ALONE EVER COULD. THE PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC -- BY SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORE OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR A RETURN TO NORMALCY IN THE WEEKS TO COME -- HAVE BEEN SHOUTED DOWN, CRITICIZED AND RIDICULED BY THE MEDIA AT LARGE, AND VOCALLY DISREGARDED BY NYC MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">FOR HIS PART, DE BLASIO HAS MAINTAINED A SINGULARLY PETULANT TONE THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS AND HAS RENEGED ON HIS ASSURANCES OF TRANSPARENCY, REFUSING TO RELEASE STATISTICS RELATED TO THE NUMBERS OF AVAILABLE HOSPITAL BEDS AND VENTILATORS AND SEEMS TO BE REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHETHER OR NOT AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE CDC AND OTHER SOURCES IS ACCURATE.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">IN THIS EPISODE AND IN DAILY EPISODES TO COME, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THESE DEVELOPMENTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OUR USUAL TOP-NOTCH COVERAGE OF NEW YORK CITY CRIME. IN THE INTEREST OF PROVIDING A WIDER VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT DURING THIS INTERESTING MOMENT, NYC CRIME REPORT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTENT, INCLUDING "BEST-OF" PODCASTS, PERHAPS A COUPLE OF RE-R