Catalytic converter thieves are revving up their operations in the Big Apple — citywide, the crime has accelerated by 269% this year — and on Staten Island, by a meteoric 670%, NYPD data show.
Across the five boroughs, 5,548 catalytic converters have been ripped off through Aug. 14, compared to the same period last year, when 1,505 were reported stolen, according to the stats.
On Staten Island, catalytic converter thefts rose to 362, up from just 47 the year before, for a 670% increase — the biggest surge in the five boroughs.
“It’s really bad. I’m one shop and in the last few months I’ve done [repaired] 15 cars. Ninety-five percent are Honda Accords,” said Nick Dhouib, manager of Ten Point Auto Repair in New Dorp for the last 30 years. “The people complain about the noise,” he said.
One Staten Island auto repair mechanic pointed the finger at the Garden State.
“I hear they are coming from New Jersey. They jump on the bridge [Goethals or Outerbridge Crossing], take what they can and go back to Jersey,” said the shop owner, who requested anonymity.
Queens leads the five boroughs with 2,092 converter thefts in 2022, compared to 574 in the same period last year — a hefty 264% hike.
In Brooklyn “cat” thefts hit 1,534, up from 403 in 2021, a 281 % spike; The Bronx saw 976, up from 286, for a 241% leap; Manhattan had 584 such thefts so far this year, compared to 195 in 2021 for a 199% rise.
A catalytic converter, which contains rhodium, palladium and platinum, is a piece of the automobile’s exhaust system that breaks down some of the smog which would otherwise come out of the tailpipe.
Crooks can get up to $300 for a standard catalytic converter and up to $1,400 for the part from hybrid vehicles.
45 comments:
Reason # 9,986 to leave NY !
Those of us with pride and not living in mommy's basement need to VOTE REPUBLICAN if this is ever going to end. Sorry dems but if you can see the truth than you've already drank too much Joey juice to ever recover!
Will Mayor Parrrtay do something ?
DA Bragg and bail reform continue to crush the law-abiding NYers.
Bragg and Hochul are champions for criminals.
They are clearly encouraging more criminals and criminal activity.
The question is Why ?
NYC in particular and America in general is transforming into the third world. Like in Africa where they can't have cell phone service because people constantly break into the towers and steal the wire to sell. This kind of car component thievery is explicitly third world. It's happening all over, and nothing gets done about it.
It really is the deliberate Brazil-ification of American. The rich keep getting richer, the poor ever poorer and more dysfunctional. Yet thanks to Progressive largess, the poor grow like maggots, pouring over the border and anchor-babies popping out in your local emergency room, all taxpayer funded of course.
What this all demands is MORE MONEY, hence Sloppy Joe's 86,000 new IRS agents, to go after "billionaires," lol! Yes, all 614 of them. That's 140 new agents per billionaire! We'll get 'em fur shure.
Only the brain-dead NY Times reader believes these blatant lies.
You all sat in silence while AOC and BdB let the city burn. Enjoy your $2,000 trip to the mechanic.
They can put it down as a penalty for freeloading off the city with their free car storage. Bunch of losers.
Is there no way to build in GPS tracking to alert owners when the theft is occurring? Or an alarm system of some sort? How would different pols fix the system? Can someone please elaborate?
Would NYers have to pay to support all of these criminals or would they be sent to Jersey prisons? Or do federal dollars pay for their public defenders and prison stays?
It's obviously Biden's fault.
Catalytic converters are for commies and libturds who like clean air and water. Not for real Americans who love smog and dirty water.
TA Commie and his crew, sponsored by mass murderers like WEF, Gates, etc, under the disguise of "Climate change".
They want fuel cars off the road and this is happening world wide with the converters.
Adams lied so he could be elected. Im voting Republican next time.
Thankfully, I live in a Free state where I can carry a firearm...
Nothing to do with crime just a bunch of Amish.
I don't want "fuel cars" off the road. Just much less cars in the city where they're not needed.
Electric cars kill just as many pedestrians and cyclists as gasoline cars.
I also want fewer caravans and trailers containing Q-Anon creeps. Glad most of them are down south.
I blame the Italians. They own most of the chop shops that buy and sell this stuff.
Gates is a mass murderer now? Do tell us more, he/she/it Q-Anon creep?
@@Catalytic converters are for commies and libturds who like clean air and water. Not for real Americans who love smog and dirty water.@@
And you are for the straight jacket nutjob.
@It's obviously Biden's fault.
Not really. Try Obama and his crew. They are doing this.
Those thieves are not thieves - oh no they're foot soldiers in the Shock Troops to prepare you for more Insanity so you accept the degraded and demoralized conditions of your once wonderful city. Here's some fentanyl to ease the pain. Now shut up and do as you are told.
Thieving isn’t against the law anymore according to the right wing mouthpieces. Didn’t you people get the memo?
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@Thieving isn’t against the law anymore according to the right wing mouthpieces. Didn’t you people get the memo?
Your mind has been hijacked TA commie. No memo, we see it here every day.
Gates is a mass murderer now? Do tell us more, he/she/it Q-Anon creep?
Make it a pedo mass murderer. TA commie. Getting nervous creep?
"I also want fewer caravans and trailers containing Q-Anon creeps. Glad most of them are down south. "
Nobody cares what you and your rich mass murderer sponsors want.
Jump in the lake. Nazi Creep.
"Catalytic converters are for commies and libturds who like clean air and water."
Blatant lie from the pot smoking commies, who pop CCP fentanyl.
For the TA Creep:
~Gates is a mass murderer now?~
In a stunning 46-page legal filing to the International Criminal Court on December 6, an intrepid attorney and seven applicants accused Anthony Fauci, Peter Daszak, Melinda Gates, William Gates III, and twelve others of numerous violations of the Nuremberg Code. These included various crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined by the Rome Statutes, Articles 6, 7, 8, 15, 21, and 53.
https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/columnists/gates-fauci-and-daszak-charged-with-genocide-in-court-filing/article_76c6081c-61b8-11ec-ae59-7718e6d063ed.html
https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/modern-day-censorship/covid-19-pharmaceutical-giants-gates-fauci-uk-officials-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-in-international-criminal-court-complaint/
For your sick pleasure, brought to you by CNN....sicko that you are creep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nFjdEGwZwM
TA commie and his criminal friends:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/video-shows-good-sam-yank-gun-from-motorcycle-robbers-in-nyc/
Go advocate for more criminals on bikes. Punk.
@"Make it a pedo mass murderer. TA commie. Getting nervous creep?"
Nervous? Yes. Nervous that there are Q-Anon creeps like you hiding out in a trailer park down south with god knows what or who buried in your back garden. You remind me of a dumb version of Hannibal Lecter.
@“ In a stunning 46-page legal filing to the International Criminal Court on December 6”
I’m so stunned. This is so amazing that you uncovered this incredible incriminating story. The National Enquirer and the “Doofus News” must be kicking themselves that they didn’t get this story first. You truly are a leader among your creepy Q-Anon peers!
In a stunning 46-page legal filing to the International Criminal Court on December 6
It's a hoax that has already been debunked. And, by the way, the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court.
@"It's a hoax "
No, it's not a hoax. The Storm Troopers are coming any day now. "The End Is Nigh...."
"It's a hoax that has already been debunked. And, by the way, the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court."
You are a hoax.
@Nervous? Yes.
Of course TA creep. You are commie Nazi, you lowlifes never end up good.
@And, by the way, the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court.
Now why is that?
Clean Air TA Commie style
https://twitter.com/i/status/1562398596112289792
"You remind me of a dumb version of Hannibal Lecter. "
And toy remind me of My son Hunter.
A total creep.
You remind me of a dumb version of Hannibal Lecter.
TA commie goes Hollyweird.
All his knowledge is from imaginary characters from movies, otherwise he is the dumbest rock on the planet.
"It's a hoax that has already been debunked"
Oh really? Why don't you post the debunking here. So we can see who supports Big Pharma's mass murder via chemical injections.
It's a hoax that has already been debunked.
You are hoax.
Furthermore the psychopath Gates and his minions have killed people all over the planet under the guise of vaccination.
One example - India
https://indianbarassociation.in/more-trouble-for-bill-gates-and-adar-poonawalla/
No immunity to vaccine companies – Central Government tells Supreme Court in its affidavit before the Supreme Court.
It is a major setback to the toxic philanthropist and vaccine mafia’s Kingpin Bill Gates and his partner Adar Poonawalla, and other co-accused who have been prosecuted for mass murders through vaccines.They are also charged for offences of cheating public at large with false narratives and conspiracy theories.
https://thetruedefender.com/breaking-criminal-lawsuit-against-bill-gates-in-india/
“In 2014, the Gates Foundation funded tests of experimental HPV vaccines, developed by Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) and Merck, on 23,000 young girls in remote Indian provinces. Approximately 1,200 suffered severe side effects, including autoimmune and fertility disorders. Seven died. Indian government investigations charged that Gates-funded researchers committed pervasive ethical violations: pressuring vulnerable village girls into the trial, bullying parents, forging consent forms, and refusing medical care to the injured girls. The case is now in the country’s Supreme Court.”
Thieving isn’t against the law anymore according to the right wing mouthpieces. Didn’t you people get the memo?
From who? Pedo Hitler?
@“ Furthermore the psychopath Gates and his minions have killed people all over the planet under the guise of vaccination. ”
Do they have QAnon creeps in India too?
Pedo Hitler :-(
"Do they have QAnon creeps in India too?"
Try the Mumbai High Court. Gates and his partners are screwed.
Be nice to your donors TA commie.
@Here's some fentanyl to ease the pain.
That's what we need with TA commie flying high every day.
You can see his posts, they speak volumes of our propaganda on MSM, school system and the total degeneration of civilization as we know it.
Even Harari (Schwab's advisor) these useless people need to be drugged.
https://youtu.be/wbwDzsXxHuw
Well done TA commie. Keep up the good work.
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