“This is no new phenomenon,” Kenny said. “It’s just being reported at a higher rate and getting a lot more publicity than it normally does because of social media, we welcome that. We want to encourage reporting so that we can make these arrests”

50 women attacked randomly in Manhattan so far this year: NYPD

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Fifty women have been randomly attacked by strangers so far this year in the lower half of Manhattan, an NYPD official said.

“The trend that I’m getting from the people that we’re arresting, the majority of them are homeless, the majority of them seem like they need some kind of help with mental illness,” Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at One Police Plaza Tuesday. ---More...

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“This is no new phenomenon,” Kenny said. “It’s just being reported at a ﻿higher rate and getting a lot more publicity than it normally does ﻿because of social media, we welcome that. We want to encourage ﻿reporting so that we can make these arrests”

50 women attacked randomly in Manhattan so far this year: NYPD

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“This is no new phenomenon,” Kenny said. “It’s just being reported at a higher rate and getting a lot more publicity than it normally does because of social media, we welcome that. We want to encourage reporting so that we can make these arrests”