New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced some backlash on Monday after attempting to explain rising rates of rape within his city, as he said it was due in part to an expanded definition of what constitutes rape.
During an interview with PIX11 News, reporter Dan Mannarino asked Mamdani about New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin's concerns over rape and felony assault numbers within the city.
Mamdani maintained that the NYPD has reported among the lowest numbers of murders and shootings in its recorded history and suggested that the rape statistics need to be contextualized.
Of course, the irony here is that Mamdani is right. Because uber-liberal NY has expanded the definition of 'rape', sexual assaults under the new legal definiion have gone up. In January 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Rape is Rape" Act, which took effect in September. The law broadened the state's definition of rape to include non-consensual oral and anal sexual acts, rather than limiting it to penile-vaginal penetration. Previously, those offenses were prosecuted under the lesser charge of criminal sexual act, leading advocates to argue that many survivors were denied legal recognition that they had been raped.
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