(The New York police commissioner, Dermot F. Shea, has also attributed the rise in shootings to recent criminal justice reforms, including the release of thousands of people from Rikers Island under a new bail law and efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the city’s jails. But data obtained by The Times suggests that neither measure has played a significant role in the uptick, which after all is not a New York-specific phenomenon.)
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