Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark is dropping the ball, the city’s top cop said Tuesday.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the northernmost borough is lagging way behind on cracking down on crime, calling Clark’s turf “the absolute best place” In the Big Apple to steal a car.
“And speaking of no consequences,” Tisch said, “if you’re interested in stealing a car, the absolute best place to do it is in the Bronx. Why? Because chances are good that you’ll only be charged with misdemeanor criminal possession of stolen property and sent on your way.
“Auto theft is a felony – so it needs to be charged as a felony,” she said at the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City breakfast forum in Midtown on Tuesday morning. “And when you don’t charge appropriately … you end up leading the city in stolen cars by a wide margin.”…