College kids in New York City don’t just need beer money – they need bodyguards!
A protective Maryland father concerned about crime in the Big Apple hired a “security consultant” to keep an eye on his 19-year-old daughter – a freshman at New York University in Greenwich Village – where crime would occur on or near campus. Is. There has been a surge in the last three years.
“I was very skeptical about New York and I’m worried about it,” said the 52-year-old real estate investor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because NYU was his “first and only” choice when it came to schools.
“I believe information is the best disinfectant, and knowing which areas to go to, which areas to avoid” “Absolutely important, especially for a young person who is moving away from home for the first time Going alone into a city or a situation.” ” He said.
The “safety advisor” will help the girl – who is studying business and art – navigate the five boroughs safely.
“I don’t know if it’s enough or not; I hope that happens,” the father added. “As a parent, you want to arm your child with all the information you can possibly get them, and hope they make good decisions.”
After a week of searching, the father filled the 25-hour-a-week position, hiring an experienced female private investigator last month. He wouldn’t disclose her salary but the going rate for such a gig in NYC is more than $50 an hour.
On Lauren Zucker-Pliner domestic staffingA “discreet” employment agency in Pennsylvania was hired by the loving father to find a security consultant. She posted on Facebook on August 15 that she wanted to assign “an officer” to keep an eye on a customer’s daughter and “make sure she will be safe at school.”
The candidate must have “knowledge of any active emergency situations occurring in or around the city about which the college student should be warned.” The posting also asked for someone to “drive him around town and tell him what areas he should avoid.”
The posting explained that the ideal man would bond with his daughter through shared interests, such as yoga or Pilates.
The job posting added: “One day, you might go to the Bronx Zoo with her, the next day you might call her to check-in and see where she’ll be for the week, so you’re conscious of keeping an eye on them.” Are areas.”
The NYU father’s concerns about his daughter’s safety are justified. Over the past few years, crime has been on the rise all across NYU.
So far in 2024, NYU security has recorded 771 criminal incidents across the university’s Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Commons, Midtown Center, Upper East Side and Kips Bay campuses — a 27% increase from the 606 reported at this point in 2022.
From January 1 to September 30 this year, there have been nine robberies, 10 aggravated assaults and five rapes on and around the five NYU campuses.
Last year was even worse, with a total of 807 criminal incidents during the period from January 1 to September 30 – including 11 robberies, eight felony assaults and eight rapes.
According to NYU’s online daily crime log, all eight rapes reported last year occurred in student housing on the Village campus.
Of the five rapes recorded this year, three occurred inside student accommodation facilities on the village campus, one took place in an academic building in the village, while the other was reported nearby Washington Square Park,
NYU could not immediately provide crime data before 2022.
In the NYPD’s 6th Precinct, which covers NYU’s Village campus, crime is down 14% overall, and in each of the seven major crime categories. However, hate crimes have increased by 55%, from 11 last year to 17 this year, and sexual crimes other than rape have also increased by 11%, to 52 so far in 2024, compared with the same period in 2023. There were 47.
recently, NYU softball player Alexa Weary A man tackled her and punched her while she was jogging in Chelsea, breaking her arm.
“Frankly, I don’t know how to feel about it,” the father said, presented with NYU crime statistics by The Post. I did not know. “It scares me even more.”
This week, The Post spoke to students at NYU’s Village campus, where security guards are always present. Most supported the father’s protective instincts.
“It’s extreme, but I can’t blame them,” said Lou Germain, a 26-year-old French graduate student who witnessed a violent attack nearby. “If you have the money for it and you want your child to be safe, why not?”
“I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry,” said an 18-year-old freshman from Virginia.
Ashley Vaughn, 21, of Queens, said she feels safe during the day, but at night, “it can be scary” with addicts and lunatics wandering into the complex from the park.
Michelle Ip, 20, said she is “very mindful of her surroundings” but feels “relatively” safe at NYU. “I’m from the Bay Area, where homeless people can be crazy and they will harass you. But in New York, they keep the crazy people to themselves.
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