De Blasio may finally understand NYC’s crime crisis — but still won’t get serious about it

Mayor Bill de Blasio is finally announcing a few anti-crime initiatives, but nothing that has any chance of getting the crisis under control.

The number of shootings in the city skyrocketed last year — doubling 2019’s figure. And so for this year, as The Post’s Larry Celona reported last week, the city has seen 64 percent more shootings than during the same period in 2020, 328 vs. 200. In the previous week alone, shootings spiked a full 250 percent over the same week last year, from 8 to 28. Rapes rose 15 percent, felony assaults 42 percent, grand larcenies 81 percent and hate crimes 500 percent. Spring must be in the air.