President Donald Trump arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., shows that he is willing to take decisive action to protect Americans. 

Now he must do the same in New York City, a city that has spiraled into lawlessness, corruption, and radical politics. 

If Washington deserves the Guard to restore order, then New York—plagued with violent crime, collapsing public safety, and a mayor-elect who calls himself a socialist—needs it even more.

New York has seen a sharp rise in crime over the last several years. In 2022, major crimes increased by 22% compared to the year before. Grand larceny was up 26%, burglary 27%, and car thefts nearly doubled. 

By 2023, murders and shootings dipped slightly from pandemic-era highs, but overall crime remained well above pre-COVID levels. According to NYPD data, there were more than 126,000 felony arrests in the city in 2023. That is not the profile of a safe community—it is the profile of a city in decline.

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What is even worse is the sense of fear ordinary New Yorkers feel on the streets. Every week, new videos surface of brazen robberies in daylight, assaults on subways, and organized mobs looting stores. 

Businesses are shutting down not because of a lack of customers, but because their employees are scared to walk to work. 

Families avoid the subway at night, and even in daylight many prefer to pay for expensive rideshares rather than risk being trapped underground.

The NYPD is underfunded, demoralized, and increasingly restrained by politicians who view police as the enemy. Criminals, on the other hand, are treated like victims. 

District attorneys such as Alvin Bragg refuse to prosecute serious crimes, reducing felonies to misdemeanors or dropping cases altogether. 

Repeat offenders are released onto the streets within hours, free to commit the same crimes again. This is not a functioning justice system. It is a revolving door for criminals.

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In that environment, only federal action can restore security. Trump was right to send in the Guard to D.C. to show that the government has the strength to protect its citizens. 

New York needs the same. The National Guard can do what the city’s political leadership refuses to do: enforce the law, restore order, and make it clear that crime will not be tolerated.

The timing is urgent because New York is about to get even more radical leadership. 

The incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, does not even hide his ideology. He openly describes himself as a socialist, but his policies resemble old-style communism: government control of housing, attacks on private property, and hostility toward the very people who create jobs. 

Mamdani has made clear that he wants to cut police funding even further, expand “restorative justice” programs that put criminals back on the streets, and prioritize ideological crusades over basic safety.

That agenda will accelerate the city’s collapse. It is already difficult enough for families to live in New York, with skyrocketing rents, high taxes, and rampant homelessness.

Add unchecked crime to the equation, and more middle-class families will flee. Businesses will follow. The city risks returning to the dark days of the 1970s and 1980s, when crime, bankruptcy, and political extremism drove New York to the brink.

Trump has the power to stop this. He should not wait until the situation deteriorates further. A National Guard deployment would send a clear message that New York is not going to be surrendered to criminals and radicals. 

It would also give confidence to residents that their government values their safety over political games.

Democrats will argue that deploying the Guard is heavy-handed or undemocratic. 

But what is undemocratic is allowing law-abiding citizens to live in fear while politicians protect criminals. 

What is heavy-handed is letting gangs dominate neighborhoods while hardworking families suffer. Public safety is not negotiable—it is the foundation of freedom.

Trump has proven that he is willing to challenge failed leadership and take action where others hesitate. 

By sending the National Guard into New York City, he would not only clean up the streets but also demonstrate that socialism, corruption, and crime will not define America’s greatest city.