From the New York Post:

Candidates are pulling no punches in the vitriolic race for state attorney general, with state Sen. Eric Schneiderman accusing Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice of presiding over a major spike in crime.

Schneiderman pointed to new statistics that show murder jumped 15 percent, larceny 12 percent and overall crime 4 percent since Rice became DA in 2006.

“These new statistics put to rest any doubt: Crime has gone up in Nassau under the current DA’s watch and crime in the county is outpacing both New York City and the rest of the state, period,” said Schneiderman’s spokesman Eric Koch.

Team Rice shot back with different statistics on the county’s website that show crime down 3 percent in the county from last year to this.

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