New York is 42% white and 24% black On average whites are ~2.5% of criminal shooting suspects, blacks are ~70% of suspects.
2018: 72% of criminal shooting suspects were black, 2.8% white,
2015: 69% of criminal shooting suspects were black, 2% were white
2013: 75% of criminal shooting suspects were black, 2% were white.
2012: Although 25% of the City’s population is Black, among all criminal shooting suspects identified by race Citywide in 2012, 77% were Black, and 74% of shooting victims were Black. Blacks were similarly represented as subjects in ID-AC incidents in 2012; 34 (74%) were Black. Among subjects who were armed with firearms during ID-AC incidents, 75% were Black (Figure 2.13), and among subjects who fired at officers, 79% were Black