Overview
- The NYPD held a ribbon-cutting Oct. 27 at 188 West 230th St. in Kingsbridge for the new Special Victims Unit facility.
- The facility includes trauma-informed interview rooms, a child-friendly area, a lactation room, and a stress-reduction room.
- Officials say the site will bring SVU investigators together with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office to streamline cases.
- No firm opening date was announced, with Special Victims leadership saying it should be operational "soon," and some reporting questions whether Safe Horizon will have on-site offices.
- NYPD statistics show reported rapes up 32% in the Bronx and 18% citywide this year, a trend officials cited as driving the investment.