Anonymous tipsters last year banked $115,600 ratting out rotten apples to the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline, which doles out up to $3,500 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of a violent felon.
The tipsters provided intel that helped crack 79 cases in 2023, including a terrifying May 21 subway assault that left 35-year-old straphanger Emine Ozsoy paralyzed from the chest down.
The unhinged suspect, Kamal Semrade, 39, randomly shoved Ozsoy into a moving train at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street station on the Upper East Side around 6 a.m.
The NYPD released surveillance images of the alleged attacker while they were on the platform.
An eagle-eyed Post reader sent in a tip to Crime Stoppers saying he knew who the man was, police officials said.
“I’m grateful,” Ozsoy told The Post recently. “There are good people in the city.”
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But the Jackson Heights resident said her goal is to leave “crazy” New York City later this year and get accepted into the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis in Florida.
Friends created a GoFundMe to assist in mounting medical bills.
Ozsoy, an award-winning artist, illustrator, and painter, does not forgive Semrade — who is currently locked up on Rikers Island charged with attempted murder and assault.
“I’m so angry. I hope he’s in jail until he dies,” she said. “I’m still recovering mentally, emotionally and physically.”
Since its inception in 1983, Crime Stoppers — a partnership between the NYPD and the non-profit New York City Police Foundation, has distributed over $3 million in rewards, according to the foundation’s website.
Calls to Crime Stoppers have helped solve more than 5,600 violent crimes, including nearly 1,600 murders and attempted murders, according to the foundation.
The tipster payout was 33% lower than in 2022, when tattlers totaled $172,000, including five who split $25,000 for information on accused Brooklyn terrorist Frank James.