It’s the latest example of how the fraught debate around criminal justice reform continues to bubble up with each act of violence in the city — even as stats show murders and shootings have declined since the pandemic, while felony assaults are on the rise.

The sister of a construction worker who was stabbed and killed on Monday in what police are calling a spree of attacks in Manhattan is demanding justice for her brother — and urging city officials to do whatever it takes to keep the alleged perpetrator behind bars.

A knife-wielding assailant killed two men and a woman during an hourslong, seemingly "unprovoked" stabbing spree through the streets of New York City on Monday, authorities said. The two slain men — attacked near 444 W.

Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after he was found with blood on his clothes and two kitchen knives, authorities said.