January 31, 2005
Subway crime rose slightly in 2004
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Not surprising, considering the way things seemed to be going last summer.
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January 19, 2005
NYDN does the math: more than 2,500 "convicted killers on our streets"
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The article is a bit alarmist and uses fuzzy math, but asks a legitimate question: why does the system allow for all these people to get out so soon? Note the crazy pictorial spread at the bottom of the article, featuring famous convicted killers.
Posted by adm at 9:51 AM | TrackBack
December 23, 2004
Number of people dying annually in NYC continues downward trend
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Fewer than 60,000 people died this year; but diabetes deaths are up.
Posted by adm at 7:44 AM | TrackBack
December 14, 2004
Bloomberg vows to keep crime low
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Crime is down 5% this year.
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December 8, 2004
Rapes by strangers have dropped 20% in the last year
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December 1, 2004
NYP on frequent pedestrian accidents on Bronx's Grand Concourse
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Four deaths between 1995 and 2001, but 167 injuries. Park and 33rd in Manhattan is also bad.
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November 22, 2004
Subway crime may be up this year for the first time since 1990
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17,497 recorded subway felonies in 1990 -- a peak year in the city's crack-cocaine-fueled crime epidemic. As of last year, subway thuggery had plummeted 82%, to 3,218 felonies.
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November 16, 2004
Assaults on cops in subway are up 60% this year
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Related to crackdown on swipers. NYP loves stories about swipers.
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November 15, 2004
Mayoral/NYPD crackdown works: Bank robberies down 20%
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November 7, 2004
NY Post says street criminals are making a push to reclaim Williamsburg
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However, the Post offers no statistics at all to back up its assertion. Crime levels are the same as last year.
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October 25, 2004
NYT: Have New Yorkers lost their street smarts now that the city is safer?
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[via gothamist]
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Public school teachers are busted at a rate of 1 per day
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October 20, 2004
SI teens are most likely to abuse drugs, alcohol
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Mayor "scolded" by residents complaining about crime rates uptown
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October 12, 2004
Bloomberg says city on track for record low murder rate
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October 4, 2004
Soundview section of the Bronx is top target of car thieves
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Posted by adm at 9:28 AM | TrackBack
October 1, 2004
More findings from homicide study: 80% of victims knew their killers
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September 26, 2004
40% of city's female murder victims are killed by boyfriends or husbands
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September 20, 2004
Subway crime rose in all boroughs except Manhattan during RNC
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Posted by adm at 6:11 AM | TrackBack
Statistical report issued about health of city residents
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Several STDs are on the rise, but still far lower than in the early 1990s.
Posted by adm at 5:56 AM | TrackBack
September 16, 2004
Crime up 12% in school last year
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Proposed solution: put cameras in every school
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September 7, 2004
City says crime down during RNC
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No mention of protester arrests in weak article.
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August 7, 2004
Big NYT feature about policing the Fifth Precinct (Chinatown, Little Italy) and declining crime rate
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I will discuss this article more later.
Posted by adm at 3:45 PM