There have been 26,000 fewer misdemeanor arrests in 2015 compared to the same period last year, with drug crimes and turnstile jumping among the crimes that have seen the biggest drop in busts.
Dateline chronicles Johnny Hincapie’s ultimately successful quest for a new trial, which was first covered by City Limits.
The mayor has limited it. The Council is going to start paying it on some defendants’ behalf. Now the state’s chief judge is taking unprecedented steps to rein it in. And some want to go farther.
It’s not Bill de Blasio. It’s not even his critics. It’s everyone who’s treated the index-crime count as a barometer of mayoral leadership for 20 years.
The practice of “violence interruption” has spurred a lot of interest as a way to prevent bloodshed on city streets. A former gang member who leads one such effort says it is largely about learning to channel rage.
The on-air killing of a reporter and cameraman in Virginia will spur new talk about policies to prevent gun violence. That discussion cannot ignore the sheer number of weapons out there.
If the city wants cops who are more interested in solving problems than chasing bad guys, maybe it ought to start recruiting people with a few more years under their belt.
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera argues that low-income New Yorkers “deserve the same access to resources to navigate the justice system as middle-income and high-income residents.”
The decision came as a Manhattan court heard evidence on an inmate’s claim that he was wrongfully convicted of a role in an infamous slaying.
The city’s homeless services system does little to track complaints by shelter residents about abuse and mistreatment at the hands of security guards.
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