On why crime numbers move: www.vitalcitynyc.org/real-crime-n...

Reality Check: Why Do New York City’s Crime Numbers Change?

Why the actual state of crime might be worse than initially trumpeted

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New York's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported its December data showing 20 shooting victims in all of December across 20 agencies (not NYPD) That's by far the fewest number of shooting victims recorded in a month since collection started in 2006.

New this week: I wrote about the dozen cities I found that had fewer murders in 2025 than in any of the last 50 years. A wide range of cities with incredible results. jasher.substack.com/p/the-cities...

One address accounted for over 26% of the NYPD's 311 calls in Jan 2025. They get 1.5+ million calls per year. Seems like a problem (not with the building).

New York Post @nypost.com · 9mo ago

This Bronx nabe was the biggest whiner of 2025 — and these were NYC’s biggest gripes

One of the more reckless policy decisions of the past 4 years.

Has Youth Crime in New York Risen After Raise the Age? www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/15/r...

Has Youth Crime in New York Risen After Raise the Age?

Overall, no. In one specific area, there’s serious cause for concern.

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Sometimes you can't be "data-driven."

Yes. It's the Calibri.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 10mo ago

It has been a key player in a corruption scandal and regularly engenders heated debates online and in professional circles. This week, it was in the cross hairs of the State Department. Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface. Yes, we’re talking about Calibri. Yes, the typeface.

Youth crime and recidivism in NYC in context: criminaljustice.cityofnewyork.us/reports/nyc-...

Good article in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social by @katy-pugliese.bsky.social on local impacts of overdose prevention centers in NYC. She cites my work w/ @jjhall.bsky.social that found substantial property crime increases around one of the sites. Link in 2/2 (1/2) www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/on-...

Vital City | On Overdose Prevention Centers, Listen to Community Complaints

Policymakers would be wise to listen carefully to neighborhood residents who criticize the facilities.

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Those who have taken to calling the criminal justice system the "criminal legal system" should read Greg Berman's new piece in Vital City. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

Overdose prevention centers are saving lives (as documented in our drug issue vitalcitynyc.org/issues/issue-6). But are we listening closely enough to community concerns about them? In a new Vital City piece, @katy-pugliese.bsky.social puts her ear to the ground. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/on-...

What is the ‘Hamsterdam principle”? And is it a reference to 'The Wire'? Read on...

This isn’t that complicated: Just because New York City is safer than it was decades ago doesn’t mean it is the safest it’s ever been. In fact, it’s gotten significantly less safe lately in some key respects. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...