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Does Less Policing = More Fare Beating on New York City Subways?
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The MTA says turnstile jumping exploded when the NYPD pulled back on subway arrests. But critics doubt the numbers.
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UrbaNerd: As NYPD Arrests Fewer, Other Police Agencies Bust More in NYC
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What’s the practical impact of all these troopers—and, for that matter, the other police forces that patrol the bridges, tunnels, airports and train lines—on the city’s criminal justice system?
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CityViews: Don’t Pin NYPD Pot Arrests on Community Complaints
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The de Blasio administration sometimes argues that its enforcement of low-level crimes like marijuana possession is driven by calls to 311. But there’s little indication that arrest numbers and call volume are related.
Data Drop: Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 2013-2017
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How have patterns in low-level busts changed since Bill de Blasio became mayor?
Campaign 2017: The Policy Shop
Bill de Blasio’s Police Reform Agenda has Achieved Much and Disappointed Many
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Through human tragedy and political crisis, the mayor has delivered on specific reform promises and kept crime low. But he has fallen short of the sweeping change advocates hoped he would engineer.
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CityViews: Lots of Talk About Closing Rikers, Not Enough About Shutting ‘Broken Windows’
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Amidst the splash created by Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to close Rikers, it’s somewhat surprising that there hasn’t been more attention to the future of broken-windows policing.
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UrbaNerd: Big Drop in Misdemeanor Busts in NYC
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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.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Speaker Proposes Bail Fund
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The taxpayer-underwritten project would front bail money to people accused of low-level crimes—which describes most of the people arrested in New York City.
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Where Law, Science and History Meet: Reporters on the Marijuana Beat
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the state of marijuana laws in New York, but were afraid to ask, with Nushin Rashidian of Cannabis Wire and Danny Danko of High Times joining moderator Jarrett Murphy of City Limits.
Criminal Justice
The Rap-Sheet Trap: A Resource Guide
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These organizations offer help and advice to people fighting a bad rap sheet: