Voices of New York
Youth Arrests Decrease in NYC but Racial Disparities Persist
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A study finds that the Raise the Age policy shift has had an impact, but the pool of kids being arrested has grown even more Black and Latino, El Diario reports.
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New York Courts Accepting Requests to Destroy Marijuana Arrest Records
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Arrests for two lower-level weed charges have been expunged and the records sealed, but if you want those records destroyed altogether, there’s a form to fill out.
Opinion: NYC Must Act Now to Safeguard Children When Their Parent is Arrested
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The national uproar to the recent ICE raids in Mississippi cast a bright light on an issue that stretches well beyond immigration: the practice of arresting parents without adequate regard for the well-being of their children.
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Crime and Punishment Have Both Plummeted in Bushwick
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In the 83rd precinct that covers Bushwick, there were 77 murders in 1990, 44 in 1993 and 20 as recently as 2004. Last year, there were eight. This year the 83rd is on pace for six homicides.
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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.