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Voices of New York

Youth Arrests Decrease in NYC but Racial Disparities Persist

By Fernando Martínez for El Diario | October 14, 2020

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

By Jarrett Murphy | September 21, 2020

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

By Elizabeth Gaynes and Daniel Dromm | August 14, 2019

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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Easter Bunny with Cops

Crime and Punishment Have Both Plummeted in Bushwick

By Jarrett Murphy | August 7, 2019

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?

By Jeanmarie Evelly | January 30, 2019

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

By Jarrett Murphy | April 27, 2018

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

By Theodore Hamm | February 15, 2018

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

By Jarrett Murphy | October 17, 2017

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

By Jarrett Murphy | October 16, 2017

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’

By Theodore Hamm | April 10, 2017

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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