car theft
NYC’s Rise in Auto Thefts Puzzles Experts
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Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD
crime
Public Advocate Says Cops & ‘Cure Violence’ are Both Part of the Solution to Shootings
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Jumaane Williams blames the rise in bloodshed not on criminal-justice reform or a slowed court system but on the devastation wrought by COVID-19.
biking
Reporting Citi Bike Theft Can be a Tough Ride
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After a man stole one New Yorker’s CitiBike, the company told her to work with the cops, the cops told her to work with the company, and a $1,200 charge hung over her head.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Wage Theft is a Criminal Act. Treat it as Such
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Until prosecutors stop viewing the enforcement of these crimes as optional and start investigating them like other crimes, unscrupulous companies will continue to incorporate fraud into their business model.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Murders Demand a Deeper Look at How We Treat the Homeless
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‘An honest examination of what happened must consider larger contextual factors at play, which include a marked lack of truly affordable housing, useful mental health services, and easily accessible and appropriate shelter options.’
Age Justice
Leave the Bronx for One’s Golden Years? ‘Hell No!’
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To get a sense of what older Bronx residents were doing and thinking on a typical day, City Limits and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism teamed up this week to collect a few vignettes of aging in the borough.
arrests
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.
buses
Ban of Repeat Offenders from Subway ‘Hugely Problematic,’ Advocates Say
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement at the end of June in support of a transit ban for serial offenders, calling it a ‘common sense issue.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Yes, Fare Evasion Costs the MTA. But What About the Costs of Fare Control?
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‘It is time to send the transit fare control apparatus off for recycling, replace it with nothing but open corridors, and ask our police to find new roles for themselves in the subway environment.’
Agenda 2019
CityViews: City Must Choose Between Two Different Visions of Policing
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‘There are significant warning signs that could jeopardize the progress we have made against crime.’