CIty Limits Investigative Internship Program
Why Are Reports of Subway Sex Crimes on the Rise?
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It’s likely the jump is because of broader awareness. But there’s a debate about whether to make penalties harsher for sex crimes on trains and buses.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Audio: City Limits’ Harry DiPrinzio on ‘The Jail Next Door’
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What lessons do the 14 detention facilities already in city neighborhoods have for the debate over where to put new ones? Our reporter and a veteran Bronx advocate weighed in on the air.
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Video: Highlights from ‘New Yorkers Under the Gun’
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Hear from Richard Aborn of the Citizens Crime Commission, Nick Suplina of Everytown for Gun Safety, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Liz Glazer of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, Heidi Hynes from the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center in the Bronx and Detectives’ Endowment Association president Michael Palladino.
BRONX BUREAU
New York’s Drop in Gun Violence a ‘Miracle,’ But Threats Persist, Experts Say
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While much of today’s public discourse on guns is focused on school shootings, advocates say there’s still plenty of work to be done when it comes to urban gun violence that’s less headline-grabbing.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Watch: Understanding—and Reducing—Gun Violence in New York
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Watch Manhattan DA Cy Vance, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice chief Liz Glazer, DEA head Michael Palladino and advocates Richard Aborn, Nicholas Suplina and Heidi Hynes discuss the trends in local gun violence and ways to reduce it further.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Beyond Parkland: NYC Needs a Different Kind of Conversation About Guns
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The Parkland massacre triggered a more robust discussion about gun restrictions than occurred even after Newtown or Columbine. New York City has a peculiar place in that national debate.
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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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NYPD’s Neighborhood Policing Meetings Aren’t Reaching Intended Audience
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The NYPD is reaching out to activists and young people to attend the Build the Block meetings meant to inform the Neighborhood Policing program. But that’s not the crowd who’s showing up.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: New York City’s ‘Serious’ Crime Problem
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Few argue that a murder conviction should not be followed by a term of incarceration, but, accepting for now the reality of prison, what does that mean in years?
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Video Brief: Do ‘Violent Criminals’ Need to be a Bigger Part of Justice Reform?
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The consensus that the criminal justice system needs some kind of reform is shared across much of the political spectrum. But the reform push usually focuses on ‘non-violent’ offenders. Does that make sense?