There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design.
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We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.
In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires.
There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.
Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.
As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.
While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime.
There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.
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