Privilege Meets Its Reckoning in ‘Aftermath’
By ELYSA GARDNER
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Twenty years ago, crime was New York City’s most serious problem. In the year 1990, the first year of the Dinkins mayoralty, the number of homicides recorded in the five boroughs was 2,245, an historic high. The murder total declined by about 10% during the remaining three years of the Dinkins administration, and fell sharply (about 50%) under the eight years that Giuliani was mayor. It fell slightly during Bloomberg’s first eight years, although there was a slight rise in year nine (2010). Statistics for other crimes over the past two decades compiled by COMPSTAT show substantial declines, particularly auto theft, which fell from 187,591 in 1990 to 21,870 in 2009.
By ELYSA GARDNER
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By BENNY AVNI
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By NEWT GINGRICH
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By WILL FRIEDWALD
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By MARIO NAVES
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By GARY GASTELU
|Twenty years ago, crime was New York City’s most serious problem. In the year 1990, the first year of the Dinkins mayoralty, the number of homicides recorded in the five boroughs was 2,245, an historic high. The murder total declined by about 10% during the remaining three years of the Dinkins administration, and fell sharply (about 50%) under the eight years that Giuliani was mayor. It fell slightly during Bloomberg’s first eight years, although there was a slight rise in year nine (2010). Statistics for other crimes over the past two decades compiled by COMPSTAT show substantial declines, particularly auto theft, which fell from 187,591 in 1990 to 21,870 in 2009.
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