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[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/nyregion/new-york-city-crime-2017.html by Ashley Southall 27/12/17 The New York Times] | [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/27/nyregion/new-york-city-crime-2017.html by Ashley Southall 27/12/17 The New York Times] | ||
It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of Wednesday there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable records have been kept. | It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of Wednesday there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable records have been kept. | ||
=====How Crime Rates In New York City Reached Record Lows===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2017/12/30/574800001/how-crime-rates-in-new-york-city-reached-record-lows by Ray Suarez 30/12/17 npr] | |||
In 1990, the number of murders in New York City peaked, with more than 2,200 people killed. That same year, Bill Bratton took command as chief of the New York City Transit Police. He went on to serve as New York City police commissioner from 1994 to 1996. It was during those years, and the years following, that the city saw a precipitous drop in murder rates, violent crimes, burglary and vehicle theft. | |||
