Posted on 02/12/2015 2:36:52 PM PST by Ken H
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City, once notorious for high crime, broke a record on Thursday with no murders reported for 10 straight days, police said.
The historic calm achieved at 12:01 a.m. Thursday comes on the heels of a notable year - murders in New York City in 2014 fell to an all-time low of 328, the fewest since the New York Police Department started keeping reliable records in 1963.
"Everybody is behaving," said Sergeant Daniel Doody of the New York City Police Department.
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I’m certain no fan of Bloomberg, but there are THOUSANDS of people alive today who would otherwise be dead if business as usual had been carried on. Rudy got the ball rolling, and Bloomberg, for all his faults, actually improved on it.
...we shall see how Delblasio does - if he can hold these numbers, I WILL give him credit. New York is a HUGE CITY and these are awesome numbers, much better than any other large city and better than a lot of states.
well said
I’m not buying this BS.
Wait ‘til the snow melts and they will find murder victims.
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