People may not want Rudy for Prez, but NY needed his "grab the bastards by the throat" mentality to clean out the hellhole it had become. Looks to be sliding back to the hole now.
It's got a long way to slide. The annual murder totals during the Koch/Dinkins years got as high as 1300+. Compare the 539 to the Philadelphia total of 400+ in a city an eighth the size of NYC. I consider the (relatively) extremely low murder totals a Giuliani legacy.
"People may not want Rudy for Prez, but NY needed his "grab the bastards by the throat" mentality to clean out the hellhole it had become. Looks to be sliding back to the hole now.
Not really. These are murders among acquaintances in the bad parts of town, outside of Manhattan.
It is very difficult to prevent them by policing. If a bunch of rough teenagers are drinking beer in an apartment, and a deadly fight breaks out, the police can only take statements afterwards.
Mayor Blooming-idiot thought that was the way to go!