And residents within NYC can be even more proud to live in the city of big dreams as the 2013 NYC Murder Rates have significantly declined since last year and if this streak continues NYC will make history by not seeing a decrease such as this year’s since the 1950’s, hit the jump for more detail!!!
The productivity, awareness, social activities and overall community efforts in NYC have made the city’s history so far this year as an immense decrease in the cities murder rate has been reported!
“Newsday reports that, if the current average holds till the end of the year, New York’s murder rate could dip back to levels not seen since the 1950s. As of September 25th, the city recorded 240 murders this year, compared to the 327 murders totaled the same time in 2012.” HuffPost
“There were 418 murders total in New York City in 2012, a low number not seen since the ’60s. For historical perspective, 2,245 people were murdered in New York City in 1990.”
New York officials are placing the decrease on a heavily criticized “Stop and Frisk” policy:
“In June, officials touted the continuing decline in homicides during the first half of this year. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly cited the NYPD’s controversial stop and frisk policies as a primary factor in the dip.”
“Stop and frisk, believe me, that is one aspect of what we do, we have a whole complex array of tactics and strategies that we use,” Kelly said.
Yet it has been reported that there has been a huge decrease in the amount of police stops made in the city during 2013 as well, so I’m not sure how officials believe that “stop and frisk” has helped this year.
Overall its definitely a milestone for New Yorker’s and definitely something to be proud of as the city becomes more safe and lets go of negative stereotypes.
