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New York crime fall lifts hopes for safer city districts
The piece traces sharp crime drops across New York including Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn with 45 percent fewer crimes since 2013, and compares with Chicago and Philadelphia. It credits community policing, violence interrupters, outdoor lights and the CompStat approach, while noting gaps in policy and trust in other cities.
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Tompkins Houses
Brooklyn
N.Y
Death Valley
Leora Keith
Residents’ Association
Tompkins
New York City
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Bedford- Stuyvesant
CompStat
Bill de Blasio
Ben Lerner
Criminal Justice Office
Phila
Eddie Johnson
Johnson
Garry McCarthy
NYPD
Rahm Emanuel
McCarthy
Bill Bratton
James O'Neill
Eric Cumberbatch
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Cumberbatch
de Blasio
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Washington
Amy Sananman