#new-york-city-crime

#new-york-city-crime

The New York of the nineteen-eighties was, warily, a city in transition. The frightening "Taxi Driver" New York of the previous decade-steaming manholes, blackouts, riots-still hung over the town, but so did the potent downtown renaissance that had begun at the same time, stretching from punk music at CBGB to a still intact SoHo, where a genuine village of art reigned and the world crowded into 420 West Broadway on Saturdays to see what might happen next.

"Sadly it seems that my family and I will be departing the city I've called home my entire life,"

Adams announced an expansion of NYPD's Quality of Life Division across Staten Island, targeting homeless encampments, outdoor drug use, and other public safety issues.

Bragg's focus is local, despite being known for his case against Trump and rising criticism of his policies during a spike in crime.