I suspect this was not by chance.
jm
2007-09-13 08:15:51 · 5 answers · asked by Popeye 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
That was a key project for then Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He beefed up the police department to 40,000 and started a bunch of undercover programs. He also tried to concentrate the criminal neighbors then shrink it, until the crime was gone. NYC is so much safer today than it was in the 1970s, then known as a crime haven city. No more.
2007-09-13 10:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by mac 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To correct the above posters, it was actually under Mayor Dinkins that NYC obtained the Federal funding to begin hiring massive numbers of police officers.
While under Mayor Giuliani he emphasized a "law and order" mandate in the city which did work on lowering the crime rate, the effect of having a large number of police officers with a "them vs. us" attitude and thinking that often was racist and bordered on Gestapo-like caused many problems in the city. Civil liberties violations, shootings of innocent people, police brutality is often the result of a large, wild, gun-toting police force.
What also attributed to the decrease in crime is the improvement in the economy in general which allowed more people to obtain jobs, thus not having to resort to crime.
2007-09-13 16:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by LewAR26502 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is still alot of crime in places like East New York in Brooklyn. Where I live in the Bronx is not a great area either.
2007-09-13 10:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by Mike G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our past 2 mayors, (Guiliani and Bloomberg) have done a very good job of hiring able commissioners.
2007-09-13 08:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't call it safe. It's decent but crime still occurs in certain areas outside of Manhattan (as well as the subway). I will admit that it improved from the days of Dinkin (89-93).
2007-09-13 09:01:32 · answer #5 · answered by Leonard W 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋