Sentences with phrase «of rampant crime»

City voters will not want to return New York to the pre-1993 dark days of rampant crime, corruption, incompetence and special interest politics.

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We are now paying the price of that blind and irresponsible folly — in a drug war that we are not winning, in burgeoning crime that has made city neighborhoods uninhabitable, in teenage pregnancies and «children having children,» in rampant abortions, swelling welfare roles, sexually transmitted diseases, self - indulgent neglect of community good, and countless ruined lives.

Those of us who have lived in New York for a long time remember the all - too - recent days when crime was rampant, infrastructure was crumbling, services were diminishing and, indeed, the city itself seemed ungovernable.

(CNN)- New York City's Democratic candidate for mayor would take the city from its now - plummeting crime numbers back to the rampant violence of the 1970s, his Republican opponent charges in a new online ad.

«Public corruption, based on all the evidence, appears rampant,» said Bharara, who says he's found the alleged wrong doing to be «bi partisan,» with both Democrats and Republicans accused of crimes.

Crime is rampant in the city and Blake's disappearance is the latest in a frightening series of events that are slowly bringing New York to its knees.

There was also an out - of - control carriage driven by witches, and rampant crime was visible (a pick - pocketing Little Red Riding Hood).

Directed by the insanely prolific Hong Kong action veteran Wong Jing, Chasing the Dragon (China, 2017) is the filmmaker's crime epic, a historical drama that charts the rise and fall of two notorious gangsters who thrived in the rampant corruption enabled by Britain's colonial rule of Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Foreign Affairs: the crime epic Chasing the Dragon (China, 2017, not rated, with subtitles) charts the rise and fall of two notorious gangsters (played by Chinese superstars Donnie Yen and Andy Lau) who thrived in the rampant corruption of Britain's colonial rule of Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Language: Other Genre: Action / Crime MPAA rating: R Director: Gareth Evans Actors: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Raiden Integra Plot: Taking place immediately following the events of The Raid: Rama finds himself having to go undercover with a dangerous Jakarta gang in order to take on the syndicate and rampant corruption in his own police force.

Set during the winter of 1981 — statistically one of the most crime - ridden of New York City's history — A MOST VIOLENT YEAR is a drama following the lives of an immigrant and his family as they attempt to capitalize on the American Dream, while the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

For every laugh in this book, and there arecountless, there is a Cheshire Cat's caveat that this story never really ends.Forty years after Inherent Vice takesplace, corruption, crime and cruelty still run rampant in L.A., but a shred of tenderness remains, amorsel that Thomas Pynchon elevates to epic dimensions through wild imaginationand death - defying dedication.

A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

The softened America at its nadir - with undemanding schools, unpunished crime, rampant welfare, a feckless army under a timid national policy in Vietnam - is the setting for Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler's Planet of 1970 and Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone of 1973.

This copying of physical books into digital formats for resale through piracy websites is a clear indication that the crime is rampant, but also that «security blanket» measures like DRM - encryption only stop honest people from using their legally purchased ebooks in the way that they see fit and best suits their reading needs.

Fan's journey to find him takes her out of the safety of B - Mor, through the anarchic Open Counties, where crime is rampant with scant governmental oversight, and to a faraway charter village, in a quest that will soon become legend to those she left behind.

FEEL FREE of racial tensions, rampant crime, daily pressures.

While petty theft and fraud is rampant throughout the country, the vast majority of violent crime remains in Belize City.

Jydge (yes, Jydge not Judge) is a top - down shooter based in the future city of Edenbyrg where crime is rampant and the only solution is GO →

Epic story in the vein of what MG is known and loved for: The game takes place in 2018 after the events of METAL GEAR SOLID 4 where the world has fallen into chaos with cyborg crimes & terrorism running rampant in society.

At a conference to announce the launch of fraud management services for the life insurance sector, V Manickam (pictured), secretary general of the Life Insurance Council, said organised crime in the insurance sector had become so rampant that...