Sentences with phrase «overall crime dropping»

Meanwhile, another opponent is nonpartisan group Common Cause New York, which put out a statement saying with overall crime dropping in Dutchess County, legislators should seek lower - cost, creative alternatives.

Last year, overall crime dropped by 4 percent — from 105,921 crimes reported in 2015 to 101,606 in 2016, police said.

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Crime dropped overall by one - fourth of one percent in 2013, McCarthy said, acknowledging «that may not sound like much,» but then he quickly mentioned the 16 percent decrease in 2012 from 2011 levels.

Overall crime was up last month in NYC, but the NYPD is touting a drop in murders and shootings so far this year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday that this past school year was the safest for New York City public schools since the Police Department began tracking schools data in 1998, a drop in crime that tracks that of the city overall.

De Blasio says New York City is the safest big city in the United States and pointed to overall crime being down, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop and frisk policing, his neighborhood policing initiative and argues that marijuana possession arrests have gone down even as critics note an increase.

Standing in the 105th Precinct stationhouse in Queens Village, de Blasio said overall crime had dropped 4.2 % in April, compared with the same month last year.

Overall, reported crime on the city's transit system dropped 13.5 percent from 2013 to 2014, but has since increased 7 percent.

But he touted accomplishments in his first term such as universal prekindergarten, his affordable housing plan — which he recently announced is ahead of schedule — increased high school graduation rates, overall crime being down and a drop in the use of the stop and frisk policing method are rooted in maintaining the city's nature.

De Blasio touted his universal prekindergarten initiative, two rent freezes, a $ 93 million program to ensure legal counsel to any tenant facing eviction, 300,000 New Yorkers lifted out of poverty, a drop in the use of the stop and frisk policing method and an overall decline in crime in the city.

Bellone touted a drop in overall crime so far in 2017, compared with last year, but said the MS - 13 gang remains a focus of his administration and Suffolk police.

«We, as you might expect, are planning accordingly,» NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters this morning after an announcement he and Mayor Bill de Blasio made touting an overall drop in crime this year.

The study found 79 percent reductions for felonies, a 93 percent reduction for drug - related crimes, and overall, a 42 percent drop for any conviction.

While the overall violent crime rate has dropped about 10 % in the last ten years, the most violent assaults are up more than 30 % (assault level 2 — with a weapon / causing bodily harm) and 18.6 % (assault level 3 — aggravated).