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incredible point. i ve talked to thousands of voters and it is the number one issue that comes up. i have a three apart plan. one, is that we need to reorient policing. you know, last year in new york city, only 60% of homicides were cleared. that means an astronomical four out of ten people who have killed somebody are walking around. 1990s politicians focused on increasing punishments. unless you believe in reincarnation multiple life sentences does not create more deterrence. being caught might. i support the val demings victim act to allow police officers and police departments to get grants to hire detectives and technologies to increase the homicide clearance rate to solve crime. that s one. number two, we have to invest in place based interventions. if you go just down the street to 28th and 7th avenue near penn south or by my house at 14th and 1st, you see you ve got mayhem on the street where there are no
Six years ago today, we published an editorial called ”Tunnel blockheads,” opposing Amtrak’s plan to raze a big chunk of Midtown for an unneeded Penn Station annex, called Penn South, part of the larger Gateway boondoggle. It was the first of 90 Gateway editorials and counting (sorry, not sorry).