Colleen Long has the story in the Washington Post.
Homicides are down. They’re on pace for 457 this year, which would be lower than the many-decade low of 497 in 2007. Very impressive. Thank you, NYPD!
This is all the more impressive since, as Patrick McGeehan reports in the New York Times, unemployment hit 10.3% in New York City, a 16-year high. Sixteen years ago, in 1993, there were 1,960 murders in the city. Take that, “root causes.”
If you accept that homicides are down 77% since 1993, why not accept that other crimes are down 40% since 2001?
Because I misread the story or didn't read it closely enough.
I thought it said crime was down 40% in the past year or two, which would be B.S.
I think it is safe to assume that crime has dropped in sync with homicides. So I'd buy that crime has dropped 77% since 1993. So since 2001 30% would be a good figure. And 40% is too close to 30% for me to say anything.
My fault. Thanks for questioning my logic. I've changed/corrected my post accordingly.