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A collection of 4 issues

NYPD: Brooklyn Crime Dips, While 72nd Precinct Sees 20 Percent Hike

New York City streets have seen fewer robberies, shootings, and car thefts during the first half of the year, police officers announced Monday at One Police Plaza. There were 445 recorded shooting incidents citywide over a six-month period compared to a total of 555 in 2015, according to crime statistics

Mayor Touts Drop In City Crime Rate

Photo by Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmayorsoffice/15931487722/]Mayor Bill de Blasio took to Fort Greene’s Ingersoll Houses on Tuesday, December 2 in order to tout a 4.4 percent drop [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/536-14/de-blasio-administration-marks-safest-august---november-period-since-modern-crime-statistics-began#/0] in violent crime

Looting After Sandy – Who’s Telling The Truth?

Source: Bruce Z.After Superstorm Sandy swept through Southern Brooklyn late last October, burglaries rose 366.7 percent [/despite-initial-reports-looting-stats-skyrocketed-in-communities-hit-by-sandy/] , a statistical reality attributed to looting. While there is no denying that looting shot up after Sandy, the general chaos of the time also led to false arrests which may have

NY Post: Sheepshead Bay Has A Crime Problem

Source: davidsonscott15/FlickrLooks like the city press is catching on to something we’ve already noted at Sheepshead Bites: Sheepshead Bay’s crime rates are up for the year [/61st-precinct-crime-statistics-711-%E2%80%93-7172011-2/]. Oh, and the rest of the city is catching up. The New York Post is reporting [http: