Policy
Issue
The Case Against Eric Adams & Co.
Considering the fix the mayor (and the city) are in, from many angles
Highlights from Recent Issues
The Fatal Cost of Waiting: What Must Happen Now in the City’s Jails
Elizabeth Glazer
As conditions continue to spiral out of control on Rikers, the central issue is who can fix the jails and what power is required to make sure the fixes last?
Holding Rikers Officers Accountable: An Almost Impossible Task
Sarena Townsend
Getting Correction staff to follow the rules, then and now
Improving Conditions on Rikers Island
Elizabeth Glazer , Greg Berman and Martha King
Violence is endemic, but it is not immutable.
A Snapshot of How Unions Forestall Progress
Reuven Blau and Graham Rayman
The story of body-worn cameras
Holistic Safety in Corrections: A Framework for Sustainable Change
Nneka Jones Tapia
Chicago Beyond rethought jails and prisons by tackling trauma
What Can New York City Learn from Abroad?
Cyrus Ahalt and Brie Williams
International models suggest that it is possible to transform correctional systems
Journal Issues
Issue 1
Gun Violence
Vital City's first issue looks at the problem of gun violence and how it might be solved.
Issue 2
How We Live Together
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
Issue 3
The Power of Place
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
Issue 4
Summertime!
How life changes when things get hot
Issue 5
Nuts and Bolts: Solving Gun Cases
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
Issue 6
On Drugs
How substance use shapes the city
Special Online Issue
Crime: What Happened in 2023, and What 2024 May Bring
Breaking down New York City’s — and America’s — trends in violence and victimization
Special Online Issue
How Many People Should New York City’s Jails Hold?
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
Issue 7
Does Evidence Matter?
Research meets the real world
Special Online Issue
Congestion Pricing*
*The long-anticipated change to Manhattan’s streets now at the mercy of politics
Issue 8
Is the Urban Doom Loop for Real?
The death and life of great American cities (again)
Issue 9
The Subway
Building better transit
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
Inside Rikers
Jails can be safer and more humane
SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE
The Case Against Eric Adams & Co.
Considering the fix the mayor (and the city) are in, from many angles
More to Explore
Gun Violence in New York City: The Data
What to Do About Closing Rikers
In our first special report, public safety veterans Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson provide a detailed, data-grounded roadmap to close Rikers Island that would simultaneously:
Sunday in the Park with Everybody
We asked radio producer Ike Sriskandarajah and artist photographer Azikiwe Mohammed to capture some of the sights and sounds of Brooklyn’s most iconic greenspace, Prospect Park. What they produced is a sonic-photographic essay, a sensory experience of the people, places and natural beauty at the heart of Kings County.