Issue 2
How We Live Together
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
Editors' Note
Elizabeth Glazer and Greg Berman
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
The Strange History and Impact of Broken Windows
Tracey Meares
A leading scholar rethinks her relationship to broken windows.
The Unwritten Rules
Errol Louis
Addressing disorder, even while driving down serious crime, is the key to livable neighborhoods.
“The Message”: Order Maintenance and Its Discontents
Michael Javen Fortner
What can survey data tell us about how racial minorities think about crime, disorder and the police?
Tables and Chairs
Nicole Gelinas
Despite the rise in disorder and crime, New York City’s remade public realm still thrives.
State of the Jails: New York City
The Vital City Editorial Team
As the possibility of a receiver for the city’s jails is considered, almost every measure of violence is well above the levels the court found unconstitutional in 2015.
What is a Receiver?
Sara Norman
The appointment of a receiver is grounded in the federal courts’ powers in equity to make determinations based on principles of fairness, as opposed to rigid application of law.
Incarceration Data
The latest data available behind the violence and deaths at NYC jails.
The Journal
&More
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:
Do Anti-Gun Police Teams Work?
Mayor Eric Adams has reassigned hundreds of officers to “Neighborhood Safety Teams” that he says will go after guns and the people who use them.
Brief history and impact of a federal “Transitional Administrator” over juvenile detention in Cook County, IL
Many of the circumstances that led to receivership at the Cook County, IL Juvenile Temporary Detention Center mirror those present in NYC jails.