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

SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE

Crime: Looking Back at 2024, and Ahead to 2025

Breaking down New York City’s, and the nation’s, trends in violence and disorder

Issue 10

Big-City Corruption

Why does it persist? And does anyone know how to solve it? 

Issue 11

Nonprofits and the City

Do nonprofits have too much power — or not enough?