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?

Issue 12

What Makes Cities Tick

Vital City at Three

SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE

Trump: 100 Days and Beyond

What impact is the administration having on cities and the people who live in them? 

SPECIAL ONLINE ISSUE

New York's Next Mayor?

The ins and outs of a uniquely important mayor’s race