Crime

A man in a suit walks through a preschool classroom

Crime

2025: A Look Back

Vital City Dec. 29 2025

A woman in a red coat walks along a subway platform at DeKalb Avenue

Subway Safety

What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety

Vital City Dec. 17 2025

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Reality Check

Reality Check: Has Youth Crime in New York Risen After Raise the Age?

Vital City Dec. 09 2025

Torn street posters of a screaming face layered over graffiti

Reality Check

Reality Check: How Safe are Manhattan (and Brooklyn)?

Vital City Oct. 31 2025

Curtis Sliwa in his red beret speaks on stage at a Vital City event

interview

Curtis Sliwa Talks Public Safety

Vital City Oct. 10 2025

Motorcycles decorated with skull masks parked near sanitation trucks

Crime

Crime Victims Can Help Point the Way Forward

Jeremy Travis, Susan Herman, Preeti Chauhan Sep. 25 2025

A hand fires a pistol toward paper targets on a snowy range

Gun Violence

Licensed to Kill

Chris Marvin Sep. 10 2025

A mural on a building depicts figures with raised hands beside a giant revolver

Gun Violence

My Seven Guns: A Personal Inventory

Charles Buckhanan Sep. 10 2025

Rows of chrome bathroom faucets displayed on a hardware store shelf

Gun Violence

The 80/20 Rule of Gun Supply

Daniel Semenza Sep. 10 2025

A woman walks past a wall mural of two smiling faces

Gun Violence

What’s Behind Baltimore’s Drastic Reduction in Violence

Jeremy Biddle, Ben Struhl Aug. 21 2025

A woman writes on a clipboard beside a man sleeping on a subway bench

Police Reform

Calling the Cops Less Often

Scarlet Neath, Max J. Markham, Barry Friedman Aug. 06 2025

A woman walks past a boarded-up 24-hour ATM storefront

Justice

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Fees and Fines?

Leah Nelson, Sarah Picard, Peter Jones Jul. 01 2025

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