2008-2011 Mayoral State of the City addresses: on Crime
Bill de Blasio:
Fewer and fewer arrests, and crime goes down and down
The NYPD has pushed crime to record lows, with the fewest homicides since 1951. Neighborhood policing is now the reality in this city, and it works. I want to be blunt about this. For years, there was a conventional wisdom in this town, and it said
that you can only arrest your way to a safer city. Guess what? Conventional wisdom was wrong.This is an amazing fact I'm going to tell you. Last year, the NYPD made 140,000 fewer arrests than the year we took office.
Fewer and fewer arrests, and crime goes down and down. That's something to thank the NYPD for.
And the NYPD of today understands that that important work is done with the community, with community leaders,
with civic leaders, with people on the ground who helped to do the work, the tenant patrols, the community patrols, and a crucial part of the equation -- the Cure Violence Movement, the Crisis Management System.
Source: 2019 State of the City address
Jan 10, 2019
Bill de Blasio:
The era of mass incarceration has ended in NYC
Conventional wisdom used to say that you can only imprison your way to a safer city. Wrong again. Today the population in our Corrections system has dropped to less than 8,000 people for the first time in almost 40 years.
The era of mass incarceration did not begin in New York City, but it will end in New York City. And we are getting closer every single day to that great day when we will close Rikers Island for good.
Source: 2019 State of the City address
Jan 10, 2019
Chris Coleman:
Audit police response to alleged officer misconduct
The national dialogue about policing, particularly in communities of color, has put our officers under intense scrutiny. And because we are focused on equity, we haven't run from that conversation. One concern raised by the community during the past
year and a half is the practice and structure of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission (PCIARC)--which examines incidents of alleged officer misconduct and makes a disciplinary recommendation to the Chief of Police.
After an audit of the PCIARC & numerous community conversations, the City Council is pursuing a set of administrative changes in the immediate short term and I will make further recommendations for city ordinance changes by the end of the summer.
We don't always get it right. But we do so much more right here in Saint Paul. Under the leadership of Chief Smith and with hundreds of committed uniformed officers, our department is setting the national standard for true community policing.
Source: 2016 State of the City address: St. Paul Minnesota
Apr 19, 2016
Cory Booker:
ReLeSe: Pro bono legal services to ex-offenders
With "Volunteer Lawyers for Justice," we launched ReLeSe, the first organization of its kind in the Nation, to offer pro bono legal services to ex-offenders; to date; more than 1,200 clients have received help to eliminate barriers to employment and
family reunification. We also started the Fatherhood Center to help dads returning from prison transition successfully back into the lives of their children. We opened a City Hall Office of Reentry and created the Newark Prisoner Re-entry
Initiative, which in a year's time has served over 600 ex-offenders and already placed more than half in jobs. This powerful network of providers we've assembled, in total, is serving thousands of returning ex-offenders and dramatically lowering
recidivism rates.Every dollar we invest in re-entry initiatives results in many more dollars saved as we reduce our dependency on courts, police and jails. These programs must, and, under our leadership will, expand in the coming years.
Source: 2010 State of the City Address at Newark Symphony Hall
Feb 9, 2010
Mike Bloomberg:
Educate prisoners: build more classrooms at Rikers Island
This year, we will build more classrooms at Rikers Island and make going to school there more attractive. And to keep inmates on the right path once they leave, we will link them to the benefits they need immediately upon release.
They’ve paid their debt--but with no prospects, sadly, too many of them will return to jail. Let’s help them build their future--which will help keep all of us safe.
Source: 2008 State of the City Address
Jan 17, 2008
Rudy Giuliani:
Home ownership decreases crime
Creating more home ownership in the City would do great things for us. I learned this way back when I was a US Attorney General and I first heard about the Nehemiah program, which did tremendous work during a period of time when the City was enduring a
huge crime wave. They understand that the more people who own their own homes and have a real stake in the community, the better off a city is -- not just in terms of crime, but many other things. New York has to increase home ownership.
Source: 2000 State of the City Address
Jan 13, 2000
Rudy Giuliani:
Need DNA Lab to Combat Crime
One of the things we need in New York City is a major state of the art DNA Lab. DNA is being used in England to solve crimes in a much higher percentage than here in America, and their example shows how well it can work.
Source: 2000 State of the City Address
Jan 13, 2000
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