Saturday, March 19, 2011

Today in 'the bad old days may be here again' articles


From the Post:

Hammered by budget cuts, the NYPD will field its smallest force by the middle of next year than at any time since 1992 — raising fears that, with fewer cops on the beat, a resurgence of crime could return to the city.

Read the article here.

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5 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyMarch 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    It's interesting having this post right below the one about the new riches to be found on the Bowery. If only we could combine the two and negate both forces.

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  2. esquared™March 19, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    so, by the middle of next year, the nypd will only have six cops and 1/2 of a detective to apprehend a kid with a spray paint can...

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  3. LisaMarch 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Good. Maybe this'll separate the wheat from the chaff - or the woo-ers from the city.

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  4. glammaMarch 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    CRIME WILL SAVE US NOW?

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  5. LisaMarch 21, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    @glamma - No, not crime. I can't express it any better than Jeremiah did in one of his Vanishing New York posts, so will post a link to it here:

    http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/01/yunnipocalypse-now.html

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