While Democrats and Republicans have been deadlocked most of the year over President Bill Clinton More...

In a press conference at City Hall last week City Councilmember Sheldon Leffler noted an alarming statistic. While New York City now has more than 40,000 police officers on its payroll, the number of officers assigned to the city's police precincts to carry out community policing duties has declined. As of June 11th, 16,940 officers were assigned to specific precincts, 679 fewer than as of about two and a half years earlier. In contrast, the centrally controlled seven patrol borough commands across the city grew by 317 officers during the same period, a 15 percent increase. The two Queens Patrol Boroughs, North and South, grew by 104 officers, or 26 percent. More...