Crime in New York City

Mayor de Blasio has commenced with input from communities that have been negatively and positively impacted by execution of this act. It is important to fairly and honestly revisit the purpose of the stop and frisk regulation and its effectiveness on crime. Stop and frisk has surpassed acceptable boundaries by attempting to sway the opinions of communities impacted that the government has implemented this law for the safety of all, but has proven to be a vehicle for legally allowing racial…

1. What technologies are New York and Barcelona employing to run their cities more efficiently and improve citizens’ quality of life? The New York City government uses the big data which collects from 311 program and wireless sensors to find the way to reduce the noise population. They made a noise limit ordinance for vehicles. The government also analyze the data to make the garbage collection become more efficient. The model they created helps the government to identify more hazardous…

Jonathan Mahler, writer of the book, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning,” discusses the political, economical, and social fall of New York in 1977. The term originated in 1972 after a documentary series episode of the same title was aired. The term became more socially recognized during the 1977 World Series game where the New York Yankees faced the Los Angles Dodgers. Helicopter camera views show video clips of actual fires during the arson breakout caused by the economic fall of the…

Every president needs a cabinet to meet with on a regular basis to report departments concerns and discuss issues of importance. A presidential cabinet is a group of officers of the executive branch of the federal government. And Donald Trump is planning to stock his Cabinet with a group of ex-presidential candidates and businesspeople who are personally loyal to him. Trumps possible cabinet member appointments are looking old, white, and male. Many of which are qualified to fill their roles in…

pink! Like a rose, New York City is the perfect mix of beauty and pain. The weaknesses and strengths of the…

was my first visit to The Museum Of The City Of New York, a small museum dedicated to the history of NYC that includes a variety of exhibits. If you’re an out of town visitor with a taste for the history of the “Concrete Jungle” this is just the attraction for you. You’ll find that your experience here is not only educating but it’s very welcoming. As an individual migrating from the Dominican Republic this experience better helped me get a more intimate New Yorker experience. Upon…

be in prison, there are also probably just as many in prison for crimes they didn’t commit and are now serving time for. The case that usually comes to mind with a lot of people is the West Memphis three. This story was a gigantic topic when it first hit TV and newsstands. There is another case almost exactly like West Memphis three called the Central Park Five. Both stories prove that innocent people go to jail and do time for crimes they didn’t commit. Both stories took place in the 1900s.…

1) Leading up to, and directly following the industrial boom we saw America’s greatest cities change in many way. These changes were particularly evident in the slums of New York. There were multiple legislative actions taken by both the federal and state governments to fix these low-income living areas. The very first notable legislative action was taken by the state of New York in 1867 and was entitled “ The First Tenement Act”. This act required windows in every rom and fire escapes for…

Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities: Insularity Among and Within Communities Tom Wolfe’s novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, written in 1987, depicts New York City in the 1980s as a combination of racism, corrupt politics, warring social classes, and crime. The novel follows the narrative of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street bond trader with his wife, Judy McCoy, and daughter, Campbell McCoy. Sherman’s life is dramatically altered after he him and his lover, Maria Ruskin, are involved in a…

Particularly in segregated cities such as New York City, gangs use racial tensions to recruit minority members (Freng 137). Even white supremacist gangs rely on discontented rural populations for membership (Bellone). The development of gangs alongside immigration waves suggests an underlying tie between self-image and gang membership. In New York City, for example, African-Americans from the South, and immigrants from Europe and Mexico fueled…