1.0 link 223227 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarrett-murphy/the-high-cost-of-a-low-cr_b_223227.html One great surprise of Mayor Bloomberg's tenure is the continuing decrease in New York City's crime rate. When he took office in 2002, the smart money said that after so many years of reduction, crime would hit a floor and start creeping up, especially given a weakened economy and budget cuts that slashed NYPD headcount by 12 percent between 2000 and 2008. Instead, crime has fallen 27 percent since 2001. At one recent City Council hearing, the chief beef to...

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