According to the FBI, murder is up 2.1% nationally.

[Read more →]

It’s December, and every December the papers start tracking a competition the NYPD participates in every day of the year, the results of which are announced on January 1st: Getting the Yearly Homicide Totals Down. As of December 11th, there were 508 murders in New York City. Last year, the total was 572. So far […]

[Read more →]

I went to West Virginia last week to research a piece I’m doing for NPR about a fire in Fayetteville, WV on December 25, 1945. Five children were believed to have died in the fire, but there was enough weirdness that night and for years afterwards that the family never accepted it. They believed the […]

[Read more →]

This is from my collection from the Photo Unit at 1 Police Plaza. It’s an old photograph, obviously. It’s sad to see the WTC, but this remains one of my favorite shots. I would LOVE to know who the very daring Santa was!

[Read more →]