New York City set a new personal record in February when 11 days passed with no homicides. This is the longest streak since a 10 day murder-less period occurred in 2013.Many people believe that this could be a sign of a safer New York now. William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner stated, "You figure, in 1990, when I first came here, they were doing six murders a day."
Many criminologists say to be weary of the stoppage though. They say that crime occurs in waves with the least amount of crimes occurring in the winter months.
It is true that there has been a significant crime drop across America within the past two decades. Going from six murders a day to spans of no murders for a week and a half, evident progress has been made to clean up the NYC streets, which is great for society.
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