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Traffic fatalities
Twenty-two people were killed in motor vehicle accidents this July - including nine people walking and riding bicycles - and 4,840 were injured, according to the latest NYPD crash data report. (August 29, 2012)

Pedestrian and cyclist deaths
Crash data analyzed by Transportation Alternatives revealed that most city pedestrians and cyclists killed during a 14-year span died because drivers broke an enforceable traffic law. (August 15, 2012)

Immigrant detention and deportation in NYC
From October 2005 through December 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency apprehended over 34,000 New Yorkers, according to this report by the Immigrant Defense Project, Families for Freedom, and the NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic. The agency deports 91 percent of those detained. (July 25, 2012)

Fewer smokers in parks
This study by the Health Department finds smoking in parks dropped two-thirds in the year after the city banned it. Smoking-related litter on beaches, such as cigarette butts, also declined by about two-thirds. (May 29, 2012)

Crime, Safety, Walking and Biking in Bed-Stuy
This report by Transportation Alternatives looks at how perceptions of safety, crime, and violence impact active transportation in Bed-Stuy. (April 10, 2012)

NYPD Rant
Former police officer Edward Polstein started this busy Web site as a forum to discuss his own personal complaints about his job, and claims it ended up getting him fired (the police department denies this). Conversations revolve around policing, and range from what kind of guns officers are allowed to carry to whether the police union is "USELESS". Posts are often rude and can be filled with jargon because, as one recent visitor put it, "it's a place for NYPD cops to rant and gripe not to educate the masses about what MOS means or anything else."
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. The site was frozen in 2004, but still remains a useful research tool.
New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault works to develop and advance strategies, policies and responses that prevent sexual violence and limit its destabilizing effects on victims, families and communities.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College has many areas of special interest for local, state and federal law enforcement officials, private security personnel and those interested in fire science, public safety and other facets of public service.
NYC Safe Streets
Provides resources and assault incident maps for the Williamsburg and Greenpoint Areas of Brooklyn as well as Lower Manhattan. Links are helpful and provide further resources.