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January 4, 2010
Crime Map 2009: Robberies
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Andy Newman and Kate Briquelet
View 2009 Robbery Map in a larger map |
More proof that the Empire State Development Corporation's blight study was a total fabrication when it came to crime in the Atlantic Yards footprint.
The Local mapped 2009 robberies and grand larcenies in the 88th Precinct, and as the map shows, not a single one was reported in the portion of the project footprint patrolled by the 88th. But guess where the Precinct's largest concentration of crimes took place? You betcha — Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Center and Atlantic Terminal malls. Tear them down!
According to the police, there were 194 robberies or attempted robberies in the 88th Precinct in 2009 through Dec. 27. We have enough information about 123 of them to map them (remember we only started this site in March), and have done so here.
We threw in 27 grand larcenies of the type where someone grabbed valuables from someone’s person, because they seemed to be in the same basic category of crime — someone taking something from someone else in a person-to-person way. The only difference between robbery and this type of larceny is that robbery involves actual or threatened force and larceny does not.
NoLandGrab: Speaking of first-responders, Atlantic Yards Report's Norman Oder posted the first comment, writing that "another pattern that emerges is further confirmation of deception in the Empire State Development Corporation’s Atlantic Yards Blight Study."
Posted by eric at January 4, 2010 11:23 AM