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October 25, 2010
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Crime Wave
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by Michael Locke
Now, how could this be? Didn't the Empire State Development Corporation and its consultant, Forest City Ratner-funded AKRF, claim in the Atlantic Yards Blight Study that crime in the area was concentrated in the project's footprint? But now the footprint has been largely de-populated. You don't think they could've lied about that, do you?
Deputy Inspector Anthony Tasso, Commanding Officer of the 88th Precinct, reported at last night’s Precinct Community Council meeting that there has been a 70% year-over-year increase in crime for the four-week-period from September 21st to October 19th. The increase is primarily in assault and robbery.
“We have seen a significant increase in kids-on-kids crime in the vicinity of Brooklyn Technical High School after school, from 2 to 5pm,” the Deputy Inspector said. “These kids usually hangout in large groups in Fort Greene Park, on Fulton Street, in the Atlantic Terminal Mall and at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues.”
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The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], 88th Precinct Responds to Spike in Crime
Posted by eric at October 25, 2010 10:33 AM