Gun deaths have declined across New York City, but remain high in one part of Brooklyn. Residents and community organizations are working together to stem the violence… READ MORE>

For a week each quarter, 911 calls are routed to community violence interrupters. A new analysis found that precincts with these programs saw a marked drop in shootings… READ MORE>

Co-hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss all that and much more, plus Harry talks with Dana Rachlin of We Build the Block and the Brownsville Safety Alliance about a very different approach to public safety …

NEW YORK — A recent spike in violence in Brownsville, Brooklyn has the attention of community advocates and law enforcement… READ MORE>

In Brownsville, community members have come together to try out a new approach to public safety in their neighborhood… READ MORE>

Several times a year, workers from Brownsville In Violence Out stand sentry on two blocks for five days. The police channel all 911 calls from that area to the civilians. Unless there is a major incident or a victim demands an arrest, officers, always in plainclothes, shadow the workers…. READ MORE >

Alternatives to traditional policing and law enforcement in Brownsville drew international attention last week when… READMORE>

What happens when the police step aside and let residents respond to 911 calls?… READMORE>

Brooklyn tackled the pandemic’s surge in gun violence with a strategy that would once have been a nonstarter: using police and incarceration as a last resort. But will that clash with Eric Adams, the ‘tough on crime’ mayor?… READMORE>

NYPD officers in Brownsville temporarily withdrew from part of Mother Gaston Boulevard as violence interrupter groups and city agencies stepped in. One elected official called the pilot program “defund the police in actuality.”… READMORE>