Word: bronx
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...keystone of the strategy is to make each of the city's 76 precinct commanders directly responsible for keeping the peace in a well-defined area--formerly the beat officers' job. When Captain Jose Cordero of the 40th precinct in the South Bronx learned that shootings in his precinct had edged up 15% earlier this year, for example, he authorized sweeping searches of housing projects and mailboxes, two common hiding places for guns and drugs. By blocking off streets, officers denied potential drug buyers access to the neighborhood. The result: a 22% drop in shootings over the next two months...
Still, some New Yorkers caution that Giuliani's determination to balance the budget by slashing funds for schools, hospitals, welfare and Medicaid will create problems that a phalanx of blue uniforms cannot solve. "I understand there are budget constraints, but you can't ignore the other side," says Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson. "Reducing crime has to rely on continuing efforts in education and social services. That's what's going to make a long-term difference...
...matter what the numbers show, the voices that count belong to everyday citizens hardened to the reality of city life. Do they feel safer? Brenda Clark, 45, still complains about the nightly crackle of gunfire outside her South Bronx home. Anna McClendon, 71, distrusts police efforts to enlist civilians in identifying criminals. Says she: "You're liable to get yourself killed." That may be true, but on paper, anyway, the streets aren't as mean as they used...
...bounds down to the podium. He speaks for 50 minutes, without notes, taking the crowd through the cold war, through Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Operation Desert Storm and the occupation of Haiti. Powell, 58, tells moving tales of his upbringing in Harlem and the South Bronx, of sitting in the Hall of St. Catherine in the Kremlin, where he heard Gorbachev declare that the cold war was over. And when Powell has delivered his set speech, the inevitable question rises from the floor: "When are you going to announce that you're running for President...
Their VIP passenger was strapped into a seat by Angel Castro Jr., a 45-year-old sergeant major who has spent more than half his life in the Marines. "I sat him down," Castro recalled in a thick Bronx accent, "and he said 'Thank you, thank you, thank you' -- he just kept on saying that." O'Grady was shivering, dehydrated and soaking wet. After he drank almost an entire canteen of water, Castro asked him if he wanted something to eat. He nodded, and an MRE -- a meal, ready-to-eat-was passed forward. O'Grady took three or four...