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► Sources for the video detailing corruption and governance issues (from Benjamin):
● NYC Crime down five percent in 2024. https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0101/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-march-first-quarter-2024#:~:text=Citywide%20in%20March%202024%20compared,a%20decrease%20of%20711%20incidents
● Double digit declines in homicide rates in NYC in 2025: https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr011/nypd-record-low-shooting-victims-first-half-2025#:~:text=quarter
● Problematically, youth shootings have been up since a change in the “Raise the Age” law for family court vs. adult court determinations. https://manhattanda.org/manhattan-ended-the-first-half-of-2025-with-drastic-decrease-in-homicides-and-massive-declines-in-shootings/#:~:text=decline%20in%20gun%20violence%20in,for%20the%20year%20so%20far
● General dissatisfaction with city services with only 34 percent of NYC residents rating NYC quality of life as excellent or good. https://cbcny.org/research/straight-new-yorkers-2025#:~:text=New%20Yorkers%20Remain%20Dissatisfied%20with,of%20Life%20in%20the%20City
● Manhattan rent data and average pricing: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/07/14/new-york-city-rental-prices-june-2022#:~:text=match%20at%20L257%20The%20average,Estate%20Appraisers%20%26%20Consultants%20found
● General backgrounder on Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. (1) https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/william-boss-tweed-and-political-machines and (2) https://www.history.com/articles/thomas-nast-boss-tweed-cartoons
● General information on reforms after Boss Tweed. https://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/pdf/2014/263636.pdf#:~:text=SIGNIFICANCE%20After%20decades%20of%20committing,efficient%20and%20honest%20urban%20administration
● General data on police corruption, Serpico, and the Knapp Commission. https://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/they-wished-they-were-honest/#:~:text=framed%20the%20study,everyday%20common%20graft%20as%20a
● Information on Sheldon Silver and his corruption. (1) https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/01/sheldon-silvers-legacy-one-most-notorious-three-men-room/361232/#:~:text=Silver%20died%20on%20Monday%20at,and%20pandemic%20nursing%20home%20policies and (2) https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-new-york-state-assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-sentenced-7-years-prison#:~:text=The%20schemes%20provided%20SILVER%20with,asbestos%20to%20Weitz%20%26%20Luxenberg
● Information on Dean Skelos’s corruption. (1) https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-new-york-state-senate-majority-leader-dean-skelos-and-his-son-adam-skelos#:~:text=by%2028%20U,Court%E2%80%99s%20decision%20in%20McDonnell%20v and (2) https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2022/01/sheldon-silvers-legacy-one-most-notorious-three-men-room/361232/#:~:text=Silver%20died%20on%20Monday%20at,and%20pandemic%20nursing%20home%20policies
● Information on recent allegations of corruption in COVID and immigrant crisis situations. (1) https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/nyc-extends-docgo-migrant-contract-another-seven-19395878.php, (2) https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/How-a-Hochul-donor-received-637M-million-in-17424950.php
● Information and updates on allegations of fraud related to President Trump and NY Attorney General James. (1) https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/21/politics/trump-civil-trial-trump-organization-appeal , (2) https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-mortgage-fraud-allegation/#:~:text=,York%20attorney%20general%27s%20office%20said
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