Writing

Essays, briefs, and reports.

2026

Did NYPD’s Zone Strategy Cause Crime to Drop? Vital City · May 28, 2026 Read

Reality Check: Why Do New York City’s Crime Numbers Change? Vital City · March 4, 2026 Read · Related dashboard

2025

Subway Safety: What the Data Show Chalfin, Hall & Reeping · Vital City · December 16, 2025 Read

Reality Check: Does the NYPD Need to Hire More Cops? Vital City · August 8, 2025 Read · Related dashboard

NYC Youth Crime in Context: Arrest and Recidivism Hall & Dupont · Report · 2025 Read

New York’s Gang Database Keeps the City Safe, and Lawmakers Want to Kill It City Journal · March 7, 2025 Read

Just the Facts on New York City Subway Crime Reeping, Hall & Chalfin · Vital City · January 31, 2025 Read

The Bronx’s Crime Crisis Vital City · January 22, 2025 Read

2024

The False Promise of Police Crackdowns in New York City Vital City · November 26, 2024 Read

Are the Kids All Right? The Truth About Youth Crime in NYC Vital City · November 7, 2024 Read

Deciphering Retail Theft Data: Implications and Actions for Policymakers Manhattan Institute issue brief · 2024 Read

2023

Fix Public Policy or Pay a Price Hall & Moskos · Vital City · March 16, 2023 Read

2021

Why Police Need to Enforce Traffic Laws Manhattan Institute issue brief · September 14, 2021 Read

Press

• The New York Times, March 2025 — subway crime, first article (title, exact date, and link to be supplied)
• The New York Times, March 2025 — subway crime, second article (title, exact date, and link to be supplied)
• Gothamist, July 2026 — revisions to NYPD crime statistics

Earlier police career coverage

• New York Daily News, September 2019 — off-duty arrest of three car thieves in the 111th Precinct
• QNS, January 2019 — historic crime decreases in the 111th Precinct in 2018
• QNS, March 2018 — taking command of the 111th Precinct

All of John Hall’s Vital City pieces: vitalcitynyc.org/author/hall-john.