<p>Serious crime in New York has dropped by more than 70% since 1990. Its very hard to argue thats not an immensely positive thing for all...unless you happen to be one of the scumbag criminals who can't around doing no-good anymore since the cops have gotten tougher. </p>
<p>This is a great article on the subject:
<a href="http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_1_ny_crime.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_1_ny_crime.html</a></p>