Demographics can't account for it. The prison population all of a sudden didn't double and triple, so that there were no longer people out there committing crimes. It wasn't the economy. The economy had been improving, although slowly in New York City. The only thing you could point to is the start of 1994-you had a new mayor, new police commissioner, new strategies, more police.
More police definitely helps in New York.
But it's how those police are utilized. And it's not just the police alone who have been responsible, although we've been a principal catalyst. There is now a comprehensive approach to crime. Other city agencies pay attention to the quality of life, so they clean up graffiti, they clean up litter. They enforce their rules and regulations.