One Million Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today congratulated Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, the men and women of the New York City Police Department , and community members for continuing to reduce crime in New York City.
People say it's impossible to reduce crime any further after having already reduced it so much.
And every year, the men and women of the NYPD prove the skeptics wrong. I also want to congratulate the men and women of the Department for their continuing dedication and performance. And among the 205 American cities with populations over 100,000, New York City ranks 160th in total crime. The FBI's report is comprised of crime data from jurisdictions with populations of over 100,000 for the first half of calendar year 2000, with the number of cities reporting varying slightly from year to year. The report also shows that over the same period New York City posted the largest crime decline of the seven cities in New York State with populations over 100,000.