New York City homicide rate continues to drop
Photo credit: Newsday File | An NYPD squad car.
The declining homicide rate in New York City continues a trend this month that has surprised and puzzled legal experts and criminologists, who once believed killings couldn't slide any lower than they did in 2009, when the number fell below 500.
As of Tuesday, there were 369 homicides this year, compared with 474 at the same point in 2011, a drop of just over 22 percent. In 2011, homicides...