Crime
Opinion: NYC needs to invest in its community, not in a Cop City
Mayor Eric Adams’ Cop City plan will not meaningfully improve public safety — it's time for a different approach that centers social services and housing support.
Opinion: How the NYPD evades accountability for misconduct
Legislatures need to address the department’s internal corruption of dodging disciplinary consequences for police misconduct.
Opinion: Subway safety is a manufactured crisis
New York City is spending millions on subway policing and surveillance, but these measures do more to ease public anxiety than actually reduce crime.
What to do if stopped by ICE
With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids imminent, it is important to know your rights if you’re ever confronted.
Opinion: No longer behind bars, but not truly free
Without support systems in place, many formerly incarcerated individuals in New York risk falling into a cycle of poverty and criminalization.
Off Topic: True crime lovers, let’s talk boundaries
We must recognize that true crime storytelling carries a responsibility to inform, not to glamorize.
Readers Respond: NYU residence hall intrusions
Members of the NYU community told WSN how they feel about the recent intruders at residence halls.
Opinion: Strike down pepper spray restrictions
In a time of increased break-ins, attacks and safety violations, students need better access to self-defense devices. New York state needs to reconsider its pepper spray laws.
Opinion: NYU needs to better respond to crime
The university should educate students on how they can keep themselves safe in the city.
Guest Essay: Campus Safety dept. ‘a ship without a captain,’ officer says
An officer describes arrogant, disrespectful leadership and low morale among staff in NYU’s Department of Campus Safety.
Opinion: Coverage of Brooklyn shooting ignores lessons of previous mass shootings
Mainstream media coverage following last week's Brooklyn shooting has failed readers on multiple counts, focusing on the alleged attacker rather than the victims and failing to use trigger warnings.
Editorial: Don’t throw more money at the failing NYPD
The NYPD’s response to the Brooklyn subway shooting showed once again that they don’t keep us safe. It’s time to pursue other options.
