Reducing Violence News Archive

As the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center formally changes its name to Neighbors in Action, Laurie Cumbo, the New York City Council Majority Leader, praises the organization's 20-year legacy.

Can proactive policing continue to reduce crime while also limiting the disproportionate number of African Americans currently being arrested and jailed? Our director, Greg Berman, says yes: refine police tactics, engage communities, and invest in community crime prevention.

Survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting visit our Save Our Streets violence prevention program in the Bronx as part of a national 'March For Our Lives' tour to promote gun control, encourage young people to vote, and amplify the voices of communities across the country affected by violence.

Our anti-violence program Save Our Streets works to change local norms around gun violence. Here a report on a "shooting response," a public demonstration organized by S.O.S. after every incident of gun violence.

As London grapples with an increase in violent crime, BBC News profiles our Save Our Streets program and its street-level public health approach to preventing gun violence and strengthening communities.

The Mayor's Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety and the Center for Court Innovation work to improve the environment in which people live, like better building maintenance, having access to necessary services, engaging in civic life, and the community coming together to collaboratively solve problems. The article quotes engagement coordinator, Karla Alonso, and highlights the Harlem Community Justice Center and St. Nicholas housing complex in photos.

A close look at the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety, which is being employed in 15 public housing complexes in New York City with help from the Center for Court Innovation.

A profile of Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.), the youth leadership arm of our neighborhood-based anti-violence initiative, Save Our Streets.

A profile of our Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Bronx program, highlighting its work to create safer streets and the credit it's receiving from anti-violence researchers and the New York City Police Department.

In the context of the recent advocacy on gun violence, a profile of our Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) program in Crown Heights, Brooklyn—working to combat violence, strengthen youth leadership and their community, and now preparing for a march on Washington.