NYC Homicides, Syphilis, Homelessness Up in Fiscal Year '09

There's good news and bad news in Mayor Bloomberg's latest status update on the city's performance. According to the mandated "Mayor's Management Report" for Fiscal Year 2009, major felony crime decreased 3% during the first four months of the fiscal year (July to October), while homicides rose 10.6% and grand larceny auto also increased, compared to the same time period in 2007. The annual report is an early indicator of how the city will fare this year; here are some other findings:

Traffic fatalities decreased, from 112 to 102.
The 311 customer service center received 12% more calls, from 4.78 million to 5.37 million.
The number of trees planted nearly tripled, to 1,028, due to projects associated with the Million Trees Program. (Only about 999,000 more to meet the goal!)
Less cacophony? The city received 15,275 noise complaints compared to 19,998 last year.
The Department of Homeless Services saw an across-the-board increase in single adults and families entering the shelter services system, including an increase of 38% for families with children.
The number of persons receiving food stamps increased by 18.1%. Among these recipients, the number of non-cash assistance persons receiving food stamps increased 25.8%, reaching an all-time high.
The number of syphilis cases rose by 30%, reflecting national trends.

In addition to the performance report, the Mayor's office launched NYCStat, a website intended to be a "one-stop-shop" for all essential data, reports, and statistics related to city services. Here you can view cleanliness ratings for streets and sidewalks, peruse data from the 311 customer service center, and review additional performance measures at the websites of 12 key city agencies, and much, much more!

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By John Del Signore in News on February 19, 2009 3:16 PM

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Radtard

Sorry about the syphilis guys, my bad.

Radtard

Sorry about the syphilis guys, my bad.

Felix Hoenikker

Uh oh. I'd better get this sore looked at.

jaycjay

"Less cacophony? The city received 15,275 noise complaints compared to 19,998 last year."

Less cacophony, or fewer people bothering to make noise complaints because they've realized it's a waste of time?

Snoopy

Got that one right jayclay. It's like going to your local precinct and tell them your car got broken into. Why bother, they couldn't care less.

snickerdoodle

Looks like New York City is getting back to normal again.

Bottomless Chips

Yikes, the food stamps and assistance numbers will just continue to go up.

So while I pare back my eating and stock up on soup (not kidding), I have to pay for someone else to get a credit card to spend on whatever the hell they want at a supermarket?

Yup. That's really fair.

whitecastlerock

I hear you man-I was in a grocery store the other day. Some 20 year woman was dressed in the latest designer hood rat duds as was her 1 year old. The 1 year old had on baby Air Jordans-when she gets to the checkout line out comes the fucking public assistance card. Unfuckingbelievable.

Bottomless Chips

Don't let the liberals fool you: their policies kill the middle class.

I am fully middle class living in NYC. I couldn't imagine buying designer clothes or Air Jordans for myself. I have a modest 401k, I've been buying gold since it was at $500, a ING savings account, and a Roth IRA.

I buy clothes from Old Navy, and cheap online sales.

Overall, I can afford Jordans. I could afford a nice sweatsuit. But I don't because I know what savings means and how important it is.

Yet, Air Jordans that a 1 year old will outgrow in a month are a staple for that woman. How sad, huh?

Snoopy

With the ongoing assistance of our mayor I bet we can improve on those figures next year. Let's see the rise in all those categories at least 20%.

Calling 311 is like talking to a dead turtle.

Jen Chung

Yikes, the food stamps and assistance numbers will just continue to go up.

And I wonder what constitutes a "traffic accident," because I feel like there have been more. I'll have to look it up.