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Anti-Virus Measures Appear To Have Curtailed Crime

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 3/25/20

Crime citywide has fallen since mid-March, when the threat of COVID-19 began to envelop the city and the first of several measures designed to slow its spread were initiated, according to NYPD statistics.

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea attributed the drops to the measures taken by city and state officials, such as closure of schools, bars and restaurants, and then the imposition of steeper measures to stem the spread of the virus.

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