I am highly impressed by the sophisticated statistical method used to generate the 1,000,000 hours... NOT
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We multiplied 2.5 hours by the number of lowest level marijuana possession arrests
(charged under NYS Penal Law 221.10) for each year since 2002
when Mayor Bloomberg took office
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... a bunch of statistical wonks !
But I agree with Governor Cuomo, as cited in that same report::
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We agree with Governor Cuomo who said in his 2013 State of the State address:
"These arrests stigmatize, they criminalize, they create a permanent record.
It's not fair, it's not right, it must end, and it must end now."
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On the other hand, Bloomberg's initiative "stop and frisk" initiative
has had other effects more beneficial to the community.
Staten Island live
Ken Paulsen
December 28, 2012
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The murder rate -- 3.8 homicides per 100,000 population --
has dropped 19 percent compared to 2011,
and 35 percent since Bloomberg took office in 2002,
at a time when many observers felt that outgoing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
helped push that rate as low as it could be.
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