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quality of life

A stark white exhibition space filled with art

Barbara Kapusta On Making Art in the World’s Most Livable City

What it means to live well in a city can’t be measured using statistics alone.
By Cat Woods
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton with Mayor Bill de Blasio.

On Bratton’s Last Day With NYPD, Mayor Says Broken Windows ‘Still the Right Approach’

As Police Commissioner Bratton marks his last as the city's top cop, Mayor de Blasio defends the broken windows policing approach Bratton popularized.
By Madina Toure
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Bratton Hits Back at DOI, Says Broken Windows Policing Is Not Broken

Police Commissioner Bratton defended broken windows policing after a DOI report questioned the effectiveness of quality-of-life enforcement.
By Madina Toure
yoga

Five Ways to Prevent Chronic Stress From Ruining Your Life

By Josh Axe
Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

‘Broken Windows,’ and the Cracks in NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s Legacy

By Will Bredderman
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton with NYPD officers and press.

NYPD IG: No Link Between Quality of Life Enforcement and Lower Crime

By Jillian Jorgensen
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the City Council

NYC Council to End Criminal Penalties for Public Urination, Other Low-Level Offenses

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Bill de Blasio Says Face-Slashing Epidemic Probably a Result of NYPD Gun Seizures

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio with members of the City Council and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (right.) (Photo: William Alatriste for NYC Council)

De Blasio Administration Agrees to Decriminalization of Low-Level Offenses

By Will Bredderman
A homeless person in Penn Station. (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)

New Yorkers Don’t Think the City Is Doing Enough to Help the Homeless

By Jillian Jorgensen
A homeless woman pauses in a Manhattan train station.

Cuomo Says City Should Spend More to Combat ‘Major Homeless Problem’

By Jillian Jorgensen
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

On Boobs-for-Bucks, Bill de Blasio Needs to Grow a Pair

By Ari Paul
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a press conference in the Bronx. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

New Yorkers Think the City’s Quality of Life Is Worse Than Ever: Poll

By Jillian Jorgensen
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