The Effect of the Pandemic on the City's Safety

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Henry Grabar: The reason people feel that cities are unsafe is not rocket science. He says to counter the perception, you need a strategy that's not just about policing. During the pandemic, New York ramped up its open streets program, he says.

Americans aren’t going downtown like they used to, and a lot of them say it’s because they don’t feel safe there. Today, Explained got the data to untangle crime facts from crime feelings.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette with help from Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Additional help from Patrick Smith and Vivian McCall.

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