Around the Region: NYC Subway Crime Drops
Total NYC subway crime has plummeted 17 percent this year -
despite a wave of recent slashings and two murders - transit officials
said last week. Assaults dropped 16 percent through the end of February
1999 compared to the first two months in 1998, robberies fell 15 percent,
grand larceny is down 18 percent, and there have been no rapes. NY Post
