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    New York City Had Its First Weekend Without A Shooting In 25 Years

    "A city of 8.6 million people — not a single shooting for three days," Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The NYPD says it has been focusing on preventing retaliatory violence.
    by Laurel Wamsley Oct 17, 2018 1 minute
    A view of New York City from the Empire State Building on Tuesday. The city just had its first weekend without a single shooting in at least 25 years.

    It was a no-news-is-good-news kind of milestone: For the first time in at least 25 years, New York City just had a weekend with no

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