Posted on March 18, 2016 by The Editorial Board in NYTimes NYTimes, By The Editorial Board No doubt about it: The crime statistics in New York City look rosy. But Mayor Bill de Blasio is not in a good position to boast — not when people are living on the streets and subways because they don’t want to be robbed, stabbed, beaten or killed in homeless shelters. Shelter violence has been one of those slow-motion, back-burner issues for the mayor, who admittedly has not lacked for other big priorities in the last two years, from prekindergarten to affordable housing and traffic safety.
