{"id":43,"date":"2016-05-13T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T01:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2016-05-17T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:49:11","slug":"changes-harlem-bring-drop-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/changes-harlem-bring-drop-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in Harlem bring drop in crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Zuccaro<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/263317497&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s through the 1990s, Central Harlem was considered the center of urban decay and crime in New York. But since that era, crime has dropped, with murders and shootings down by 71 percent, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/new-york\/crime-safety-report\/manhattan\/central-harlem\">DNAinfo<\/a>. But residents like Duke Tango, who was born and raised in Central Harlem, remembered being around some \u201cbig names\u201d who were using and selling drugs while he was growing up. He made the decision to stay away from this crowd, but he did know of a lot of people who got sucked into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a survivor, I was never a user or anything like that,\u201d said Tango. \u201cBut I hung around big names that was around it. When they were out their mind, I just stayed away. I wasn\u2019t like a follower. You know that\u2019s what you call people, followers, because you see that guy with the big car, you see that guy with the new sneakers, and now you want to go out and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26764169915_1029eed553_z.jpg\" alt=\"Duke Tango, 55, has been a Harlem resident all of his life. He talked about some of the changes that he's witnessed over the years, and why he thinks these changes are a good thing for Harlem. Photo by Alex Zuccaro\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26764169915_1029eed553_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26764169915_1029eed553_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duke Tango, 55, has been a Harlem resident all of his life. He talked about some of the changes that he&#8217;s witnessed over the years, and why he thinks these changes are a good thing for Harlem. Photo by Alex Zachary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some Harlem residents believed that this change all started with the demographic shift that Harlem has been experiencing. In the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanresearchmaps.org\/plurality\/\">Census Bureau report<\/a>, statistics show that more whites and Hispanics are moving into the neighborhood. This same report also shows that the number of African Americans in Harlem is decreasing. Former Harlem resident, Titus Robertson Jr., was recently gentrified out of his apartment because of the higher rent prices that landlords are charging.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26763988455_af289a36e3_z.jpg\" alt=\"Titus Robertson Jr., who was recently gentrified out of Harlem, talked about the new breed of people coming into the borough. Photo by Alex Zuccaro\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26763988455_af289a36e3_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/projects.nyujournalism.org\/voicesofharlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/05\/26763988455_af289a36e3_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titus Robertson Jr., who was recently gentrified out of Harlem, talked about the new breed of people coming into the borough. Photo by Alex Zuccaro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd now you see less people of color. You see more of a vanilla ring or a lightening so to speak,\u201d said Robertson. \u201cThere\u2019s people that you see coming in apparently are able to afford the new rents that the landlords are charging because otherwise they wouldn\u2019t be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Residents like Tango, are happy about this change. He liked the fact that his neighborhood is safer, and that there are more people out on the streets, shopping and eating at restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever in a millions years did I think I would walk by Lex Avenue and watch people sit outside and eat, like they do downtown,\u201d said Tango.\u00a0&#8220;It\u2019s a good thing, it\u2019s a good look.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Zuccaro In the 1970s through the 1990s, Central Harlem was considered the center of urban decay and crime in New York. But since that era, crime has dropped, with murders and shootings down by 71 percent, according to a report by DNAinfo. 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