Today, Vital City’s latest in our updates on crime in New York City. Is the city safe and getting safer? Or, as some allege, is it a crime hellscape? The truth is more interesting than either caricature. A short thread. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-s…

“‘Our most significant finding is that gun-free zones don't attract active shooters,’ said the study’s first author, Paul Reeping.” health.ucdavis.edu/vprp/news/head…

Gun-free zones are unlikely to attract active shootings, per first-of-its-kind study. These findings suggest gun-free zone policies should not be repealed. Paul Reeping Sonali Rajan Columbia Epidemiology Douglas Wiebe Ariana Gobaud Michigan Public Health health.ucdavis.edu/vprp/snapshots…

"Study suggests gun-free zones do not attract mass shootings" UC Davis Health Paul Reeping health.ucdavis.edu/vprp/news/head…

Support for political violence among non-Hispanic white Americans increases alongside endorsement of replacement thinking and markers of status threat. Paul Reeping health.ucdavis.edu/vprp/snapshots…

A new study reveals that gun-free zones are less likely to experience mass shootings, challenging claims that these areas attract shooters. The findings suggest gun-free zones may help prevent violence. dlvr.it/TDw9hZ

First up, our data story by Vital City’s Director of Research Paul Reeping unpacks all the subway stats you need to know: how common is crime, where is funding coming from and how has ridership changed since pre-COVID? vitalcitynyc.org/vital_signs/ne…

📢 New research alert: People with very few + very many strong social connections were more likely than others to support political violence or be personally willing to engage in it.  @Julia_Schleimer, Paul Reeping, Robinson, Wintemute in Injury Epidemiology doi.org/10.1186/s40621…

Remember when Elon Musk bought Twitter to make it less partisan, then engineered it so his tweets are pushed relentlessly to everyone’s feed…and then tweets constantly for Trump and has donated 100s of millions of dollars to his campaign? I remember. #Hypocrisy

What I don’t get about the raw milk debate: what do the public health people *get* out of regulating the sale of raw milk? Nothing. We are worried people will die, because in the past, they did. There’s no political angling. It’s true concern for people’s lives.

Do gun-free zones lead to more firearm violence? In our latest Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium blog, author Paul Reeping breaks down what we know about the impetus for gun free zones and reviews the research about firearm violence occurring in these spaces. rockinst.org/blog/the-role-…

Last week, the New York Post made the claim that NY has the most dangerous public transit system in the country. We decided to take a look at this claim. Short thread to follow. nypost.com/2025/04/12/us-…

How safe is New York City in mid-2025? Mayor Adams says declines are “shattering records.” Cuomo says New Yorkers “feel unsafe” and wants 5,000 more cops. Mamdani wants to shift some duties away from the NYPD. Here’s a thread drawn from Vital City’s new midyear crime report.

Kate Daugherty, Paul Reeping & @Kang_Megan dive into the data to explain how America holds nearly half the world’s civilian guns — yet we know less about them than almost any other product, thanks to restrictions on data collection. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/what-…

Thanks so much to NPR for talking to @paulreeping and including Vital City's subway crime data insights in this piece. npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-…