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Violent crime significantly. that's a decline that's been sustained. saving thousands upon thousands of lives. it was controversial at the time. liberals said it was too tough on crime and punishment, three strikes you're out, mandatory sentencing, conservatives criticized it for its strategies like midnight basketball. given that new york city is the hometown of trump and de blasio let's take a closer look at big apple homicide rates. you can see they steadily rose for decades, hitting an all time high of 2,245 in 1990 during the diggs administration in which de blasio served. when he talks a...