Newsday: Mayor Makes His Case

<a class="link" href="http://www.newsday.com">Newsday</a> has an article about <a class="link" href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-b3199401mar31,0,2482437.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-headlines">Mayor Bloomberg making his case about higher taxes and lower crime</a>.

"As of March 9, overall crime in the 108th Precinct - which includes Long Island City and Sunnyside - is down 13 percent compared with last year, led by a decrease in robberies by nearly 30 percent, according to the Police Department. In the 114th Precinct in Ditmars and Astoria, overall crime was down by more than 15 percent, though the number of rapes reported increased from four to six."