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NYCHA Now
June 2016 

New Programs Fight Crime in Bushwick Houses

Latoya Jordan
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chair Shola Olatoye are joined at Bushwick Houses by NYPD Housing Bureau Chief James Secreto, Bushwick/Hylan Community Center Director Michael Vaz and other officials.

On May 15, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the completion of 305 new LED light fixtures at Bushwick Houses, in Brooklyn, as part of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP). Exterior lighting is a key part of MAP, a $140 million comprehensive effort to improve security at 15 NYCHA developments.

“This lighting will have a big impact and construction will begin soon on additional elements of our security efforts here, including new surveillance cameras and layered access control doors,” the Mayor said.

Since July 2014, MAP has enhanced collaboration between the NYPD, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, NYCHA, and public housing residents to address crime reduction. Between fiscal years 2014 and 2015, New York City saw a 6.9 percent decrease in violent crime, while violent crime in the 15 MAP developments dropped by 11.2 percent.