Photos taken at time when New York City was facing near-bankruptcy and notorious for spiralling crime rates Photographer Leonard Freed joined officers on the beat for his project - first pictured ...

New York City was a very different place 40 years ago. Unlike most New Yorkers, photographer Langdon Clay spent much of the 1970s walking around Manhattan alone in the middle of the night.

He then joined the New York City Police Department as an officer in 1995 ... school's gates and then got involved in a gang in the 1970s. Moy claims he was involved in gambling houses, counterfeit ...

Below, members of Boys High Track team, dressed in their distinctive black warm-up suits, have quiet moment before a 1970’s meet ... colleges and even the New York City Police Department have ...

In the 1970s, New York City’s population fell by 823,000 people ... and are only down by 2 percent so far this year. The Police Department has failed to bring down crime. Perpetrators of ...