Public Safety

Letter to the Editor

2010 crime report indicates record lows

The 2011 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released last week, indicated that recorded on-campus burglaries, sex offenses, and assaults have been steadily trending downward, while more violent crimes, like murder and manslaughter, remained at zero.

New shuttles ease CUMC, MoHi transit

New buses around Morningside Heights and Manhattanville, and between Morningside and the Medical Center, are making their debut—on a schedule.

On night shift, lots of laughter, a bit of coffee, officers say

Public Safety officers see it all.

A hope for self-policing

In dealing with campus crime, Columbia should do more to intervene before the NYPD does.

Fire at Metro North bridge halts Harlem train service

Trains were temporarily suspended in Harlem Monday afternoon after a fire ignited under the 138th Street Metro-North bridge.

Parts of River dorm flooded

Parts of the first and second floors of River are flooded after a sprinkler head broke off in Room 205 around 2:15.

Wake up and smell the crime

Today’s danger lies in believing that New York has become an invincible city, one that could never return to the murder rates of the 1990s, regardless of budget and personnel cuts to police forces.

Young man killed at 116th station

On Monday morning, a man was hit by the 1 train and died at 116th, officers on site confirmed.

Despite recent stabbing, crime down in Harlem

Crime citywide is down, but several acts of violence this month have sparked debate.