Good things happen when nonprofit newsrooms collaborate across state lines — and New York now has Minnesota to thank for helping us keep a close watch on our legislature ⧸ Full Story

How does a plunging New York City murder rate look from a global perspective? We chart the numbers by neighborhood - from Libya to Poland to Vietnam. ⧸ Full Story

We run the numbers on pistol permit-holders — with an assist from the database underlying a newspaper's controversial map ⧸ Full Story

Government bean-counters track hundreds of different food items trucked into the Bronx each week ⧸ Full Story

To mark May Day, Occupy Wall Street has declared today a general strike, and protests are planned for many locations in midtown and lower Manhattan. Already, we’ve seen and filed numerous reports of public parks and plazas, as well as privately owned public spaces, barricaded against public entry. Whether you’re a pedestrian, protester or both, this map will… ⧸ Full Story