It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

Welcome back everybody.

I'm Matt Katz, reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, and I'm filling in for Brian today.

Now let's take a look at the state of gun violence in New York City.

While skimming the headlines, you've surely seen countless stories about shooting,

stabbings, random violent crimes that are shocking to read.

During the show, we've spoken to so many of you who've expressed feeling like the city

is lawless, comparing it to the 70s or early 90s. But is New York City really as dangerous as it seems?

Our colleague, WNYC and Gothamist, breaking news reporter, Brittany Craigstein, she focuses on crime and

gun violence, and she goes to the scene of so many of

these fatal gun shootings. And today, she's coming to us with a bird's eye view of the truth

about gun violence in New York City. She was able to parse this data and come up with some

really compelling conclusions.

According to her reporting and a map created alongside it that I encourage everyone to go to

gotthmus.com and check out, the majority of shootings over the last four years,

have been centralized in only 4% of our city's 120,000 blocks.

4% of our city's 120,000 blocks.

Brittany joins us now to delve into our findings

and the broader picture of public safety here in New York.

Hey, Brittany, thanks for coming on

and thanks for this amazing reporting.

Thanks so much for having me, Matt.

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