Georgia, D.C. Rank Last in Clearing Criminal Court CasesCriminal court clearance rates—the rate at which a court clears cases from their docket—took a dive in 2020 as the pandemic shut down court systems across the country. The average rate went from somewhere between 95 and 100 percent to 87 according to numbers collected by the…
Did NYC Police Complaints Disappear or NotAt the outset of the pandemic, complaints to the New York City Police Department collected by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)—the independent organization tasked with managing NYC police department misconduct—disappeared. But as the city has come back, those complaints…
Average Housing Expenditures Doubled In the Early EightiesBetween 1980 and 1985, the average household spending on housing—mortgage or rent with utilities included—doubled based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey data. Spending on housing generally increases each year with inflation, and over the last 40 years housing…
