Every NYC Tourist’s Worst Nightmare Comes True for One Woman [Crime]

Years ago, when an acquaintance of mine in Florida heard I was going to visit New York City, he replied, with complete seriousness, “New York City, huh? You wanna take my pistol?” This is because all those local yokel out-of-towners down south still imagine New York to be a dark, dangerous land prowled by muggers and rapists. The fools! NYC is safer than ever. Unless you’re that one terribly unlucky person. More »