Policy
Issue 7
Does Evidence Matter?
Research meets the real world
Highlights from the Journal
How the Sausage Gets Made: A Primer
Mark M. Gray
A social science research glossary for the uninitiated
What Is ‘Gold Standard’ Evidence, Anyway?
Anna Harvey
Advancing the credibility revolution
Confronting Radical Uncertainty
Tracy Palandjian and Jake Segal
What do we do when we don’t know ‘what works’?
Raising the Bar: Ending an Era of Low Expectations
John Arnold
One of the founders of Arnold Ventures on why government needs better information
The Limits of Death Star Thinking
Jennifer Pahlka
Why we need a new theory of change
The Research That Changed My Thinking
A Survey
Practitioners and researchers reflect on a study that shaped their worldview.
Journal Issues
Issue 1
Gun Violence
Vital City's first issue looks at the problem of gun violence and how it might be solved.
Issue 2
How We Live Together
What is “disorder”? And what should we do about it?
Issue 3
The Power of Place
The indelible mark of neighborhoods
Issue 4
Summertime!
How life changes when things get hot
Issue 5
Nuts and Bolts: Solving Gun Cases
What it takes to reduce firearm violence
Issue 6
On Drugs
How substance use shapes the city
Special Online Issue
Crime: What Happened in 2023, and What 2024 May Bring
Breaking down New York City’s — and America’s — trends in violence and victimization
Special Online Issue
How Many People Should New York City’s Jails Hold?
Everything about Rikers Island and what replaces it depends on the answer
Issue 7
Does Evidence Matter?
Research meets the real world
More to Explore
Gun Violence in New York City: The Data
What to Do About Closing Rikers
In our first special report, public safety veterans Elizabeth Glazer and Michael Jacobson provide a detailed, data-grounded roadmap to close Rikers Island that would simultaneously:
Sunday in the Park with Everybody
We asked radio producer Ike Sriskandarajah and artist photographer Azikiwe Mohammed to capture some of the sights and sounds of Brooklyn’s most iconic greenspace, Prospect Park. What they produced is a sonic-photographic essay, a sensory experience of the people, places and natural beauty at the heart of Kings County.