PRESS RELEASE Rising Crime Rate
NYC Mayoral Candidate Tom Allon Statement on Rising Crime Rate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2012 Contact: PRESS@tomallonformayor.com New York City Mayoral candidate Tom Allon today issued a...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE Anti-Semitic Vandalism At Holocaust Memorial Park
Mayoral Candidate Tom Allon Condemns Anti-Semitic Vandalism At Holocaust Memorial Park In Brooklyn FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2012 Contact: PRESS@tomallonformayor.com "As the son of two...
View ArticleNew York’s Next Commissioner-in-Chief
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 02/28/2012 In the same way the president is the country's commander-in-chief, New York City's mayor is the police commissioner-in-chief. That should be priority number one...
View ArticleCrime Stats, Tests And Credibility
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 07/02/2012 There were two prominent stories in New York last week that were worlds apart, but which symbolized what is wrong with our society today. A new study, which...
View ArticleThe Bad Old Days Again?
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 07/10/2012 Almost a year ago I surprised many people — including close family, business colleagues and friends — when I decided to toss my hat in the ring and run for
View ArticleBratton Makes Rounds
WALL STREET JOURNAL by Michael Howard Saul 08/14/2012. Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is signaling his interest in succeeding Commissioner Raymond Kelly, holding private meetings with...
View ArticleNew York’s New Gang Problem
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 08/30/2012. Lost in the "stop and frisk" debate and the recent increase in crime in our city is the glaring fact that gangs have made a comeback in New York and they are...
View ArticleThe Central Park Five Deserve Economic Justice
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 11/29/2012. When you rob five young men of their youth, innocence and educational opportunity and put them and their families through hell for more than a decade, you owe...
View ArticleThree Lessons of Newtown
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 12/18/2012. Those who do not learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them. The recent history of senseless mass murder in schools — most shockingly in...
View ArticleThe One-Two Punch of Sandy and Sandy Hook
HUFFINGTON POST by Tom Allon 12/27/2012. In the holiday season of Christmas and New Years, most of us will reflect on the year that's about to end and begin to make resolutions for the year ahead. 2012...
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