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New Mayor Looks To Heal A Battered City

Posted by: Mike Lydon

22 May 2006 - 5:00am

Cory Booker, the newly elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has charged himself with turning around one of America's most dangerous cities.

Recent killings in Newark "brought the number of murders in 2006 to 40, 11 more than during the same period last year. Nearly half of those killed were under 21.

Hopes for a safer, saner city are squarely focused on Mr. Booker, a suburban-raised Rhodes scholar and former Newark council member who has promised to bring law and order to a city awash in illegal guns, gang violence and fear. A big part of his plan hinges on overhauling the city's troubled Police Department.

'Everything falls on my shoulders now,' he said after attending Kelvin's funeral. 'The challenge is to switch from talking about solutions to implementing solutions.'"

Full Story: A Bleeding City, Seeking More Than A Band-Aid
Source: The New York Times, May 18, 2006
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