Posted: May 18th, 2008, 6:33pm CEST
In Cypress Hills, they call it the "Big Take Down." In Red Hook, major raids in 2006 based on a similar strategy altered local youth perceptions about crime (see 4/6/08, below). As a follow-up to their feature article last week, In Ambitious Assault on Brooklyn Drug Trade, Limited Victory, the New York Times published a companion piece this week profiling daily life for residents of Cypress Hills - teenagers, retirees, and the informal "town mayor." Like the rest of New York City, the big publi