Charles Fain Lehman
Background
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at theꦕ Manhattan Institute and contributing 💎editor at City Journal.
Latest Articles
Why Florida could end up with the same issues as NY if it makes pot legal ♔
September 28, 2024 | 11:00amಌ Florida's Amendment 3 would permit medical dispensaries and other future legal ou🏅tposts to sell weed to any adult.
'Safe-injection' sites actually do no good at all
November 23, 2023 | 5:40pmMayor Eric Adams declared, “Overdose preventi🅰on centers keep neighborhoods and people struggling with substance use safe," but the ev✨idence begs to differ.
How 'equity' ruined cannabis legalization in New York
April 8, 2023 | 12:00pmNew York State legalized cannabis use two ye꧅ars back. Today, however, there are few approved dispensaries -- and thousands of illegal ones.
NYC's plan to close Rikers Island jail complex is not going to cut it
December 4, 2022 | 11:20pmIf New York City closesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ the jail complex on Rikers Island, as it is slated to do in 2027, the “borough-based jails” erected in its place will leave the city...
ꦺ The latest high-profile suspect release proves bail reform remains broken
August 31, 2022 | 7:29pmThe man accused of stabbing a 48-year-old to death during a fight was released after putting down just 1💫0% of the $100,000 bail set for him.
Brooklyn subway terror is a tragic reminder of our leaders' failures
April 13, 2022 | 6:16pmWhile the city’s eyes were turned to Sunset Park, three people were killed in separate shootings and 13 others were wounded in a roughly six-hour span. ♌ 💝
Manhattan DA Bragg reverses course ﷽— but not by much
February 7, 2022 | 8:23pmManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent a memo Friday to his line prosecutors that partially undid his controversial day one memo. In the new notice, Bragg wrote thaꦍt “the Memorandum...
Victims of crime and their own policies: Liberals learn the hard way ꦇ
December 23, 2021 | 9:31pmIt’s surprising that it has taken so long for Democrats to experience the consequences of their criminal justice reforms 𒊎– will they finally fix their devastating policies, Charles Fain Lehman...
De Blasio's focus needs to shift to the truly deranged people
August 18, 2021 | 10:14pmAn innocent New Yorker stands at the ATM of a lower Manhattan bank, minding his own business. Another man enteꦰrs and, with no prompt or warning, attacks the first with...
No, social workers don't do better than cops at mental-health response
July 29, 2021 | 6:48pmA cl✨ose look at data reported by the mayor’s office suggests a deck stacked for the success of the Behavioral Emergency Assistance Response Division.
NYC's latest anti-Asian attack is an outrageous sign of growing disorder
March 30, 2021 | 8:01pmNew York’s crime wave reared its head again Monday morning, this time just west of Times Squaꦺre. In video footage as horrifying as it is familiar, an unidentified man kicks...
Chicago's bail 'reforms' increased crime, left more accused not showing up for court
February 14, 2021 | 7:43pmA recent report confirms, however inadvertently, tha𒉰t Cook County’s controversial limits on the use of cash bail caused more crimeဣ on the streets of Chicago and resulted in fewer defendants...
America's police departments are facing a crisis — and we should be worried
February 8, 2020 | 1:20pmAcross the Unitedඣ States, from cities to rural counties, police departments are confronting a recruitme💝nt crisis.