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A study of 8 New York City neighborhoods that received green interventions in the form of parks, gardens, and green infrastructure revealed that those neighborhoods had 213 fewer felonies per 40,000 residents per year as compared to 3 control neighborhoods.

New York Restoration Project. A greener New York is a safer New York. New York: Glass Frog Solutions, 2018.

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