<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: There is a lot of irrelevant content being placed in the article . In addition, references are being badly misused (see discussion). Please help improve this article if you can . (August 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Harlem, a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, is known as one of the worst areas for poverty and crime in New York City and the United States . Violence, especially in East Harlem, has worsened since the 1980s with crack cocaine and other drug addictions . As of 1995, the leading cause of death among black males in Harlem was homicide . According to a survey published in 2013 by Union Settlement Association, residents of East Harlem perceive crime as their biggest single concern; at the same time, the police department's statistics show an increase in crime by 17 percent over the previous year . </P> <P> Crime in Harlem is mainly related to petty theft, murder, drugs and prostitution . </P> <P> Harlem was seen as sophisticated in the later part of the nineteenth century . Over the years, however, organized crime by gangsters of Italian, Jewish, and Irish origin, such as colorful personalities as Lucky Luciano, began to rise in Harlem . This gradually built its notorious reputation . </P>

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