A decade into her work as Bronx district attorney, Darcel Clark is on a mission to reduce youth violence in the Bronx. City & State spoke with Clark about the Bronx’s crime trends, the push to close Rikers Island and her vision for crime “prevention, intervention, prosecution and reentry.” She’s also a data person, laser focused on putting the resources where they’re needed most in order to bring the crime down. For them to say the only way that I can retain the case is once they display the gun, that’s too late. Of course, it was supposed to happen in 2027, and we know that’s next year, so it’s not going to happen.