On this day in 1989, New York City subway trains were declared free of graffiti. It was a dramatic turnaround for the system. Just 10 years earlier, Mayor Ed Koch declared war on subway crime. This 1979 report shows you just how bad things were in the late 1970s — and how far we've come! It's vintage Ed Koch, by the way. | WPIX Archives
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