The money quote from the piece:

"The crime issue diverts from the real situation," said Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, the filmmaker. "You can’t have a sustainable city with a poverty rate of 27 percent. If we find ways to reduce poverty, everything else, the schools, the crime, the police relations, will rectify."
This describes a lot of cities, not just Newark. What recently happened in Oakland is probably a preview.