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Snowball-gate: Washington Square Park incident pits Mamdani against NYPD
“It looks like a snowball fight," Mamdani said. But did it?
Bronx tow truck owner who ordered a fatal drive-by amid turf war faces life in prison
The operator of a Bronx auto body shop who swindled customers and insurance companies faces life in prison after pleading guilty to ordering a drive-by shooting targeting a rival tow truck company.
New NYPD commissioner reverses transfers of hundreds of ‘hiding’ officers
While news of an arrest in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO dominated headlines on Dec. 9, newly appointed NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch quietly launched another search of her own: determining the whereabouts of hundreds of on-duty officers.
What I learned researching every drunk driving cop for three years
I collected 217 alleged drunk driving incidents involving NYPD officers dating to 2001. I used press clips, an NYPD disciplinary database, and in a few cases, an obscure federal road safety tracker. Here's what I learned.
Why you should care that the NYPD is encrypting their radio communication
I looked at the data and found cops have only arrested 77 people in the last 16 years for illegal radio use.
NYPD tow truck driver fatally strikes 7-Year-old Boy in Fort Greene: ‘She was on her phone’
"If it wasn’t for the housing workers and all the people outside stopping her from moving, she would have kept going."
The Illegal License Plate Covers Are Coming From Inside the Adams Administration
The Brooklyn director of the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit was driving a Jeep with illegal license plate covers and flashing police lights.
‘Eager Beaver’: For Highest-Paid NYC Correction Captain, There’s Plenty of Work Outside Rikers
Violence in NYC jails recently hit all-time record highs. Why is the Correction Department's highest-paid captain moonlighting for the federal government?
SPEED DEMON: PBA President Pat Lynch is Driven Around Really Fast!
Last week after two police officers bravely ran into a burning building in The Bronx to save an elderly woman, police union head Patrick Lynch rushed to the scene. Perhaps too quickly: the 2021 Chevy Suburban in which Lynch was chauffeured has a staggering 29
Plainclothes NYPD Cops Are Involved in a Staggering Number of Killings
An analysis by The Intercept, using data from the Fatal Encounters project, found that plainclothes cops play a role in such killings disproportionate to their relatively small numbers among the NYPD's ranks. Plainclothes police have been involved in nearly a third of all fatal shooting incidents recorded since 2000, according to The Intercept study. With George Joseph.
You Can Finally Complain About the Police at Your Precinct
The city agency tasked with investigating complaints against the NYPD plans to streamline its mail-in system after an investigation by the Village Voice found officers at dozens of police precincts were unable or unwilling to provide complaint forms when asked. With Noah Hurowitz.
