NYPD Arrests Protesters at Rally Against Zimmerman
At least a dozen people have been arrested on disorderly charges during a New York City rally protesting the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
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A man uses a fire hydrant to cool off in New York City.
NYC Getting 2nd Heat Wave, Temps to Hit Triple Digits
Temperatures from the upper 90s to low 100s are expected to roll into the city now until Thursday. A heat advisory has been issued until midnight Monday. This week’s scorching temperatures may even get Mayor Bloomberg desperate for a Big […]
NY Daily News
Average Rent in NYC Rises to $3,000 Per Month
The fact that renting an apartment in New York City is expensive is as obvious to most people as the fact that the sky is blue. But a new report by the real estate research firm Reis Inc. said rental prices just went up.
CBS NY
NY Jets Player Speaks at Anti-Israel Conference
Oday Aboushi has been touted as being the first Palestinian-American player in the National Football League (NFL), but his radical behavior since being drafted by the New York Jets less than three months ago could get him sent home early. His latest infraction was made as he gave a speech at a radical Muslim conference sponsored by a group denying Israel’s right to exist and associated with blatantly anti-Semitic and terrorist propaganda.
by Joe Kaufman - FrontPage Magazine
West Nile Virus Detected in Mosquitoes in NYC
The West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in New York City for the first time this season.
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Lubavitcher Sues NYPD Over Beard Length
Fishel Litzman, a New York police officer in training and an Orthodox Jew, took the NYPD to court on Wednesday for requiring him to trim his beard for service. Litzman’s attorneys are saying that the police department’s accommodation, which allows […]
JPost
How can you not like this guy? A NYPD Traffic Agent (or Brownie) was captured on video explaining how his supervisors enforce a 'ticket quota', while skirting the illegality of it.
Video: NYPD Traffic Agent Explain Ticket Quota Enforcement
How can you not like this guy? A NYPD Traffic Agent (or Brownie) was captured on video explaining how his supervisors enforce a ‘ticket quota’, while skirting the illegality of it.
Rare ‘Derecho’ Storm Forecast to Soak East Coast
A powerful storm that could turn into a rare “derecho” pounded the Midwest yesterday and is heading to the East Coast, threatening New York City.
NY Post
In response to a bloody weekend of gun violence that claimed the lives of seven people and left least 26 others wounded, the city police commissioner announced he would step up foot patrols in housing projects, increase plain clothes detectives in anti-crime units, add surveillance towers and monitor gang activity to curb retaliatory shooting, a police spokesman said.
Comissioner Orders More Manpower to Curb Violence
In response to a bloody weekend of gun violence that claimed the lives of seven people and left least 26 others wounded, the city police commissioner announced he would step up foot patrols in housing projects, increase plain clothes detectives in anti-crime units, add surveillance towers and monitor gang activity to curb retaliatory shooting, a police spokesman said.
DNAinfo
As Old as the Bottles – NYC’s Senior Seltzer Man
Eli Miller, 79, New York City’s senior seltzer man, hoisted crate after crate of seltzer — weighing 70 pounds apiece — into his van and then draped himself over them.
NY Times
Discarded ATM Receipts Show NYC Inequality
With a population of more than 8 million people there are clearly going to be inequalities in New York City’s living standards.
Chief Philip Banks III (left) at a meeting on community relations in the Jewish Children's Museum on January 22nd 2008.
NYPD Annouces the Appointment of New Dept. Chief
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the appointment of Philip Banks III as the NYPD’s new Chief of Department. The 26-year veteran of the force and its current Chief of Community Affairs will be officially installed as the Department’s highest ranking uniformed officer in promotion ceremonies at Police Headquarters.
NYPD Losing Its ‘Four-Star General’
Joseph Esposito, the department’s highest-ranking officer and its third in command, will leave the force after more than 44 years, more than 12 of them as the longest-serving chief in department history, with a reputation as a steady strategist, a cop’s cop and a loyal defender of the agency with enough charisma to doff his hat at protesters.
Wall Street Journal
Park Urges Jews to Stop Tradition the Doesn’t Exist
Prospect Park officials are urging Jews to stop throwing bread into the green space’s massive lake as a Passover rite, but religious Brooklynites insist that’s not even part of their holiday tradition.
Duh! Manslaughter Charges Added to Killer Driver
A Brooklyn grand jury has indicted the hit-and-run driver who killed an expectant couple and their unborn child on three counts of manslaughter, the Brooklyn District Attorney said today.
NY Post
SHOCKING: Judge’s DWI Ruling Kept Hit-n-Run Driver Behind the Wheel
When Julio Acevedo was arraigned last month on a drunken driving bust, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary refused to set bail and declined to suspend the ex-con’s license, even though he told it was mandatory. ‘I don’t believe that I must do it,’ he said, saying a judge presiding Accevedo’s next court date on April 10 could ‘correct’ him if he was wrong. He should have never been behind the wheel.
NY Daily News
Judge Halts Mayor Bloomberg’s Soda Ban
New York City’s plan to ban large sugary drinks from restaurants, movie theaters and other establishments was invalidated by a judge on Monday, the day before the new law was to take effect.
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