Extra NYPD Officers to Combat Spike in Subway Crime
NY Daily News
The NYPD is attacking a spike in subway crime with extra weekend patrols by police officers drawn from above-ground precincts and the housing bureau, police said.
Cell Phone Service in Subway Will Expand to Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The recently announced trial program to introduce cell phones to underground subway stations will be expanded to include all stations throughout the boroughs – including Brooklyn – by 2016, an MTA spokesman said.
Money-Grub ‘Tip’ Suits Driving Eateries Out of Business
NY Post
A top restaurateur is throwing in the apron, saying he’s done with New York City because a wave of vicious lawsuits, coupled with draconian state regulations, threatens to cripple the industry.
Protests to Greet Ahmadinejad in New York
AFP
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to face angry protests during his visit to New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly. United Against Nuclear Iran, an advocacy group, has demanded that managers of the upscale Warwick Hotel refuse to host Ahmadinejad and his delegation and have urged a boycott of the international hotel chain.
Mayor: Returning Squeegee Men Will Be Wiped Away
CBS
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is shrugging off a report that the squeegee men have returned to the streets of New York.
NYC Drivers Seek Way to Avoid New Tolls
Wall Street Journal
Toll hikes took effect Sunday on bridges and tunnels between New York and New Jersey.
As toll hikes took effect Sunday on bridges and tunnels between New York and New Jersey, drivers complained they would look for alternate routes to save money. But there appeared to be little they could do to escape higher costs except stay home.
NYPD Bosses Tell Cops to Issue More Summonses
Daily News
The ongoing ticket-writing slowdown by fedup NYPD cops has become so costly to the city that a top police commander seems to have resorted to using a dreaded word in policing: quota.
New Anti-Israel Ads Greet NYC Subway Commuters
CBS
New billboards went up across New York City on Wednesday night with a message that could have subway riders doing a double-take.
GOP Takes Anthony Wiener’s NYC Congressional Seat
Washington Post
With his outcome of his own reelection effort 14 difficult months away, President Obama suffered a sharp rebuke at the polls Tuesday, when voters in New York elected a conservative Republican to represent a Democratic congressional district that has not been in Republican hands since the 1920s.
AP
Visitors looks over one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York.
Some people wept. Some embraced. Others silently stared into the dark pools where the twin towers once stood as the 9/11 memorial at ground zero opened its gates to the public.
Thousands Visit after 9/11 Memorial Opens in NYC
AP
Visitors looks over one of the pools at the 9/11 memorial plaza in the World Trade Center site in New York.
Some people wept. Some embraced. Others silently stared into the dark pools where the twin towers once stood as the 9/11 memorial at ground zero opened its gates to the public.
NY1
A flight that originated out of John F. Kennedy Airport was diverted this morning amid security concerns.
JFK Flight to Phoenix Diverted over Security Concerns
NY1
A flight that originated out of John F. Kennedy Airport was diverted this morning amid security concerns.
Kelly: NYPD Has Its Own Army, Navy, Tanks & Soon a Submarine
CBS
There are radiation detection boats in the waters, cameras that have been placed all over lower and Midtown Manhattan and there are cops with guns and tanks and all kinds of weapons, because in New York a terror attack could come from anywhere, and anyone.
Bloomberg’s Approval Rating Buoyed by Irene
AP
New Yorkers overwhelmingly approve of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to prepare for Hurricane Irene by ordering the evacuation of low-lying areas, according to a poll released Monday.
Bloomberg: Terror Threat Against NYC Credible
AP
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a terror threat against the city is credible but not corroborated.
Court Rules Individuals Do Not Have Constitutional Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun in Public
New York State Press Release
New York – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has won a major court victory in defense of New York State’s gun safety laws. In a decision in the case of Kachalsky, et al. v. Cacace, et al, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York rejected a constitutional challenge to New York’s handgun licensing statute, ruling that individuals do not have a constitutional right to carry a concealed handgun in public.
NYPD Worried About New Terror Threat
CBS
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the federal government is warning of a new potential terror threat.
NYPD: Hold On to Your Personal Items in the Subway
Daily News
Crime in the city’s subways has jumped about 17% – mostly due to a spike in thefts of cell phones, iPods and other gadgets.
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