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Blogs
April 30, 2013
Bloomberg Tells Police That Critics of Stop-and-Frisk Are "Courting Disaster"
Judging by NYPD crime metrics, 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty good year so far--there have been fewer murders than this time last year, and 2012 was itself a record low. Shootings are down, too. And yet, when it comes to public relations, 2013 has been an annus horribilis for New York police: wee ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2013
Firearm Deaths Are Down, But Don't Jump To Conclusions About Stop and Frisk
Today, GOP mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis released a radio ad touting his support for "pro-active police work" and blasting foes of the NYPD's controversial practice of stop and frisk. The ad followed on the heels of a new report out from the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene showing that f ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2013
NYPD Releases New Video That Teaches You How to Stop and Frisk
"Illegal weapons are flooding our city's streets," the eerie voice says amongst pictures of AK-47s. "Out of state gun hoarders have made it all too easy to acquire an illegal gun if the price is right. It is our job as professional police officers to legally detect and remove guns by arresting the o ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2013
NYU Student Busted For Selling Airsoft Rifles Out Of Dorm
Ah, college. A time spent to prepare oneself for the modern job market, learning all the tricks of the trade that will place you higher up on that steep ladder of social mobility in 2013. Nowadays, that all translates into making the newest app or website, not really running a full-scale operation o ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2013
Which NY Agencies Are the Worst at Responding to Freedom of Information Requests?
The NYPD and New York City Housing Authority are some of the worst offenders when it comes to disclosing information to the public, according to a new report put out by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. Between January and March of 2011, New York City agencies received 9,970 requests for information- ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2013
NYPD To Officers: Don't Hate On Gingers
We're still looking for the NYPD tapes that capture ginger hate on audio. In a New York Post "exclusive" yesterday, it was reported that the Boys In Blue in Manhattan have recently sent out an internal memo, informing co-workers that it is not okay to discriminate against officers with red hair. As ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2013
Shira Scheindlin, Federal Judge In Stop and Frisk Trial, Distills Debate Over Controversial Tactic
The judge in the stop and frisk trial Friday offered an interesting explanation of her view on the case, and a key element of the city's defense. It came at a point where in questioning a plaintiff's expert, a city lawyer was trying to make the point that the tactic is an effective crime strategy. ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2013
The Community Safety Act Puts Mayoral Candidates' NYPD Views on Display
We're almost close to labeling 'NYPD actions' as the hot button issue for this mayoral race. Two weeks ago, the Voice reported that the NYPD had committed its 5 millionth stop-and-frisk. Then, a few days later, hearings began downtown on Floyd v. New York, which challenges the practice all together ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
NYPD Finally Changes Policy on Traffic Collisions
Under pressure from City Council and a coalition of bicycle and pedestrian advocates, the NYPD has made changes to how it investigates -- and talks about -- traffic collisions. In a letter to city councilors revealed yesterday, Police Chief Ray Kelly announced a number of changes in how the departm ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2013
City Council Members Say Bloomberg and Kelly Aren't Listening, Take Legal Action Against Stop-and-Frisk
Perhaps it is Mayor Michael Bloomberg who needs a crash-course on the dangers of ear-bud volume, because the City Council's Black, Latino and Chinese Caucus says the mayor must not be hearing the massive outcry against stop, question and frisk. The 27-member caucus filed an amicus brief Monday in t ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2013
Another Subway Death Solution: NYPD Tracking Of Mentally Ill?
Okay, the platform doors, laser alert system and the advice for conductors to slow down were one thing. But this goes a little above and beyond that. Yesterday, news came that the NYPD, in accordance with the Health Department, has tracked down twenty-five mentally ill patients that have been deeme ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2013
VIDEO: Here's the Man Accused of Luring Children in Corona, Queens
The NYPD is asking for help to find a man suspected of attempting to lure two teenage girls last Friday, January 25, in the Queens neighborhood of Corona. The first incident happened in the morning, around 7 a.m. Police say a 13-year-old Hispanic girl was walking on Northern Boulevard near 102 Stre ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2013
Has This Guy Punched You in the Head Recently? (Updated)
Updated 1:30 p.m.: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says the suspect was caught on a Texas-bound Greyhound bus and arrested. Police tracked his cell phone to a bus station, then stopped both buses that had departed the station overnight. Commisso was found on one of them, asleep. --- While Chris Brow ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2013
Somebody Already Sued the NYPD Over Controversial Body Scanners
During his 'State of the NYPD' address on Wednesday, NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly announced that his department "took delivery" of mobile terhertz devices that can scan people for concealed weapons. Although Kelly carefully skirted the issue of stop-and-frisk, he went into detail about his latest equ ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2013
A Few Questions Raised Over NYPD Commish Ray Kelly's Popularity
And, for that matter, the most popular NYPD commissioner in the City's history (since we started recording this kind of stuff, of course). In yet another Quinnipiac poll, Mr. Kelly's job as top cop was applauded by 75 percent of New Yorkers. These numbers split a bit by ethnicity: whites have h ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2012
"Krills," "Yams," and "Grizz": Decoding NYC Gangsters' Facebook Faux-Pas
In October, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly publicly announced that he was doubling the size of the Department's Anti-Gang Unit and would be stepping up efforts to bust gangsters using social media websites like Facebook and Twitter -- where gangsters have recently taken their turf wars.New York City's ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2012
Former NYPD Officer Nicholas Mina Headed To The Hoosegow For Selling Guns To Drug Dealers
A former NYPD officer who pleaded guilty last month to charges that he stole several NYPD-issued firearms from fellow officers and sold them to a Queens drug kingpin was in court today, where he was sentenced to 15-and-a-half years in prison.Additionally, former Officer Nicholas Mina -- who claims h ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2012
Zombies Rob Bank
On Saturday, October 27, two men walked into a Capital One Bank at Ovington Avenue and Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn just after 2 p.m. One had on a red plaid shirt, jeans and white tennis shoes. The other had on a gray shirt with jeans and dark sneakers. They were both wearing blue latex glove ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2012
Reminder: Two NYPD Officers Are Being Investigated For Killing/Beating New Yorkers
Hurricane Sandy and the presidential election have dominated the headlines here in the Big Apple for the last two weeks. But let's not forget what was going on in New York before that bitch Sandy dropped by: two NYPD officers are under investigation for what could potentially be pretty appalling cri ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2012
Human Rights Body Criticizes U.S. for NYPD's Policing of Occupy Wall Street
New Yorkers, if they've been paying any attention at all, have known for a long time that the way the NYPD treats journalists and protesters doesn't exactly live up to what you'd expect in a democratic society with a free press. Now, it looks like the NYPD's actions in relation to Occupy Wall Stree ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2012
"Land" and Frisk? Privacy Concerns Abound as NYPD Looks Into Possibility of Drones Patrolling New York Skies
Get excited New Yorkers! Our city is inching one step closer to resembling one of those nightmarish societies depicted in your favorite 20th century dystopian novel with the impending introduction of police surveillance drones into our air space. No, they're not just for the war in Afghanistan. Unm ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2012
Federal Pension Lawsuit Expanded For All City Workers Called to Military Duty After 9/11
All city workers called to military duty after 9/11 will be represented in a lawsuit to recover unpaid pension funds. In early August, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of three retired NYPD officers seeking to recoup pension funds they would've earned had ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2012
Former NYPD Officer Nicholas Mina Cops Plea; Admits To Stealing NYPD Guns And Selling Them To Drug Dealers
A former NYPD officer admitted in court today that he stole several NYPD-issued firearms from fellow officers and sold them to a Queens drug kingpin over a six-month period earlier this year.The plea deal accepted by former officer Nicholas Mina, 32, includes a 15-year-prison sentence when he's sent ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2012
Duo Pulls off Robbery Almost Exactly the Way It's Done in the Movies, Then Decides to Run out with the Safe
NYPD say that yesterday, two robbers robbed a physician's office, because as everyone who has watched a good heist film knows, one guy isn't enough, and more than guarantees that someone's going to snitch. The robbery took place in the 43rd Precinct of the Bronx on 2029 Westchester Avenue (Manhatta ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2012
NYPD Searching for Man Accused of Abusing 10-Year-Old in Queens Library
The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying the man who sexually abused a 10-year-old girl yesterday inside of a Queens Borough Public Library. The incident happened after around 4:00 p.m. yesterday in the Forest Hills, Queens, a neighborhood in the 107th precinct. Authorities don't hav ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2012
NYPD: A (Video) History Of Violence
Two NYPD officers were caught on video beating the crap out of a young Jewish man because they mistakenly thought he was trespassing when they found him sleeping on a couch in a synagogue and outreach center for troubled youth in Crown Heights.The video is shocking, but it's not even close to the fi ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2012
City Council To Consider Reining In NYPD Today
It's been a rough week for the NYPD's public image. Last Thursday, police capped off a string of fatal shootings by killing an unarmed National Guardsman in a traffic stop. Just yesterday, audio from a stop-and-frisk of a teen in East Harlem recorded officers calling the kid a "mutt" and threateni ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2012
NYPD Shooting Of Unarmed National Guardsman Noel Polanco Described As Act Of "Police Road Rage"
The early morning shooting of an unarmed National Guardsman by an NYPD officer is being investigated by the Queens District Attorney's Office after a witness to the shooting describes the incident as a case of "police road rage."Noel Polanco, 22, was fatally shot about 5:15 a.m. yesterday after weav ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2012
NYPD Officer Shoots Unarmed Motorist As Off-Duty Cop Supposedly Slept In The Backseat
An NYPD officer fatally shot an unarmed motorist in Queens this morning, as an off-duty cop supposedly slept in the backseat of the car driven by the now-deceased 22-year-old driver.The unidentified motorist was pulled over about 5:15 a.m. today after he was seen weaving in and out of traffic on the ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2012
Federal Court Rules NYPD's Mass Arrests During 2004 Republican National Convention Unlawful
A U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday that the NYPD unlawfully arrested and fingerprinted hundreds of protestors during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.U.S. District Court Judge Richard Sullivan found that the NYPD acted unlawfully when it carried out mass arrests of d ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2012
Another Knife-Wielding Foe Taken Down by NYPD in Queens
As if the Times Square encounter with that nutjob and his knife in broad daylight wasn't already imprinted in our short-term memory.In Queens, police received a tip at around 5pm that a 27-year-old man was holding a knife to his own neck. Once they arrived on the scene, the tip came true as the NYPD ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2012
NYPD Commish Ray Kelly Confirms That, Yes, the Cops Accidentally Shot 9 People Yesterday
Yesterday, sources told the Voice that eight victims at the Empire State Building shooting were hit by bullets fired by the police officers at the scene. There, we were told that two officers fired off 16 rounds at Jeffrey Johnson, the white-collar employee who sought revenge against his e ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2012
Paul Browne, NYPD Spokesman, Disses Bridge and Tunnel Cop in Bridge Rescue
In the rapacious competition for good press among government agencies, spokespeople sometimes are too effusive with praise for their own people at the expense of others involved. That's what happened this week following the dramatic July 23 police rescue of a despondent man threatening to jump to ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
City Council Members Slam NYPD's Traffic Accident Policy, Call for Investigative Taskforce
Some months after the City Council grilled the New York Police Department's policy on of traffic crashes -- and ongoing criticism of its handling of the Mathieu Lefevre case -- several members want to establish a taskforce to investigate the Department's accident policy, which has long come under f ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2012
Double Digit Crime Spikes In Almost One-Third of All City Police Precincts
Crime citywide is up by 4 percent through last week, pushed largely by an increase in grand larcenies, though there have been 15 percent fewer homicides so far this year over last, NYPD figures through July 8 show. Much more troubling are the larger increases in some of the city's police precincts. ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Bloomberg, Kelly Say NYPD Foiled 14 Terror Plots; Not So, Article Counters
For years, Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Ray Kelly have claimed that the NYPD has thwarted 14 terror attacks since 2001. And many people actually believed them. The problem is it's not really true. In fact, as the internet news site Propublica notes, "the figure overstates the number of serious, ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2012
Just A Friendly Reminder, New York -- There's Still A Would-Be Cop-Killer On The Loose
Happy Friday, New York. On behalf of the Voice, we want to wish you all a wonderful weekend -- and remind you that there's still a would-be cop-killer on the loose.We don't mean to freak anyone out, but if a guy's willing to shoot a cop, who knows what else he's capable of -- which is why it's impor ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2012
NYPD Has 10,000 Reasons Why You Should Rat Out Would-Be Cop Killer
Bad news for whoever shot an NYPD officer early this morning: in addition to the fact that every cop in town is looking for you right now, there's currently a $10,000 reward for your arrest.According to police, about 3:40 a.m. today, Officer Brian Groves and his partner, Officer Erick Corniel, were ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Cop Who Shot Ramarley Graham Hit With Manslaughter Charges
The NYPD officer who fatally shot an unarmed teen earlier this year has been indicted on manslaughter charges and turned himself in to police just a few hours ago.NYPD Officer Richard Haste surrendered through a side door at the Bronx Criminal Court about 7:30 a.m. just before friends and relatives ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2012
10 Lawsuits Against The NYPD That You Should Know About
Yesterday, the Voice reported on a lawsuit filed against the NYPD, which alleges that the department's "Dead or Likely To Die" accident policy leads to botched investigations. But this is hardly the only suit to hit the department recently. So we have put together a guide to ten key court claims ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2012
NYPD Recruit Canned For Unkempt Beard. Oh, Yeah -- He's A Hasidic Jew
An NYPD recruit from Monsey was fired because his beard is apparently too unkempt for him to be a cop. But there's a twist: he's a devout Hasidic Jew, and his religion prohibits him from cutting his beard. Now-former NYPD recruit Fishel Litzman, a 38-year-old father of three, was given the boot Frid ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2012
NYPD Slammed With Lawsuit Over Handling of Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths
On July 10, 2011, Clara Heyworth was walking to meet her husband when she was fatally struck by motorist Anthony Webb, who was driving with a learner's permit, not a license. He also might have been drunk and speeding at the time of the incident. Webb was arrested at that time. The New York Police ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2012
Dead or Likely To Die: More on The NYPD's Accident Investigation Policy
Earlier, the Voice reported on a lawsuit filed today against the NYPD claiming that the Department's controversial "Dead or Likely to Die" accident investigation rule violates state law. The court document sheds a little light on how this controversial policy gets put into practice, and suggests t ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2012
Local Pols Meet With Justice Department To Lobby For Federal Stop and Frisk Investigation
In a development that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg can't be too happy about, local pols met in Washington with the U.S. Justice Department this week to lobby for a federal investigation of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk campaign. Kelly, through his 10-year tenure, has been successf ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2012
Woody Barrington, NYPD Detective, Penalized For Downgrading Robberies to Lost Property
The Police Department has taken 40 vacation days from a detective who was charged with downgrading robbery complaints and filing them as lost property in a Brooklyn precinct, the Voice has learned. Det. Woody Barrington, a 17-year veteran assigned to the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, lost the vacat ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Cops Reflect on Stop-and-Frisk Pressures, Racial Profiling
This week in the Voice, we talk to current and former law enforcement officers who have actually faced stop-and-frisk themselves when they are off-duty, walking home in their neighborhoods or driving around the city in their cars. These retired and active cops say that stop-and-frisk is such a commo ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
The Stonewall Stop and Frisk Summit - Or, Al Sharpton, Chris Quinn and the NAACP Walk Into a (Gay) Bar...
An historic coalition of traditional race-oriented civil rights organizations, labor unions, and LGBT groups met yesterday at the Stonewall Inn to endorse the upcoming SIlent March to End Stop and Frisk on Father's Day, June 17. The "press conference" featured an impressive roster of speakers -- inc ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2012
The Fastest Bank Robber of All Time: 3 Brooklyn Banks, 30 Minutes Flat
We don't know if we should "Bravo!" this guy or start locking up our own cash in vaults (the Times described the suspect's non-violent rampage as a "mini-crime wave." What a title).In Midwood yesterday afternoon, NYPD officials say that a bank robber flew through three separate banks on Kings H ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2012
Bike Crackdown: Is The NYPD Setting Up Cycling Checkpoints This Summer?
The Voice just got some info suggesting that the New York Police Department might boost bike ticketing efforts, including setting up more cycling safety checkpoints around the city -- and the NYPD doesn't plan on informing the public beforehand. Here's what's up: a reader was recently riding away ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
NYCLU: Ray Kelly's Stop and Frisk Fixes A "Desperate Public Relations Attempt"
And the reaction to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's series of moves to address criticism of the NYPD's stop and frisk program? Well, the New York Civil Liberties Union doesn't seem too impressed, calling it a "desperate public relations attempt." "The mayor and commissioner need to give up the spi ... More >>
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