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Protection Racket: Columbus Has Friends at 1 Police Plaza
This is not the kind of bust cops usually deal with.
July 8, 2020
Bonus Roundy Cartoon: The NYPD is Lying to Us About Chokehold Bill
Editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy is sick of the NYPD's accepted narratives and convenient lies.
July 8, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: Terence Monahan Must Go Edition
The NYPD's chief of department said some seriously inflammatory stuff yesterday. But he can't be fired because ... de Blasio.
July 7, 2020
Op-Ed: A ‘Modest Proposal’: City Council Control of the NYPD
The mayor will never cross his police commissioner. What if we gave the cops a different boss?
July 7, 2020
A MONUMENT TO WASTE: The NYPD Has Two Cops Protecting a Columbus Statue 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Two officers from the 114th Precinct are guarding a statue of Christopher Columbus all day and all night.
July 7, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: So What Do Cops Do All Day?
Our editorial cartoonist, Bill Roundy, pokes fun at the notion of a car-based security force (one that collects about $700 million in overtime every year).
July 6, 2020
Pedestrian Killed in Three-Car Crash — Speeding Driver Charged
A Brooklyn woman doing nothing but walking near her Midwood home was struck and killed on Sunday night after a speeding driver ran a red light and crashed into another car that went careening into the victim, police said.
July 6, 2020
I Was Cursed by a Cop for Fixing the Second Avenue Bike Lane!
The officer, who was directing traffic to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at around 7 a.m., provided a textbook example of NYPD personnel escalating a situation.
July 3, 2020
Mayor to Streetsblog: No, I Have Not Fired Any Bad Cops Yet
Mayor de Blasio on Thursday said that no bad cops had yet been fired since he promised, almost exactly a month ago to fire "anybody who should not be a police officer."
July 2, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: NYPD Budget Blues
The mayor claims to have cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion, but Corey Johnson begs to differ.
July 1, 2020
