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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
SEE IT: Driver Hurls Firecrackers At Black Lives Matter Protesters
“Police were right there, they saw this happening and didn’t come up the ramp to do anything about it,” said one witness.
June 29, 2020
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Legalize Public Drinking for All New Yorkers
Those with fair skin in affluent ZIP codes will continue to drink with their friends in the streets, while minorities will be subject to arbitrary harassment and summonses for doing the same. This needs to stop.
June 28, 2020
Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam
An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?
June 25, 2020
Brooklyn Residents To Reclaim Playground From NYPD
Cops are using the Classon Playground as a parking lot — supposedly to protect their vehicles from protesters. But now they will vacate, Parks says.
June 25, 2020
Two Years After a Hit-And-Run Driver Killed a 4-Year-Old, There Is Little ‘Justice for Luz’
Brooklyn's DA charges only 'failure to exercise due care' after a horrific incident on a Bushwick sidewalk. A heartbroken family demands answers.
June 24, 2020
UPDATED: Brooklyn Man Killed in Early Morning Hit-and-Run
A Brooklyn man was run down and killed by the driver of a massive Jeep early Tuesday morning, and the driver and his passenger ran away from the crash scene leaving their victim to die, cops said.
June 23, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: ‘Whose Streets? Cops’ Streets!’
Our editorial cartoonist weighs in on how the NYPD has stolen public space.
June 22, 2020
