The downpour that flooded parts of Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens on Sunday night will continue throughout Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. NYC boroughs flood, be safe @Streetlevelnyc #StatenIsland #Queens #brooklyn pic.twitter.com/xUdUUkfkSy — Street Level (@Streetlevelnyc) June 1, 2015 Sunday’s heavy rains started around 6 PM, bringing between 2 to 3 […]
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has been using the nonprofit New York City Police Foundation as a piggybank, according to the New York Post, giving out over $2 million in consulting contracts to people outside of the department, including 6 people who Bratton has known since the 1970s. Former NYPD officials accuse Bratton of using the […]
Allow me to set the mood: DNAinfo warns that the NYPD “fears an influx of grifters” this summer after a similar crimewave last year where sexy thieves would target clubgoers with fancy watches, go to a private location, roofie them, and then run off with the jewels. “New York is where the money is, and […]
The MTA is investigating the vandals who stole at least 500 feet of copper cable from the A subway line tracks in Howard Beach, Queens, which resulted in massive delays and suspension of service on Wednesday. According to the MTA: The cable theft was discovered at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday night when a northbound A Subway […]
The NYPD has pinned 11 muggings since early Febuary on a cycling thief who rides up on a either a Citi Bike or a regular bike with a basket on the front and snatches purses away from women. Not very intimidating, but effective. He’s like a real-life “on my way to steal your girl” meme, […]
Is NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton okay? He seems like he’s at the end of his rope. He’s been on a tear of saying some crazy shit in public the past few days: on Sunday he said he needed 450 new cops so he could fight ISIS, and on Wednesday, Capital New York reports (link behind […]
Listen, I know you’re tired. You’ve had another long day in a neverending string of long days, and it’s such a struggle to keep your eyes open on your commute. But for your own sake, stay alert for just a little while longer, because your day is going to get a lot worse if you […]
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who wants to hire more officers but hasn’t been able to do so, finally threw up his hands and more or less said, “You know ISIS, right? They’re scary, right? Well, they’re trying to kill us. Right now. They’re on their way here. So we need 450 new cops so we […]
Too often with videos documenting police brutality, we see one of two things: Either a crowd of bystanders looks on helplessly as officers abuse their power, or the crowd gets involved, and then there are mass arrests. In this video shot by Copwatch Patrol Unit member Michael Barber, however, neither of those outcomes happened — […]
The Civilian Complaint Review Board, New York City government’s ombudsmen for citizens who claim to have been mistreated by police, released its annual report for 2014 on Thursday. Some notable findings include a high number of complaints about police putting people in chokeholds and filing false official statements. In July of 2014, Officer Daniel Pantaleo […]
