In lieu of the exceedingly rare, but highly publicized death of a pedestrian killed by a cyclist, the New York Times dropped into Central Park this weekend with a radar gun in to to clock just how fast (or slow) bikes are moving. According to the paper of record, the “fastest cyclist…was moving at 23 […]
Notorious narcotics detective Peter Valentin has been on modified duty since March, but the city is still paying his giant legal tab. As NYPD’s highest overtime earner who called himself “PistolPete” and “the King of the Bronx,” Valentin was sued 28 times since 2006, with an average settlement of $50,000. Since April, Valentin’s six settlements totaled $402,000. With […]
The NYPD is cracking down on people they believe are reselling Apple’s newest gadgets. After several days of waiting in line for the iPhone 6 release, a Chinese woman was apprehended by the cops near the Fifth Avenue Apple store. She tells the Daily News that the officers fabricated the story. Hui Lin, a 51-year-old […]
In the past two months, two pedestrians in Central Park have been hit and killed by cyclists. The deaths of 75-year-old Irving Schachter and more recently, 58-year-old Jill Tarlov, are tragic accidents, but they’re also very rare occurrences. Yet a wave of overreaction by the NYPD and journalists is dominating the current narrative. Samuel D. […]
Less than a week after police officers were caught on video punching and kicking street vendors in Sunset Park, another violent incident was captured by a bystander in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. The shaky footage shows an officer “tackling a clearly pregnant woman and riding her to the ground,” the Daily News reports. (Video embedded below.) At about 2:15 am on […]
On Monday morning, following the world’s largest environmental march ever, an estimated 1,000-plus people took over Broadway in lower Manhattan for a protest dubbed #FloodWallStreet. Activists wanted to voice their displeasure over what they call the climate crisis, many emphasizing that capitalism is a huge cause for the decimation of our planet. (Click gallery above […]
It was just following the lunch rush in downtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon when the NYPD took a young blonde woman out of the crowd to question her. They saw her possibly illegally entering buildings that surrounded the #FloodWallStreet protest — in which 1,000-plus people shut down blocks of Broadway in the heart of the […]
Since a pedestrian died after being struck by a cyclist in Central Park, the NYPD has started another crackdown on petty traffic violations. Over the weekend, the police issued 103 summonses, mostly in an area of five square blocks on the west side of Central Park. According to the NYPD, 29 riders were cited for failing to yield to pedestrians, 26 […]
A cyclist struck a 59-year-old woman in Central Park on Thursday, September 18th. Jill Tarlov was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center where she later died from her injuries. Police say that the cyclist, Jason Marshall, had swerved to avoid other pedestrians, hitting Tarlov. He sustained minor shoulder and hand injuries. “He was yelling for her to get out […]
Yesterday’s march was the single largest environmental rally in history, with Metro reporting estimated attendance of 310,000 and people traveling from all around the world to participate. The United Nations Climate Summit will take place on September 23rd. During the march, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared “Climate Week.” He was joined at the rally by several politicians and celebrities, including U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon, […]
