A Southern California-based, pro-weed, anti-government activist who goes by the name Reverend Bud Green has claimed responsibility for replacing two American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with two bleached white last week. In a statement on his website and in an interview with the Daily News, Green explained that anonymous “professionals” in New York executed the action. He claims that […]
Staten Island’s troubled 120th Precinct is being sued for the wrongful death of Irving Mizell, a 52-year-old man died from a heart attack while in NYPD custody. Mizell complained about having breathing issues while he was being booked at the precinct and was pronounced dead at the Richmond University Medical Center. The Daily News reports that “the medical examiner ruled […]
The FAA is struggling to develop regulations for the use of flying cameras, commonly referred to as “drones,” as they become more and more widely used. Currently, there’s some confusion around what is legal to do with your drone and where, as demonstrated by the recent arrest of two men who flew a “drone” too close […]
An annual basketball tournament at Berry Houses in Staten Island was interrupted by the arrival of a police car, but not in the way you might think. Organizers from the Under The Lights basketball league asked the local patrolling unit if they’d be willing to allow players to slam dunk over their car, and surprisingly, […]
Over the weekend, a man dressed as Spider-Man punched an NYPD officer in Times Square. This has lead to a crackdown on costumed characters. “They’re like little terrorists preying on all the tourists,” a police officer told the Post. The Naked Black Cowboy, legally Titus Gandy, was arrested when he showed up at the Midtown South […]
The least populated borough in the city has the highest number of most-sued NYPD officers, Daily News reports. Staten Island’s 120th Precinct is particularly troubled, covering the area near Tompkinsville Park where Eric Garner died after Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in an illegal chokehold. The 120th Precinct narcotics unit specifically has cost the city $6 million in […]
NYPD officers getting their Broken Windows policing on, because today it may be candy, but tomorrow it’s guns. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
New York City Identity Cards (which will be available to all New York residents starting January 2015) may also come with some unexpected cultural benefits. The city is currently considering offering free memberships and discounted admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Lincoln Center and other well-known institutions. How much would this cost to the […]
The block on Bergen Street in Brooklyn was already filling by 5PM on Wednesday night. People were gathering for the funeral of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old man who died last week after an NYPD plain clothes officer was captured on video putting the Staten Island father of six in a chokehold. I asked everyone one […]
Yesterday morning, New Yorkers noticed that white flags had mysteriously replaced regular American flags on the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. A continuing media frenzy ensued, with every publication taking a slightly different angle on the story, and the lack thereof. Initially, the Wall Street Journal wondered if it was “an art project, a political statement […]
