Kenny Scharf was arrested in Williamsburg in Friday night, Art Sucks reports. According to court info, he was charged with making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument, and some other small-time charge, but was released on his own recognizance, meaning he did not have to post bail. Scharf posted the above signature squiggly snake on his Facebook […]
Yesterday, the City of New York agreed to pay over $365,000 to settle a lawsuit over the destruction of the Occupy Wall Street People’s Library. When the NYPD unceremoniously raided and evicted the Zuccotti Park Occupy encampment in November 2011, officers destroyed the library and many of the 5,500 books inside. As Allison Burtch put it […]
Nothing tops off a wild night on the town like a nice, long, public pee. But as many intrepid squat-poppers have learned the hard way, public urination can also be a total buzz kill if a police officer catches you mid-release. Worry no more: Courtesy of Gothamist, here is an interactive map that shows where […]
At 3pm yesterday, NYPD, state police, and DEA agents arrived at a Long Island City warehouse, seized 1,000 pot plants, arrested the heinous criminals that were growing the crop, and rolled out, thus bringing to an end the weed addiction epidemic that’s been plaguing New York for decades. What are you going to do with […]
If you’re fed up with Michael Bloomberg’s insistence on giving the NYPD free rein to do whatever they’d like, his attempts to regulate soda and tobacco to death, or his constantly turning up in in silly photographs, take solace in this: hey may be the only thing protecting our city from total Tea Party takeover. […]
After a forum during which seven mayoral candidates described their plans to improve New York City’s safety, Mayor Bloomberg described the proceedings as “really depressing.” “Not one addressed the real issues,” he said. “Not one had any creative ideas, other than they wanted apple pie and ice cream and not have anybody pay for it. […]
Floyd v. City of New York, a class-action lawsuit that’s the most wide-ranging of three recent cases against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practice, begins hearing today. The suit, which centers around a Bronx medical student, challenges the constitutionality of the entire stop-and-frisk process, and alleges that officers are pressured to meet quotas, unfairly biased black and […]
Per Gothamist, a band of unnamed cyclists created illegal street memorials last night, remembering the pedestrians and cyclists struck and killed by vehicle drivers who were never charged. The marked spots bring attention to crashes that required no investigation, according to the NYPD. Where applicable, the memorials include the name of the victim, the date […]
Since last night’s riot protest over the shooting of Kimani Gray, rumors that East Flatbush has been rendered a “frozen zone” by the NYPD have been popping up all over the Internet. Various blogs have “reported” that “a portion of Flatbush” has been taken over by the NYPD. There is, however, no such police restriction […]
On paper, yesterday’s police budget hearing should have been a routine affair: commissioner Ray Kelly outlines the department’s yearly budget to City Council, and council members have a chance to react and ask questions. Several members, however, seized the opportunity to lob thinly masked and totally open critiques of NYPD tactics at the department boss. […]
