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June 8, 2015 Liam Mathews

The Associated Press reports on a shady industry that has popped up as part of New York City’s affordable housing crisis, where landlords hire “tenant relocation specialists” to intimidate rent-stabilized tenants into moving out so the landlords can rent the apartments at market rate. Market rate in some neighborhoods has increased by 90% since 2002, […]

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May 4, 2015 Liam Mathews

Another day, another video of the NYPD being awful. In this video, uploaded to YouTube on April 30 by the man being arrested, two officers in the Bronx are seen illegally arresting a man during a traffic stop. The man set his phone camera to record and put it in the cupholder, which the cops […]

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November 12, 2014 Amy K. Nelson

Who steals a teenager’s phone by pretending to be an NYPD officer? Apparently, this asshole. Back in mid-October, a guy posing as a cop — not creepy at all — stopped a 13-year-old for crawling through a subway turnstile without paying, then stole his cell phone. Stay hot, guy. […]

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