Tag: NYPD
Dozens of buskers assembled at the Metropolitan Avenue G station late Tuesday afternoon to show their support for fellow subway performer Andrew Kalleen, whose arrest by the NYPD went viral after a video of the incident was posted to YouTube. The footage shows a cop reading the law that permits busking and then busting Kalleen. […]
A new study (PDF) has found that the NYPD issues more tickets for riding a bike on the sidewalk in minority neighborhoods than others. Out of the 15 most cited neighborhoods, 12 had a population that mostly consisted of blacks and Latinos. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The NYPD disproportionately targets minorities on any […]
Good news graffiti writers, you’re getting noticed. Complaints about graffiti are not only increasing in places like Sunset Park and Woodside, but also citywide, according to Capital New York: [A]s of Oct. 12, graffiti complaints have increased 24 percent over the same period last year, from 6,947 to 8,635. This is bad news for NYOD […]
On Sunday morning, a carriage horse got away from its handler and led police cars on a chase up 11th Avenue as pedestrians and motorists watched the spectacle unfold. Allie Feldman, Executive Director of NYCLASS, who’s leading the charge to have carriage horses banned, promptly released a statement: This is the latest example of why […]
The excerpt below is Section 1050.6 of the MTA’s official rules of conduct (emphasis added). Except as expressly permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for transportation. […]
The NYPD’s unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices are sabotaging mental health. A new study, published Thursday, surveyed men aged 18 to 26 (mostly black and Hispanic, as they are statistically most likely to be stopped by the police) in 37 neighborhoods (mostly those where stop-and-frisks are most common). It revealed that those who have been stopped by the police “had elevated […]
Afroduck, the maniac who set a record-breaking lap around Manhattan and was subsequently arrested by the NYPD, has uploaded a video of a plain-clothes cop trying to beat his time. And the winner is… Afroduck. For the record, the police officer never seems to exceed the speed limit and never runs a red light — […]
Today, Lt. Jennara Cobb, 41, became the first NYPD officer to be convicted in a broad ticket fixing scandal. Cobb was found guilty of divulging an eavesdropping warrant, official misconduct and obstruction of governmental administration. She could serve up to one year in prison. Lt. Cobb’s conviction is the first in a trial that includes […]
According to the largest city-wide poll of its kind, getting stopped by the cops negatively affects a person’s view of the local police department. The Wall Street Journal reports that of the 17,340 NYC residents surveyed, 24% have been stopped by the police at least once in the past year. After being stopped once, residents were 25% less […]
In a broad “anti-terrorism” campaign, the NYPD has been surveilling Muslims without cause. Now, the de Blasio administration is continuing the Bloomberg/Kelly defense of the program. The AP first brought attention to the Demographics Unit — a division of the NYPD given the task of infiltrating mosques, developing relationships with young Muslims and focusing intelligence gathering on “ancestries […]
