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Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at the UN General Assembly
Read full article: Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at the UN General AssemblyNext week’s high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly is bringing more than 140 world leaders to New York City, including the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Ukraine.
NYC mayor defends police response after videos show officers punching pro-Palestinian protesters
Read full article: NYC mayor defends police response after videos show officers punching pro-Palestinian protestersNew York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department’s response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an “isolated incident.”.
A police officer was accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped, but the NYPD fired him
Read full article: A police officer was accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped, but the NYPD fired himA New York City police officer once charged with spying for China says he is fighting the commissioner's decision to fire him.
Prosecutors say New York subway shooting may have been self defense
Read full article: Prosecutors say New York subway shooting may have been self defenseProsecutors say a man who shot and critically wounded another man on a New York City subway train will not immediately be charged with a crime while prosecutors investigate whether the shooter acted justifiably in self-defense.
NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question under new police transparency law
Read full article: NYPD officers will have to record race of people they question under new police transparency lawNYPD officers will have to record the race of people they question under new police transparency law.
New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class action
Read full article: New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class actionNew York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of 2020.
Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says
Read full article: Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor saysA federal monitor says she has found disappointing results when she studied the legality of New York City's new initiative to combat gun violence in high-crime areas with an old tactic of stopping and frisking people.
NYPD officer cites 'courtesy cards,' used by friends and family of cops, as source of corruption
Read full article: NYPD officer cites 'courtesy cards,' used by friends and family of cops, as source of corruptionA New York City police officer is speaking out against the use of “courtesy cards” by friends and relatives of cops, accusing department leaders of maintaining a sprawling system of impunity that has fueled both reckless driving and racist traffic stops.
NYPD officer rappels down building to stop man from jumping during 8-hour standoff
Read full article: NYPD officer rappels down building to stop man from jumping during 8-hour standoffA police officer rappelled down a Manhattan skyscraper to stop a man who was facing financial fraud charges from jumping out of a 31st-floor window.
146 NYC police committed misconduct in 2020 protests: Report
Read full article: 146 NYC police committed misconduct in 2020 protests: ReportA new report says nearly 150 New York City police officers committed misconduct, including using excessive force, while responding to the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd.
Police probe motive in attack on officers near Times Square
Read full article: Police probe motive in attack on officers near Times SquareAuthorities in New York City are investigating whether a man who attacked three police officers with a machete at a New Year’s Eve celebration, striking two of them, was inspired by radical Islamic extremism.
GLIMPSES: At United Nations, boats safeguard current affairs
Read full article: GLIMPSES: At United Nations, boats safeguard current affairsU.S. Coast Guard boats are a familiar presence during the U.N. General Assembly, guarding the aquatic border of the United Nations alongside New York City police boats.
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
Read full article: Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this yearA man wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in New York. Small groups of revelers, some wearing glittery hats, filmed their distant view of Times Square on their phones and broke out in cheers at midnight. Preparing for the worst, the New York Police Department deployed its bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. “It’s dead,” said Ali Jameel early Thursday, who owns a store a block from Times Square. “Coming to Times Square is a family tradition for some.
Prosecutor: Video shows NYC dismemberment suspect buying saw
Read full article: Prosecutor: Video shows NYC dismemberment suspect buying sawTyrese Haspil, 21, is escorted out of the 7th precinct by NYPD detectives, Friday, July 17, 2020, in New York.Haspil faces a murder charge in the death of Fahim Saleh, 33-year-old tech entrepreneur who was found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Personal assistant charged in dismembered tech CEO's killing
Read full article: Personal assistant charged in dismembered tech CEO's killingTyrese Haspil, 21, is escorted out of the 7th precinct by NYPD detectives, Friday, July 17, 2020, in New York.Haspil faces a murder charge in the death of Fahim Saleh, 33-year-old tech entrepreneur who was found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
NYPD finds no wrongdoing by Shake Shack employees after officers got sick from milkshakes
Read full article: NYPD finds no wrongdoing by Shake Shack employees after officers got sick from milkshakesCNN Three New York City Police Department officers have been released from the hospital after getting sick when they drank milkshakes from Shake Shack Monday night. The shakes may have been tainted with bleach, according to a statement from the NYC Police Benevolent Association. The NYPD launched an investigation after the officers fell ill and determined early Tuesday morning that there was no criminality by employees, according to a tweet from NYPD Detective Chief Rodney Harrison. All three officers were transported to a local hospital where they were treated, observed and released, according to the spokeswoman. Shake Shack said in a tweet Monday night they were "horrified by the reports of officers injured," and were working with police on investigation.