NYC needs to stop worrying about the NYPD’s appearance and just pick the best cop overall
When Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigns amid the federal government’s increasingly dire corruption investigations, New York’s best minds find themselves in a difficult position. The NYPD served as a model for police departments in the United States and abroad because…
Why James Earl Jones is truly made for the big screen
Well prepared for fame A memory of James Earl Jones. In the film “The Great White Hope” he played the black boxer Jack Johnson. As Johnson – a blond man in the front seat – was driving through the South,…
Nearly 17,000 first responders suffer from cancer more than two decades later – diseases associated with 9/11
More than 45,000 people are living with the physical consequences of the September 11 tragedy more than two decades after it happened. At least 45,200 civilians and officers of the FDNY, NYPD and the Port Authorities of New York and…
IRS joins investigation into NYPD enforcement practices in nightclubs, Commissioner’s phone seized – NBC New York
The IRS Criminal Investigation Division has joined forces with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to investigate issues related to the NYPD’s enforcement of nightclub laws, a senior official told NBC New York. SDNY…
1 dead and 4 injured after gunman fires into crowd on parade route at New York Caribbean Carnival, police say
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — A 25-year-old man died of his injuries on Tuesday after a suspect fired shots into a crowd along the parade route of the New York Caribbean Carnival on Monday. He was shot in the stomach….
Serial groper on the loose in NYC, rapes at least 4 women in nighttime attacks near Prospect Park: police
A serial groper is on the loose in Park Slope. He raped at least four women in nighttime attacks near Prospect Park, police officers and frightened victims told the Washington Post. All of the attacks occurred within an eight-block radius…
Armed robber in Central Park returns his phone and apologizes before fleeing the scene
What manners! A gunman tried to steal a man’s phone in Central Park on Saturday – only for the man to then give it back and apologize because it was not the phone he was looking for, the victim told…
Police investigate discovery of human bones near Brooklyn Carousel
Police in New York City are currently investigating two incidents in which human bones were discovered near a carousel in Brooklyn. On Wednesday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced Newsweek that in two separate cases skeletal remains were found…
Hit and run in Flushing, Queens, NYC: 2 women sought after 56-year-old man killed
FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) – A 56-year-old man has died after a hit-and-run accident in Queens and police are searching for two women who fled the scene of the accident. David Opiela was struck when two vehicles collided on Kissena Boulevard…
Woman shot in NYC nightclub shooting: police
A woman was shot at a nightclub in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, police said. The woman, whose age is unknown, was shot in the stomach around 7:10 a.m. Saturday at the Lotus Lounge on Farragut Road, near East 49th Street, police…
