Police & Fire Archives – Page 19 of 47 – Politics NY

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Activists call to disband the NYPD’s SRG ahead of City Council oversight hearing

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Brooklyn

Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

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Queens

Queens councilwoman declares ‘state of emergency’ over fires caused by exploding lithium-ion batteries

By Bill Parry

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Retired NYPD Chief of Transit among top cop Sewell’s two picks to Civilian Complaint Review Board

by Todd Maisel

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Fare evasion arrests skyrocket, more than 90% of those arrested are Black, Brown riders

By Ben Brachfeld

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Adams names first Muslim member of NYPD panel reviewing police probes into ‘political activity’

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Brooklyn

Mayor laments latest train surfing death, looks to tackle deadly trend

By Dean Moses

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Queens

Queens DA, NYPD take down 23 of borough’s most violent gang members

By Dean Moses

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Brooklyn

‘Asking for peace’: Brooklyn community calls for end to gun violence after back-to-back fatal shootings

By Lloyd Mitchell

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Brooklyn

Remembering Adeed Fayaz: Thousands in Brooklyn mourn the loss of officer slain in ‘violent robbery of a father from his family’

By Dean Moses

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Advocates, pols rally at City Hall for the passage of bills requiring more police transparency during stops

By Emily Davenport and Paul Frangipane

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CCRB report says 146 NYPD officers recommended for discipline after 2020 Floyd protests — but none fired

By Ben Brachfeld

Rikers Island sees first in-custody death of 2023 as prisoner dies in infirmary

By Robert Pozarycki

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Crime

War on Crime | NYPD reports higher number of felonies, continued decline in shootings in January 2023

By Robert Pozarycki

City clears out migrant encampment outside of the Watson Hotel in Midtown

By Dean Moses

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Locked out: Migrants in Midtown rebel as city moved to transfer them from hotel to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

By Dean Moses

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Crime

Reverend Al Sharpton condemns cops who killed Tyre Nichols

By Dean Moses

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‘The life we live every day’: New Yorkers continue calls for justice for Tyre Nichols

By Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

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Queens

Three women shot outside Far Rockaway storefront church: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Fighting ‘Big Brother’: Anti-surveillance advocates in New York seek to halt creeping proliferation of cameras and tracking software

By Ben Brachfeld

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Harlem teen indicted for brutally murdering girlfriend during argument over phone

By Aidan Graham

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Brooklyn

‘Guns down, life up’: Brooklyn vigil attendees honor gun violence victims, demand end to bloodshed

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Queens

Police searching for duo behind Ridgewood robbery

Elijah Hamilton

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Courts

Hochul nominates Hector LaSalle as next chief judge of New York’s top court, irking progressives

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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