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☆ ‘Civil War’ sends a message that’s more dangerous than the violence it depicts onscreen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

In “Civil War,” tanks trample democracy. But the messages they send may be more dangerous than the violence depicted onscreen: The collapse of democracy is inevitable. In the film, Humphrey Bogart plays Rick, the cynical owner of a Moroccan nightclub at the onset of World War II. John Springer Collection/Corbis Historical/Getty ImagesOther World War II-era films like “Don’t be a Sucker,” which emphasized racial and religious tolerance in America, emphasized the same message. The box office success of “Civil War” ensures, though, that more “American carnage” stories are likely headed our way .

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☆ Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Those images showed officers clad in tactical gear entering Hamilton Hall, the Columbia University building that pro-Palestinian activists had been illegally occupying. But we don’t really know, because the department wouldn’t allow journalists on campus, barricading them blocks away. WKCR, the Columbia student radio station, reported that student journalists were threatened with arrest if they left the Journalism School building to cover the raid. City officials said Wednesday that 109 people were arrested at Columbia and 173 people at City College, farther uptown in Manhattan. Had Adams and the Police Department allowed journalists to do their jobs, these claims could have been independently vetted.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, ”, Joe, Edward Caban Organizations: New York Police Department, Columbia University, Hamilton Hall, Columbia, Journalism School, City College, Police Department Locations: Hamilton, Manhattan, Gaza

A police officer died on Monday after being shot during a traffic stop in Queens, the police and city officials said. The suspected gunman, who was also wounded, was the first to fire his gun on Monday evening during the car stop in Far Rockaway, striking the officer in the torso below his protective vest, Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban said at a news conference at Jamaica Hospital, where the officer was taken. Another officer returned fire, striking the man, who was also taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries, officials said at the news conference. “This is a devastating moment,” said Mayor Eric Adams, who also spoke at the news conference. “We have to bury another cop,” he added.

Persons: Edward A, Caban, ”, Eric Adams Organizations: Jamaica Hospital Locations: Queens, Far Rockaway, Jamaica

☆ 2 experts suggest these 8 side hustles to try this year if you're looking to make money outside your job
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementSide hustles can include building a profitable business, spending a few minutes on an online gig like survey work, or working a job that falls outside your typical 9-to-5. AdvertisementPet sitting or other kinds of care workAnother side job could be watching someone's pets or care-related side hustles. AdvertisementFood deliveryThere are several food delivery platforms people can try as a side job, such as Uber Eats. "You may be really passionate about art or that creative side, but that's not something that you do in your day job," Caban said. Have you made money from a side job or a side hustle?

Persons: Instawork's Kira Caban, Ted Rossman, —, Kira Caban, it's, Gen Zers, Rossman, Caban, Davis, Taylor Swift, Scott, Meghan Lim, Lim, Uber, Erin Couch, Couch Organizations: Service, Instawork, Business, BI, Baseball, Connect Locations: Nashville

☆ Was Carmen in Netflix's 'Griselda' a real person? The character seems to be based on several real women in the drug lord's life
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Netflix's "Griselda" adapts the life of drug lord Griselda Blanco. Carmen's storyline bears similarities to several real women in Blanco's life. Miami PD analyst June Hawkins was another character in the show, and the real Hawkins also consulted. One character in the show, Carmen Gutiérrez (Vanessa Ferlito), appears to be based on several women in Blanco's life who turned on her at some point. Here's everything you need to know about how her character actually corresponds to real life.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg in Times Square Thursday night and then firing at a police officer was charged Saturday as an adult with two counts of attempted murder. The teen also faces assault and weapons possession charges stemming from the shooting that began in a sporting goods store and spilled out onto the streets of Midtown Manhattan. Police took the teen into custody Friday at a residential house that police believe may be linked to a family member in Yonkers. He is also considered a suspect in an armed robbery in the Bronx and a separate shooting in Times Square last month, police said. At a press conference announcing the arrest Friday evening, New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban said it was an “actual miracle” that no one was seriously injured in the shooting.

Persons: Edward Caban Organizations: New York Daily News, Midtown Manhattan . Police, New York, New York City Police Locations: Manhattan, New York, Venezuela, Midtown Manhattan, Yonkers, Bronx, New, New York City

At a town hall in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Monday night, the mayor said the cuts were real but that he did not want to make them. The police commissioner, Edward Caban, has yet to make a public statement about the implications of a proposal that would bring the number of officers below 30,000 for the first time in decades. There were nearly 35,000 officers in the department in 2022. is stretched as thin as it could go right now,” said Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association. Every agency would be affected, including the Department of Education, which would see its budget cut by $1 billion over two years; the Sanitation Department; the city’s libraries; and popular programs like summer school and universal prekindergarten.

Persons: ”, “, Yell, Edward Caban, Paul DiGiacomo, ’, Mr, Adams Organizations: D.C, ”, Police Department, ’ Endowment Association, Department of Education, Sanitation Department Locations: Coney Island , Brooklyn

☆ NYPD plan heightened marathon security, citing global tensions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rollers and paint are pictured after the New York Marathon ceremonial finish line painting in Central Park in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Local law enforcement will implement heightened security measures for Sunday's New York City Marathon due to a rise in tensions around the globe, officials said on Wednesday. "As tensions rise around the globe, there is a growing concern over the impact it will have here at home," said Caban. Police in New York City adopted a "heightened" security footing for Halloween this week, as other large U.S. cities were also on alert, a time of tension over the Israel-Palestinian conflict. City officials mounted a super-sized surveillance and law enforcement effort for the 2013 race, which took place months after the Boston Marathon bombings, while the 2016 edition also featured increased security.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, Edward Caban, Rebecca Weiner, Aleksandra Michalska, Amy Tennery Organizations: New York Marathon, REUTERS, Sunday's New, New York Police Department, Police, NYPD, Boston Marathon, Thomson Locations: Central Park, Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Sunday's New York, New York City, Israel, New York

☆ Eric Adams Names Edward Caban as NYPD Commissioner
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Erin Ailworth | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Edward Caban, who grew up in the Bronx as the son of a Puerto Rican transit police detective, on Monday became the first Latino officer to lead the New York Police Department in its 177-year history. Mayor Eric Adams announced the appointment of Mr. Caban, who had been serving as acting police commissioner, in a morning news conference in front of the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx, where Mr. Caban began his career as a police officer in 1991. The move came just over a month after Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to serve in the role, resigned after only 18 months, frustrated in her attempts to act with autonomy. Mr. Caban, who had previously served as first deputy commissioner, had remained close to the mayor through Commissioner Sewell’s tenure. He will oversee roughly 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian employees.

Persons: Edward Caban, Eric Adams, Caban, Keechant Sewell, Sewell’s Organizations: New York Police Department Locations: Bronx, Puerto Rican, South Bronx

☆ New York mayor names city's first Hispanic police commissioner
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] New York City Mayor Eric Adams and First Deputy Commissioner Edward Caban stand outside the 40th precinct on the day Adams announces Caban as his choice to be the next New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner, in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 17, 2023.... Read moreJuly 17 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday appointed Edward Caban as the city's police commissioner, making him the first Hispanic to hold the post in its 178-year history. Adams, himself a former New York City police captain, introduced Caban, 55, as the city's police commissioner during a news conference at a precinct house in the Bronx, the New York City borough where Caban started his career as a rookie police officer in 1991. Caban will head the largest police department in the United States, overseeing some 35,000 uniformed offices and 18,000 civilian employees. Caban has served as acting police commissioner since Keechant Sewell resigned last month after serving 18 months in the job. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in ChicagoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Eric Adams, Edward Caban, Adams, Caban, Read, Keechant Sewell, Brendan O'Brien Organizations: New, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, New York, Thomson Locations: New York, Bronx, New York City , New York, U.S, New, New York City, United States, Chicago

☆ New York City shootings: Gunman riding scooter kills 1, injures 3 in Queens and Brooklyn, NYPD says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nic F. Anderson Artemis Moshtaghian Ashley R. Williams | Nic F. Anderson | Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —One person died and three others were wounded Saturday in a string of shootings in Brooklyn and Queens that New York police described as “random” in nature. A gunman riding an illegal scooter without a license plate opened fire at five different locations in Jamaica, a neighborhood in the Queens borough, and in Brooklyn, according to the New York Police Department. As he’s driving on his scooter, he’s randomly shooting people.”Shell casings appear at one of the crime scenes where four people were shot in separate shooting incidents in New York City on July 8, 2023. But numerous witnesses reported seeing a man riding a scooter “randomly firing at a group of people,” Kenny said. NYPDLess than a minute later, the suspect shot a 63-year-old man in his right shoulder, Kenny said.

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☆ Shootings in New York Drop by a Quarter as Surge of Violence Eases
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Shootings in New York City dropped by about 25 percent through the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, extending a downward trend after a spike in violent crime during the pandemic. The sharp drop, which mirrored similar decreases across the United States, came amid widespread fears about crime in the city, which officials have blamed for keeping workers and suburbanites cloistered in their homes. At a briefing on Thursday, Edward Caban, the acting police commissioner, said that shootings had declined for 13 consecutive weeks. The numbers were released at the beginning of summer, when violence historically rises, but he said he was “confident” that the department’s positive streak would continue in the summer. “From the beginning of this administration, we made the fight against gun violence our top priority.”

Persons: Edward Caban, Mr, Caban, “, ” Locations: New York City, United States

Edward Caban, the New York Police Department’s first deputy commissioner and an ally of Mayor Eric Adams, will become the interim head of the agency, the mayor said Friday. “There’s a natural process in place that the first deputy commissioner falls in line until we make a permanent announcement on who the commissioner is going to be,” Mr. Adams said during a radio appearance on 1010 WINS. “And we are going to find a suitable replacement.”The announcement coincided with the last day in office of Keechant L. Sewell, the department’s first Black and first female commissioner, who abruptly announced her resignation two weeks ago, after finding that her powers had been circumscribed by the mayor and his allies. Her departure is one of a wave of high-level officials exiting the still-young administration. The mayor has also lost or is losing his chief housing officer, Jessica Katz, in the midst of a housing crisis; his social services commissioner, Gary Jenkins, in the midst of a record-setting homelessness crisis; his chief counsel, his communications director, his chief efficiency officer, his buildings commissioner and his chief of staff.

Persons: Edward Caban, New York Police Department’s, Eric Adams, “, Mr, Adams, Sewell, Jessica Katz, Gary Jenkins Organizations: New York Police

☆ In N.Y. Primaries, Democrats Face a Swell of Challengers From the Right
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Melinda Katz ran for Queens district attorney in 2019, her principal opponent in the Democratic primary was a public defender and democratic socialist with a platform of ending cash bail and eventually abolishing the police. With endorsements from progressive prosecutors around the country — as well as from Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Tiffany Cabán, a first-time candidate, lost by fewer than 60 votes after painting Ms. Katz as a regressive Democrat. Four years later, the strongest challenge to Ms. Katz is coming from George Grasso, an opponent running to her right who has accused her of being soft on crime. It’s not the only contest in the city where moderate Democrats are facing opponents on the right in primaries on Tuesday. In several City Council races, from the Bronx to southern Brooklyn, moderate Democrats are being challenged over public safety, affordable housing and education by more conservative members of their own party.

Persons: Melinda Katz, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez — Tiffany Cabán, Katz, George Grasso, It’s Organizations: Queens, Democratic, Council Locations: Bronx, Brooklyn

☆ What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Sewell, 51, is walking away from a department of 36,000 uniformed officers that saw the rate of major crimes like murders and shootings fall during her tenure. She added about 30 detectives to a sex-crimes unit that for years had been understaffed and overworked. Now, officers, department watchdogs and community leaders are trying to figure out what comes next. Perhaps the most daunting task will be serving a mayor — himself a former police captain — whose administration is believed to have meddled so much that Ms. Sewell felt she had to quit. While previous commissioners said they had to deal with some level of micromanagement, they said they were typically allowed to pick their own teams and rarely had to get approval for discretionary promotions.

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☆ After the killing of Jordan Neely, New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces backlash over his approaches to subway safety and mental illness
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NYC Mayor Eric Adams is being blasted by progressives over his response to Jordan Neely's killing. Neely's death has now placed an even brighter spotlight on Adams' policies regarding homelessness, which the mayor defended during a press conference last Thursday. "People who are dealing with mental health illness should get the help they need and not live on the train. The chief medical examiner's office last Wednesday said that the cause of Neely's death was compression of the neck and ruled his death as a homicide. Meanwhile, protestors are demanding that Penny face charges in Neely's death.

☆ A Police Funeral, 33 Years Waiting, for a Detective Shot in 1990
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Detective Troy Patterson’s body was slid into a waiting hearse on Friday, 33 years after he last patrolled the New York City streets. He was a 27-year-old officer then, and a prolific one. He specialized in gun crime at a time when New York was at its nadir: In 1990, there were 2,245 homicides, the highest recorded number in the city’s history. And on Jan. 16 of that year, Detective Patterson nearly became among the first victims. As he washed his Nissan Maxima near his home in Brooklyn, he was confronted by a small group of men.

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