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☆ To Settle Suit, NYPD Agrees to Scale Back Enforcement of Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Kettling involves creating a cordon of police officers to surround a crowd in order to control it. Critics say the tactic ensnares lawful protesters and innocent bystanders. The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union. Similar protests rocked cities across the United Sates. The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Daniel Trotta, George Floyd, Letitia James, Corey Stoughton, Leslie Adler Organizations: New York City Police Department, Southern, of, New York, Legal Aid Society, New, Civil Liberties Union, Minneapolis, NYPD Locations: of New York, New York

☆ O'Shae Sibley's killing unites New York's Black LGBTQ community in grief, defiance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Chandelis Duster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —O’Shae Sibley’s passion for dance was transcendent. Sibley’s death has renewed fears for their safety, several members of New York’s LGTBQ+ community told CNN. “I’m just trying to keep going.”Kemar Jewel, left, and O'Shae Sibley are seen together in this image provided by Jewel. After news of his death broke, Beyoncé honored Sibley, posting, “REST IN POWER O’SHAE SIBLEY” on her website Wednesday. He even volunteered to teach others how to do the dance, Jewel told CNN.

Persons: O’Shae, ”, Kayden Coleman, Sibley, they’ve, Jewel, ” “, “ I’m, O'Shae Sibley, voguing, Beyoncé, Big, DJ, Honey Dijon, SIBLEY ”, ” Jewel, Coleman, Shneaqua Purvis, ” Purvis, “, … Organizations: CNN, Sibley ., New York City Police Department, New York Division, Criminal, Services, Human Rights, Madison, National Museum of, House Old Navy, House, Violence Inc Locations: Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Versailles

☆ D.C. grand jury that indicted Trump meets Tuesday as election probe continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The same panel on Aug. 1 charged Trump with four felony counts related to his attempt to reverse President Joe Biden' s victory over him. NBC News reported that multiple members of the grand jury were seen around the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington. An attorney for the Trump ally lawyer John Eastman last week confirmed that Eastman was likely the second co-conspirator described in the indictment. Kerik's lawyer said the interview centered on the role that Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani played in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. The Trump indictment details the work of a co-conspirator who appears to be Giuliani.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Barrett Prettyman, J ack Smith, Smith, Trump, John Eastman, Eastman, Eastman's, yank, Biden, Mike Pence, Pence, Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, Kerik, Giuliani Organizations: US Department of Justice, Trump, NBC News, Washington , D.C, Bar, New York City Police, Giuliani Locations: Washington ,, Washington, California

☆ Woman Is Bitten by Shark in First New York City Attack in Recent Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Lola Fadulu | More About Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A spokesman for the New York City Police Department said on Tuesday morning that the woman’s condition was “serious but stable.” The woman is believed to have lost about 20 pounds of flesh because of the bite, according to the police report. Park officials described Monday’s shark attack as the first on Rockaway Beach “in recent memory.”There have been 20 unprovoked shark attacks in New York state since 1837, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File, a database of all known shark attacks. But Monday’s shark bite marked the first confirmed attack in New York City since the 1950s, according to the Global Shark Attack File, an unofficial database of such encounters. The last documented shark attack in the city recorded in that database was in 1958, when a man was bitten by a harpooned shark after provoking it. “It’s not very common that we would see this,” said Gavin Naylor, the program director of the International Shark Attack File.

Persons: “, ”, Gavin Naylor Organizations: New York City Police Department, Florida Locations: Rockaway, New York, New York City

NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of people overran New York City's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a popular live streamer announced a "giveaway" event, with police struggling to contain fans throwing projectiles and injuring officers. The event was promoted by Kai Cenat, best known for his live streams on the gaming site Twitch and YouTube videos. He had earlier announced a "huge giveaway" on his Instagram account for 4 p.m. Jeffrey Maddrey, the highest-ranking uniformed officer for the New York City Police Department, told reporters that police were questioning Cenat and that charges against him were possible, including inciting a riot. In a video posted Thursday, Cenat told his followers that the giveaway would include computers and Playstation 5 consoles.

Persons: Kai Cenat, choppers, Jeffrey Maddrey, Cenat, Maddrey, Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh, Brad Brooks, Deepa Babington, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: New York City Police Department, Union Square, YouTube, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Washington

☆ Body pulled from NYC waterway identified as missing Goldman staffer -NYPD
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - The New York City Police Department said on Tuesday that a body found in a New York City creek has been identified as missing John Castic, reportedly a Goldman Sachs (GS.N) staffer. "The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death," the NYPD said. Castic, 27, was last seen on Saturday at about 2:30 a.m. leaving a "Zeds Dead" concert at The Brooklyn Mirage in East Williamsburg, according to a Fox News Digital report. Reporting by Manya Saini and Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Castic, Goldman Sachs, Castic, Manya Saini, Ananya Mariam Rajesh, Sandra Maler Organizations: New York City Police Department, NYPD, Brooklyn Mirage, Fox News, Thomson Locations: New York City, East Williamsburg, Bengaluru

☆ Top of New York City crane crashes into street, injuring six
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Six people were injured in New York on Wednesday when the top portion of a construction crane caught fire and crashed into a Manhattan street during the morning rush hour, authorities said. [1/7]Members of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and others gather after a construction crane caught fire on a high-rise building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. "As you see from the debris on the street, this could have been much worse," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during a press conference at the scene. In recent years, New York City has adopted more stringent safety measures for the towering cranes used to erect the massive buildings that define the skyline of the country's most populous city. More recently, a crane collapsed in lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood in 2016, killing a pedestrian, injuring three others and crushing cars parked on the street.

Persons: Amr Alfiky, Eric Adams, Frank McGurty, Brendan O'Brien, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: YORK, Firefighters, New York City Police Department, Twitter, Reuters, Fire Department, City of New York, REUTERS, York City, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, Lincoln, New Jersey, City of New, Manhattan , New York City, U.S, York, New York City, Manhattan's, Tribeca, Chicago

☆ 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 police arrest man suspected of firing from a scooter, killing one
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 9 (Reuters) - New York City police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of randomly firing at people while riding a scooter through the streets of Brooklyn and Queens earlier in the day, killing an 87-year-old man and wounding three other men, officials said. As he's driving on the scooter he's randomly shooting," Assistant Chief Joseph Kenny of the New York City Police Department told a press conference. The victim who died was an 87-year-old man shot in the back, Kenny said. The other victims were a 44-year-old man shot in the cheek who was in critical condition, a 63-year-old man shot in the right shoulder in stable condition, and a 21-year-old man who was hit in the shoulder and was not as seriously wounded, Kenny said. Police declined to identify the suspect but said he had one prior arrest on his record.

Persons: he's, Joseph Kenny, Kenny, Hamod Ali Saeidi, Daniel Trotta, Leslie Adler Organizations: New York City, Saturday, Police, New York City Police Department, The New York Daily, Thomson Locations: New, Brooklyn, Queens

☆ NYPD asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his police department have asked residents to help fight vehicle theft in the city by placing Apple AirTags in their cars. The New York City Police Department shared a video Sunday demonstrating how residents can use an AirTag to protect their vehicles. "AirTags in your car will help us recover your vehicle if it's stolen," the NYPD tweet said. "We'll use our drones, our StarChase technology & good old fashion police work to safely recover your stolen car. Adams said Sunday that AirTags are an "excellent" tracking device that he believes will help slow rates of car theft in the city.

☆ Uber is funding an e-bike trade-in program to curb battery fires
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Uber is funding a new program that aims to get electric bikes with dangerous non-certified lithium-ion batteries off New York City streets. The news follows a string of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries, which have been known to overheat when charging and cause massive explosions. Earlier this week, the New York City police department said an e-bike’s lithium-ion battery was behind a fatal two-alarm fire in Queens. The FDNY’s Chief fire marshal John Hodgens said it was the 59th fire in the city this year caused by a lithium-ion battery. Part of the issue is that not all lithium-ion batteries are created equal.

☆ Donald Trump isn't the first Trump to get arrested. His father Fred was arrested twice, reports say — once at a Ku Klux Klan riot, and another time over building code violations.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

His father Fred Trump was also arrested: Once in 1927 and again in 1976, per archived news reports. 1927 arrest: Ku Klux Klan riot, New York CityFred Trump was arrested in 1927 during a Ku Klux Klan riot in Queens on Memorial Day, per The New York Times. "Fred Trump of 175-24 Devonshire Road, Jamaica, was discharged," is all The Times mentioned of his name. Officials arrested Fred Trump just after he flew into Prince George's County from New York in September that year, The Post reported. Fred Trump was eventually released on a $1,000 bond and was free to return to New York, The Post reported.

☆ NYC mayor warns Trump supporters ahead of arraignment: 'Be on your best behavior'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Jeenah MoonApril 3 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed Donald Trump supporters directly Monday, saying city authorities would not hesitate to arrest and charge anyone who breaks the law in protest over the former president's upcoming arraignment on state charges. Trump was heading to New York on Monday and was due to surrender to prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday. Adams warned Trump supporters against turning to violence on Tuesday, saying the city was "not a playground for ... misplaced anger." While you're in town, be on your best behavior," said the Democratic mayor. The actress has said she was paid to keep silent about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006.

☆ Trump-linked stocks gain on attracting retail traders' attention
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoMarch 31 (Reuters) - Shares of companies tied to former U.S. President Donald Trump gained in premarket trading on Friday, drawing interest from retail investors after the ex-president was indicted in a historic first. "It might seem counter intuitive ... but Donald Trump's indictment might actually make him more electable with a certain portion of U.S. voters," Danni Hewson, analyst at AJ Bell, said. "If more people are talking about Trump, more will gravitate to his social media platform and there's likely to be a lot more cash swelling the coffers of his campaign budget." Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC.O), the blank-check company looking to take Trump's social media venture Truth Social public, rose 12.1%. Digital World and Rumble were among the top 10 most touted stocks on investor-focused social media stocktwits.com.

March 27 (Reuters) - A former National Enquirer publisher testified on Monday before a Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, said a person familiar with the matter. The grand jury's proceedings are shrouded in secrecy and the timing of a grand jury vote is unclear. [1/8] An officer from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Canine Unit checks outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, U.S., March 27, 2023. Costello testified before the grand jury last week. Trump faces several other criminal investigations, including one tied to the Jan. 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol.

☆ It Doesn’t Make Sense to Blame Crime on Poverty
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Jason L. Riley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Being mayor of New York comes with lots of media attention, but anyone who has held the job can tell you that the real power is in Albany, the state capital, where the governor and Legislature hold major sway over everything from the subways to the public schools. Mayor Eric Adams was back in Albany this month asking his state overlords to rethink bail-reform measures passed in 2019 that protect crime suspects from pretrial detention. The number of shoplifting complaints in New York City rose by 45% in 2022 to more than 63,000, according to New York City Police Department data. The mayor sees an obvious connection that too many of his fellow liberal Democrats willfully ignore.

[1/2] New York Police Department (NYPD) officers are pictured as protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 1, 2020. FollowNEW YORK, March 1 (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay millions of dollars to demonstrators who sued the police department, saying they had been mistreated during a June 2020 racial justice protest that followed the killing of George Floyd. In a statement, the New York City Police Department said the demonstration occurred at a "challenging moment" when officers -already dealing with the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic - attempted to balance the right of people to protest with safety concerns. The total payments could amount to around $7 million, not including attorneys' fees, but a precise accounting was not yet available. Some of the protesters pursued individual claims and reached separate settlements, making them ineligible for additional payments, according to court filings.

☆ Abuses Proliferate in Police Squads Like Memphis's Scorpion Unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Katherine Long | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Street Crime Unit. Jon Naso/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesMemphis police chief Davis also has prior experience with special street crime units. Street crime squads are popular among politicians who say only aggressive policing will reduce violent crime. In the late 1990s, the Street Crime Unit tripled in size, amid a panic over a rising number of homicides. In a city grappling with violent crime, authorities touted the Street Crime Unit as a bright spot.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan 27 (Reuters) - Tyre Nichols repeatedly cried, "Mom! The first video released on Friday shows officers dragging Nichols from the driver's seat of his car stopped at an intersection as he yells, "I didn't do anything ... Other footage shows a subsequent struggle after officers catch up with Nichols again in a nearby neighborhood. "No mother should go through what I am going through right now, no mother, to lose their child to the violent way that I lost my child," said Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells. Nichols' family and Biden appealed for calm in Memphis, a city of 628,000 where nearly 65% of residents are Black.

☆ Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI spy-hunter indicted for allegedly taking Russian money
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

She had dated federal law enforcement officials before. "Charlie McGonigal knew everybody in the national security and law enforcement world," Guerriero said, in an exclusive interview with Insider. One law enforcement source estimated that McGonigal stood to make roughly $300,000 to $350,000 a year, including annual bonuses. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whom she knew from law enforcement circles, let her stay in a guest bedroom. During her relationship with McGonigal, Guerriero says, they never talked about politics.

☆ Law student's family says he went missing after visiting NYC gay bar
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Nbc New York | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A New York City law student has been missing for nearly two weeks, and his brother said his last known location was a gay bar in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Jordan Taylor, 29, a first-year law student at the City University of New York, was reported missing by his family on Jan. 8, according to his brother and the New York City Police Department. According to the NYPD, Taylor was last seen in the borough of Queens, where he resides, on the afternoon of Jan. 6. Like, I don’t want to think about it, but I can’t rule it out either,” he told NBC New York. For the full story, visit NBC New York.

☆ How 'Real Housewife' Jen Shah's fabulous life came crashing down
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Stephanie Clifford | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +43 min

The woman wrote to the judge overseeing Shah's case that she'd had to remortgage her house, almost divorced, and "thought about ending my own life." The couple decided that he should get his degree while Jen Shah dropped out of college to work. (Shah told a judge at her 2022 plea hearing that she had been treated for "alcohol and depression" two years prior. Koa Johnson, Jen Shah's former fashion designerWhen Sharrieff Shah did participate in filming, he quickly became a fan favorite, calm and sensible. Once the show aired and Jen Shah developed a fan base, her behavior became more dramatic, Johnson said.

☆ New Year's Eve attack on New York police linked to Islamist extremism
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 3 (Reuters) - The teenager accused of attacking three policemen with a machete on New Year's Eve near Times Square and charged with attempted murder was linked to Islamist extremism, a senior New York City Police Department official said on Tuesday. The FBI interviewed the suspect, Trevor Bickford, last month in Maine after his mother reported her concern that her son was possibly becoming radicalized, Galati said. "He is not representing, you know, the Islamic religion but rather, you know, a very, very small percentage of people that get radicalized," Galati added. The attack, which officials say was unprovoked, took place before midnight outside a secure area set up for New Year's Eve celebrations. Before the attack, Bickford wrote a farewell letter to his mother in a diary, according to the New York Times report quoting a law enforcement official.

☆ Suspect in New Year's Eve NYC police attack reportedly linked to Islamic extremism
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 2 (Reuters) - A teenager accused of attacking three policemen with a machete on New Year's Eve near Times Square was charged with attempted murder and attempted assault, New York police said on Monday, in an incident the New York Times said was linked to Islamic extremism. Authorities did not comment on the motivation for the attack, but the Times reported that the suspect was driven by Islamic extremism. The newspaper quoted an unnamed senior law enforcement official, who said that Bickford may later face extremism charges. The Times said Bickford had converted to Islam sometime in the last year and a half. Before the attack, Bickford wrote a farewell letter to his family in a diary, the Times reported.

☆ Drag Story Hour protest in NYC caps a year of anti-drag attacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The latest occurred Thursday outside a public library in the borough of Queens, where a Drag Story Hour event for children was scheduled. A spokesperson for the New York City Police Department said one person was arrested in connection with Thursday’s protest. Demonstrators gather for a protest in support of the Drag Story Hour outside the Queens Public Library in New York on Thursday. Demonstrators gather to protest against Drag Story Hour outside the Queens Public Library in New York on Thursday. Yuki Iwamura / AFP via Getty ImagesThursday’s incident marks at least the second protest of a Drag Story Hour event in New York City this month.

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