NYPD

Did police chief break NYPD rules in handling ‘Jihad’ video?

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and his spokesman Paul Browne are getting slammed for admitting that Kelly had indeed been interviewed for a controversial documentary on radical Islam, The Third Jihad, shown to almost 1,500 police officers over a several-month period and and running on what an internal report described as “a continuous loop.” This, after […]

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The Daily Q: What can riders get arrested for doing on subways?

What can riders get arrested for doing on subways? Did you know that what most consider sloppy train manners can get you in trouble with the New York Police Department? We’re talking about improper seating on a subway — things like propping your feet up and lying across seats. According to a recent New York […]

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The Daily Q: What are the leading reasons for 911 calls?

What are the leading reasons for 911 calls? The Bloomberg administration announced yesterday that 911 dispatchers handling calls for police, fire, and emergency medical services have be integrated into a single force – using the same technology and working on the same building floor – for the first time in history. The upgraded system, which is costing […]

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Demonstrators on Broadway

Lawyers, city clash over rights of Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park

As Sanitation workers dragged trash bags full of crumpled cardboard signs and blankets across Broadway, Zuccotti Park – for seven weeks until early this morning a heaving mass of rebellion as home base of the Occupy Wall Street movement – sat silent and deserted this morning, even as a temporary restraining order from State Supreme Court Judge […]

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