Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD

Police using their bicycles as weapons against protesters in Union Square last year. File photo

Pols to Mayor: Cops Are Weaponizing Bikes. End this Now.

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 9, 2020 | No Comments

Cops must stop using their bikes as weapons to violently prevent protestors from peacefully marching in the streets, a coalition of local pols are demanding.

Drunk Driver Arrested After Killing Moped Rider in The Bronx: Cops

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 7, 2020 | No Comments

A fatal crash just a few months after another fatal crash at the same intersection.

The Sixth Avenue protected bike lane, blocked by car after car on Nov. 5.

EYES ON THE STREET: Broken Bike-Lane Enforcement on Sixth Avenue

By Jeff Novich | Nov 6, 2020 | No Comments

For a cyclist forced into traffic, Dylan said it all in "Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues": "The cops don't need you and, man, they expect the same."

Cops from the 88th Precinct have again seized space in Classon Playground for private car storage. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Cops Seize Brooklyn Playground — Again — For Private Parking Lot, Threaten to Arrest Reporter for Trespassing

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 6, 2020 | No Comments

The Parks Department promised to evict the police so kids could play in the open air, but, well, cops...

New NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Kim Royster said all the right things in a brief chat with Streetsblog on Wednesday.

HOLD THE PHONE! New NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief is Saying the Right Things

By Streetsblog | Nov 5, 2020 | No Comments

Could it be that the NYPD's new Transportation Bureau chief gets it?

AFTERNOON HEADLINES: NYPD Seizes Broad Authority Over Free Speech in Late Election Day Move

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 3, 2020 | No Comments

Late on Election Day, the NYPD announced it might create frozen zones in Manhattan in hopes of preventing violence. But by whom?

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