Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Police Misconduct

Community Board 7's committee meeting on Tuesday night featured Chris Cooper (bottom right corner), the birder who was threatened by a dog walker in Central Park last month.

‘Progressive’ West Siders Again Call for MORE Policing in Central Park — With Support of Birder Chris Cooper

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 16, 2020 | No Comments

An Upper West Side community panel has once again called for more NYPD enforcement in Central Park — and this time, it had the support of a prominent victim of the specter of police violence.

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

Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD Despite ‘Abhorrent’ Use of Bikes Against Protesters

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 10, 2020 | No Comments

The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.

A cop used his bike to bash a protester in May 2020. Photo: File

Trottenberg: NYPD is Still a Valued Partner for DOT

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 9, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation Commissioner would not commit on Monday to reducing or eliminating her agency's partnership with the police department.

These conditions will no longer affect cyclists.

Justice for George Floyd/Defund the NYPD: A Full Saturday of Protests

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 6, 2020 | No Comments

Streetsblog covered the events of the day, starting with a march from Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to City Hall.

Finally, the Brooklyn Bridge stands for something. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Friday’s Headlines: Stick a Fork in This Mayor, He’s Done Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 5, 2020 | No Comments

It is simply a fact of the calendar that Mayor de Blasio will remain in office for another year and a half. The events of the last week prove he's done. Plus the other news.

Three bikes awaiting their owners next to Borough Hall, after police cleared out Cadman Plaza. Photo: Ben Feibleman

‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March

By Julianne Cuba and Dave Colon | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — which is illegal.

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