Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD

Longtime food vendor M.D. Rahman was booted from the Brooklyn Bridge, but he was back last week. Photo: Kevin Duggan

‘The Mayor Wants This’: City Boots Vendors From Brooklyn Bridge — EXCLUSIVE

By Kevin Duggan | Jan 22, 2023 | No Comments

The city booted vendors from the Brooklyn Bridge walkway and has started deploying regular police patrols to stop them from setting back up on the busy pedestrian path — and the removal orders came straight from Mayor Adams, sellers told Streetsblog.

NYPD Cop Left Creepy Voicemail for 311 User After Illegal Parking Complaint, CCRB Finds

By Jesse Coburn | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments

The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board has recommended disciplinary charges against a city police officer for crank calling a Brooklyn man who filed 311 complaints about illegal parking – and for misleading investigators about the episode.

Mayor Adams in a city vehicle on Thursday, testing new technology that prevents speeding. Photo: Julianne Cuba

City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 12, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.

Manhattan's Third Avenue, as it exists now. Pretty bad!

ACTIVISTS GET ACTION: City Pledges to Redesign Manhattan’s Third Avenue This Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 27, 2022 | No Comments

"We are looking very closely," said a DOT official. "I can't promise a specific time, but I think we may be able to present a proposal maybe even later this year."

SAY CHEESE: Officer Jessica Ricotta of the 114th Precinct writing a ticket to an e-bike delivery worker for following the LPI. Photo: Twitter

NYPD’s Racial Bias in Ticketing Cyclists Continued Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

The NYPD’s history of disproportionately ticketing cyclists of color continued in 2021, new data show.

nterim MTA New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg and MTA Bus President and NYCT Senior Vice President of Buses Craig Cipriano at Fulton Transit Center on Fri., April 9, 2021

NYC Transit: Here’s Your Ranked Choice Mayoral Ballot For Candidates Who Will Flood The Subways With Cops

By Christopher Robbins | May 14, 2021 | No Comments

Political ads are banned in the subway, but they're apparently kosher for an MTA press release.