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NYC’s Biggest Police Union Has Made a Huge Mess of the 2020 Protest Settlement

A court hearing Monday will help determine whether the Police Benevolent Association can play spoiler to reforms the NYPD has already agreed to.

January 26, 2024

The NYPD’s Assistant Commissioner Has Messy Cop Podcast Beef

Get to know Kaz Daughtry, the high-ranking civilian official in the police department, who appears to be letting some nepotism allegations get to him.

January 25, 2024

Want to Report in Police Headquarters? The NYPD Says You Need a Chaperone

The police department is requiring reporters who wish to report from headquarters to sign papers committing to new restrictions.

January 12, 2024

Evidentiary Photo Album: Deputy Mayor Phil Banks’s 2014 Trip to Israel

Three convicted co-conspirators, one unindicted co-conspirator, and memories to last a lifetime.

December 21, 2023

The NYPD Is Promising to Turn Over Misconduct Evidence Faster. It Won’t Help Kawaski Trawick’s Family

A new, non-binding agreement commits the NYPD to turn over evidence to the Civilian Complaint Review Board within 90 days.

December 19, 2023

The NYPD Drone Czar Wants You to Know One Thing: ‘The Drones Are Great’

At a drones, robotics, and AI summit, the commanding officer said he wished the public felt more positively about the police department's tech-forward mission.

November 9, 2023

Eric Adams Won’t Engage With What Everyone Knows: The NYPD Whitewashed Kawaski Trawick’s Killing

The mayor who ran on a promise to hold police accountable now doesn't want to "interfere."

November 9, 2023

You Can Now Film in NYPD Precincts, Thanks to This YouTuber

SeanPaul Reyes won a temporary injunction in federal court last Thursday. The very next day, he was livestreaming in the 75th Precinct with a copy of the court order in his hand.

November 8, 2023

New York’s Finest: Protect and Slur-ve

Plus lots of bogus license plates and a CO impersonating a cop.

November 7, 2023