Forget About Mamdani's Campaign Promises—NYPD Commissioner Tisch Confirms She's Doing Things Her Way
On headcount, overtime, incarceration, and low-level arrests, Tisch appears to be bucking the mayor’s purported criminal justice reform agenda.
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Unpacking Police Union Power in Mamdani's New York
Police scholar Stuart Schrader's latest book, "Blue Power," charts the influence New York City's police unions have had on city politics and beyond, and offers some pointed lessons for our newest mayor.
The Story of the Woman Who Gave Birth in Brooklyn Arraignment Court Is Worse Than You’ve Heard
A lawyer in the courtroom Friday night told Hell Gate the birth was a scene of "complete violence."
Did the NYPD Check If This Controversial Unit Was Making Constitutional Stops? Nope
A federal monitor's letter sent Monday says the department failed to audit the unit's stops, searches, and frisks for three years.
Police Union Sues NYPD Watchdog to Turn Back Clock and Make Misconduct Records Secret
Don’t tell the Police Benevolent Association we repealed 50-a.
Tompkins Square Narc: NYPD Started 4/20 With Barricades, Left With Contact Highs
After a total lockdown of Washington Square Park, cops cleared out vendors from Tompkins Square Park just 90 minutes before 4:20 p.m.
A State Judge Just Upended the Way the NYPD Tickets Cyclists for Running Red Lights
"This decision means that police have been stopping and ticketing cyclists who've been 100 percent lawfully complying with the leading pedestrian interval law."
Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD
The situation is absurd. The stakes are real.
When NYPD Officers Are Under Frosty Attack, Snowbody Is Safe
The mayor, governor, City Council speaker, and other New York officials past and present agree: It is wrong, and not funny at all, and perhaps a crime, to throw snowballs at New York's Finest.
Does the NYPD Even Want to Follow the Constitution?
The court-appointed stop-and-frisk monitor may be starting to wonder.
Shot by the NYPD During a Mental Health Crisis, Jabez Chakraborty Now Faces Felony Charges
"DA Katz wants to put him in prison. Hasn't he suffered enough? Locking him up will destroy his life."