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Passover Presidential Primary and Million Wasted As Incumbents Lawmakers Run 2 Elections to Save Their Ass

NY lawmakers fuming over DNC’s Passover primary date (NYP) The Democratic National Committee’s plan to hold a presidential primary on Passover has met strong resistance among New York lawmakers. *A group of 71 Assembly Democrats, led by former Speaker Sheldon Silver, wants to change next year’s proposed presidential primary date because it falls during the Jewish holiday of Passover.* Presidential primary date among undecided issues(Capital  *   *Officials warn NY might lose delegates (NYDN)Moving the primary from April 26 to April 19 would deprive New York of bonus delegates, which the Democratic National Committee doles out to states that cluster their primaries on one day.* New York, as usual, won’t play a kingmaker role in the 2016 elections, but even western New York will provide candidates with much-needed cash.

Primary Waste

THE IRRATIONALITY OF MULTIPLE PRIMARIES: New York State's multiple primaries don't just fleece taxpayers, they also drive down New York's already abysmal voter turnout, writes Dr. Jeanne Zaino in City & State: The Record # of Incumbents Defeated in the 1972 (McGoven) Primary Led to NY's Separate and Unequal Turnout  Primaries 

The McGoven Primary Lesson Still Rules

40 Years Ago George McGovern Pull Out Thousands of New Voters in A Primary, A Lot of Albany Incumbents Lost - Schumer and Holtzman and Others Entered

By not consolidating state and federal primaries into one day, taxpayer money is wasted and incentives are created for politicians to run for multiple offices at once without any real consequences, former New York City Councilman Adam Clayton Powell 4th writes in the Daily News: 

Why 2 Primaries in Presidential Election Years

An Expensive and Unnecessary Election(NYT Ed) The extra New York State primary will cost state taxpayers $50 million for their trouble. New York State is poised to put voters through another needlessly expensive election year. Instead of taking the sensible route — one primary to pick party candidates and one general election to pick ultimate winners — New York is scheduled to have an extra primary. That means three elections when two are enough. The extra primary will cost state taxpayers $50 million for their trouble. The Assembly was right to challenge this scenario with a bill providing for federal, state and local primaries on the fourth Tuesday in June (the 24th this year). That gives officials plenty of time to count ballots and announce nominees for the November general election. It also allows the state to comply with federal law that requires primaries to be held early enough so that troops overseas can get ballots and mail them back in time to be counted. The Senate, however, has yet to agree to a single June primary. Its members want a federal primary in June and a separate state and local primary (which would include their own primary elections) in September. It’s been that way for 40 years, and the Senate, which is now almost evenly divided between the two major parties, seems intent on resisting change.

More on the Election Law and Special Elections 

Switched At Death ME Cover-Up

ME’s Office destroyed docs to hide wrong-corpse cremation: probe(NYP)Employees at the city Medical Examiner’s Office “intentionally destroyed” documents to cover up the fact that it allowed the wrong corpse to be released for cremation and burial, a city probe finds. Morgue workers failed to report a missing body for at least three months. When the stunning screw-up was finally discovered, no one took responsibility and all incriminating evidence was erased.

The Secret World of Gang Revenge . . . .  An Unreported Reality   

The three-minute attack — caught on video and shared across the globe — was denounced by a parade of pols and police officials

Sunday Update 

5 Teenagers in Custody After Attack on Another Girl in Brooklyn (NYT) Investigators were seeking a sixth girl in connection with the assault at a McDonald’s on Flatbush Avenue on Monday.* Actions byonlookers, brawling teens in Brooklyn McDonald's beatdown were fueled by fame (NYDN)

COOKIN' FOR MONTHS: Four out of six suspects held in McDonald’s beatdown — including ringleader who planned it since January and teen who tried to flee country (NYDN) Ferguson, smiling for the cameras after her arrest on Thursday, told investigators she had been hunting her prey since January because the victim had “done something to a very close friend,” a source said.

Victim and Attackers Wall of Silence

‘WE’RE IN CRISIS’: Brooklyn activists say teens need a place to hang out following McDonald’s brawl (NYDN) * Four teen girls in brutal Brooklyn attack may never be caught as NO ONE, including victim, will cooperate with cops — Warning: graphic language, violence(NYDN) Updated Arrested Brute in savage McDonald's beating arrested after beingcaught on camera stomping victim (GRAPHIC VIDEO) * Police: More People Detained in Connection With Beating of Teen Girl in Brooklyn McDonald's (NY1) * Video Shows Teens Fighting In Williamsburg, Attacking Cyclist Who Calls ForHelp (Gothamist) * ST. PATRICK'S DAY SICKOS: NYPD hunting for 3 goons in Jets jerseys who attacked 2 teens with bottles during wild brawl outside Midtown pub — SEE THE VIDEO (NYDN)

Media Ignores Weekend Shootings . . . Out of Site Out of Mind? 

When the Media Fails to Report Elected Officials Don't Have to Answer About Increase Shootings

200 city teens killed by guns during 10-year period: study(NYP) A shocking study by the Health Department reveals that 200 kids age 15 through 17 died from gunfire — more than any other cause of injury between 2002 and 2011.Video Shows Gunman Opening Fire on Brooklyn Man(NY1)* Bill Bratton Would Not Consider an Increase in Homicides a Failure(NYO) New York City’s plan to reassign as many as 1,300 more officers to high-crime areas isn’t adding to the strength of the police force, it just moves them around and doesn’t help solve rising crime, Thomas Reppetto, former president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York, City writes in the Post* NYPD Chief Bill Bratton: Battle plan to stop violence includes collaborative model of policing that hasn't been attempted anywhere else(NYDN)* Crown Heights community activists seek to reclaim violentstreets (NYDN)* NYPD Chief Bill Bratton on battle plan to stop violence: Big Apple making strides but 'We will never get to zero crime unless we live in a city with no people'(NYDN)

NYPD Spins Against the Shootings

Some Media Outlets Only Cover the NYPD Spins Not the Increase in Shootings

Shootings keep rising as NYPD turns to high-tech help(NYP)* NYPD’s Miller: Drones Will Become More Popular, Commonplace(WCBS) * NYPD deploys more cops to high-crime neighborhoods(Fox 5) * NYPD Commissioner Bratton says NYC is safe despite wave of ... Newsday* NYPD Deploying Hundreds More Officers in High-Crime Areas This ... DNAinfo * Hundreds of Police Return to Beat PatrolsHundreds of Police Return ... In-Depth-Wall Street Journal * NYPD Sending More Officers to the Streets for Summer The Epoch Times * 'Operation All Out' Putting Additional Cops On City Streets To Combat Spike In ...CBS Local * NYPD cops who work desk jobs will get 2-day training before returning to streets New York Daily News * NYPD increases patrols to combat spike in summer crime News 12 Brooklyn* NYPD's 'Summer All Out program' designed to put more cops on streets WABC-TV * NYPD to increase number of police officers to combat violence in the boroughs News 12 Bronx* BIG BROTHER WITH A BADGE: Daily News special report gives unprecedented look inside the NYPD's high-tech war against crime with facial recognition technology and gunshot sensors (NYDN)* NYPD LAUNCHING PILOT PROJECT TO DETECT GUNFIRE: (Capital)The NYPD is moving closer to installing rooftop sensors throughout the city to detect gunfire, in an effort to cut down on shootings. In a notice posted in the City Record, the department announced a pilot project with a California company called ShotSpotter Inc. to install the technology to determine the location of gunshots—something Mayor Bill de Blasio promised when he ran last year. "The proposed system, which is estimated to cost $500,000, would use specifically placed microphones to pinpoint, in seconds, the precise location of gunfire within the coverage areas. The purpose of the system is to both detect and to deter gunfire activity, including drug-related and 'celebratory' gunfire that may terrorize communities or end in tragic deaths."

Sal Albanese ‏@SalAlbaneseNYC

so far shootings up 9.5% & gun charges down 11.5% compared with last year Ignore  pol obfuscation & apply common sense to explain increase

Crime aw and Order

A String of Sexual Assaults Puts a Bronx Area on Alert(NYT)
Corruption Sweep at Rikers Island Leads to 22 Arrests(NYT) Law enforcement officials searched the jail’s George Motchan Detention Center well into Monday night, leading to the arrests of two correction officers and the uncovering of stashes of marijuana, tobacco and weapons.

A String of Sexual Assaults Puts a Bronx Area on Alert(NYT)

Tuesday

On the cover today: Panhandling arrests so far in 2014tripled from the same period in 2013  

do pl want cameras in subway cars, or clocks saying whensubway is arriving? .@CommissBratton, obvi, pushing cameras 

City Correction Officers Need Tolerance Training, Union Says via @Dnainfo 

Girl, 14, Is Stabbed Near a Bronx School(NYT)
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: Brave subway rider taught pervert a lesson he'll never forget(NYDN)
The Brooklyn bishop who was arrested but spared a night in jail because NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio made a phone call on his behalf pleaded guilty to a traffic violation.

Officers Are Targeted in Contraband Sweep at Rikers Island(NYT)

New Lead in 1909 Killing of a Star Officer(NYT)

PERV CENTRAL: Historic NYC transit hub a creep hotbed — use our interactive graphic to see the crime data at your station(NYDN)

De Blasio defended his administration’s settlement of the Central Park Five’s federal lawsuit against the city, saying an injustice was done and there is a moral obligation to respond to that injustice, The Wall Street Journal writes: 

Man stabs brother to death, slashes mother’s throat(NYP)

More on Crime

Settlement Reach for Central Park 5 in the Jogger Case 

5 Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case Are to Settle Suit for $40 Million(NYT) The five men whose convictions in the brutal 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park were later overturned have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City to resolve a bitterly fought civil rights lawsuit over their arrests and imprisonment for a sensational crime they did not commit. The agreement, reached between the city’s Law Department and the five plaintiffs, would bring to an end an extraordinary legal battle over a crimethat came to symbolize a sense of lawlessness in New York, amid reports of “wilding” youths and a marauding “wolf pack” that set its sights on a 28-year-old investment banker who ran in the park many evenings after work.

 Central Park Five, who were wrongfully convicted in 1989 beating and rape case, settle with city for $40 million(NYDN)* Central Park Jogger's doctors said her injuries show the confessed assailant might not have been the only attacker. (WSJ)* A Settlement in the Central Park Jogger Case(NYDN) Reparations to the men wrongly convicted of the Central Park attack will help close a shameful episode in the city’s history. *Donald Trump rails against city's $40M settlement in Central Park Five wrongful conviction: 'These young men do not exactly have the pasts of angels'(NYDN) * --Daily News wood is a huge Trump pic: “JUST-ASS: Donald Trump, (fortune $4B), says Park 5 laughing all the way to the bank over $40m payout”: “In an exclusive piece for the Daily News, Trump quoted an unnamed detective who called the $40 million settlement the city has agreed to pay the wrongfully convicted quintet ‘the heist of the century.’ … Trump, who fanned the racial fury against the five black and Latino teens a quarter century ago with full-page ads demanding the death penalty, … expressed no remorse for his actions.” http://goo.gl/bOfO0L

Boy, 14, Fatally Stabs Schoolmate in Bronx, Police Say(NYT)
Mother Charged With Fatal Poisoning of 5-Year-Old Boy(NYT)Rappers’ Lyrics and Lifestyles Scrutinized in Murder Case(NYT)
Mother Who Blogged About Son Is Charged With His Murder(WSJ) 
Signs of Trouble Preceded Fatal Stabbing at Bronx School (NYT)
Rapper Denies Murder, but Testifies About a Life Studded With Criminal Acts(NYT)


Wednesday
Accused of Unheroic Acts, a Spider-Man Claims Self-Defense(NYT)
Drug Suspect Who Took Control of Police Car and Fled Is Found(NYT)
Teen dies after brutal schoolyard stabbing in the Bronx(NYP)
Times Square Spider-Man Found Not Guilty of Assault(NYT)

Monday
Man wrongfully convicted of murder to sue city for $162M(NYP)
Dispute Over Judges Leaves Family Courts in Limbo(NYT)

In New York, the state budget has provided funding to add 20 family court judges, but regional squabbling is holding up the assignments.

Police Seek Queens Drug Suspect Who Fled in Handcuffs(NY1)

Police Shoot, Wound Alleged Gunman on Brooklyn Street(NY1)

Sunday
Police open fire on gunman(NYP)

Saturday
Police say three men were stabbed early Saturday in a Brooklyn banquet hall(WNBC)

Friday
Two drug gangs busted in Staten Island(NYP)
Woman sexually assaulted in Greenwich Village(NYP)


Wednesday
Bratton shrugs off spike in shootings(NYP)
No Body Is Found, but a Man Is Charged With Murder(NYT)
City Settles Occupy Protesters’ False-Arrest Lawsuit(NYT)
The man accused of stabbing two children in Brooklyn asked to speak in court:(NYT)
5 Accused of Luring Men to New York Strip Clubs for a Night They Wouldn’t Remember(NYT)
3 Sought in Series of Laundry Robberies(NYT) According to the police, masked men have robbed or tried to rob a dozen laundromats and two fast-food restaurants, mostly in Brooklyn, since January.
 Stabbing Suspect Indicted on Murder Charges(NYT)

The hearing for Daniel St. Hubert was largely a procedural affair, but Mr. St. Hubert caused a stir when he asked the judge if he could address the court.

Tuesday
Brooklyn man pleads guilty to strangling girlfriend during an argument over infidelity(NYDN)
Homicides down, but shootings rise citywide over 2013(NYDN

Monday
* Schneiderman plans to introduce a new initiative that will use criminal and civil forfeiture money to make up the difference in federal funding cut in recent years for bulletproof vests for law enforcement officials, the Journal reports: http://goo.gl/UjgorJ
* More than half of the state Court of Claims judges could be replaced by next year—a process the next governor will have a hand in, with Cuomo already signaling that he will attempt to change the control of the Senate he needs for his appointees to be confirmed, the Times Union’s Jim Odato writes: http://goo.gl/TS6CGd

City Council Members Urge State to Ban Condoms as Evidence(NYO)

Sunday
Man fatally shot outside Bronx apartment building(NYP)
Retake Rikers(NYDN ED)

The abominations committed by accused killer Daniel St. Hubert open a window on the madhouse that is Rikers Island, where deranged inmates attack staff and fellow prisoners with increasing frequency.
Violent and afflicted by mental illness, St. Hubert was no stranger to Rikers or to state prisons, both of which have become warehouses for the troubled. As Mayor de Blasio put it , prisons in New York and across the country are failing to “address mental health issues effectively.”
One Man Killed in Brooklyn Triple Shooting (NY1)
Brooklyn stab victim, 7, back on her feet(NY1)

Saturday
Man shot dead in Staten Island(NYP)

Police Seek Suspect in Shooting of Door-to-Door Salesman(NYP)

Friday
Gang suspect makes cocky entrance at court appearance(NYP)
Power and drugs collide behind the velvet rope in New York City(NYP)
Son walks mom to hospital after shooting her: cops(NYP)
Slain boy’s dad takes final walk to school on morning of funeral(NYP)
Sex offender in daytime ‘attack’ on woman in elevator(NYP)
Brooklyn Ripper arraigned, ‘slept like a baby’ in custody(NYP)
Hundreds Gather to Remember 6-Year-Old Victim of Brooklyn Stabbing(NYP)



Why Does It Take the Murder of A 7 Year Old for the City Pols to Move On Increase Crime In Public Housing?blic Housing?

Accused ‘Brooklyn ripper’ terrifying psych ward staff(NYP)
Child stabbed recovering but won’t talk about Ripper(NYP)
Over 1,500 mourn boy who was stabbed to death(NYT)
Deadly insanity(NYDN)* Brooklyn Stabbing Victim Laid to Rest(NY1)
'I didn't want him to be an animal': Anguished father of accused Brooklyn child-stabber Daniel St. Hubert speaks out(NYDN)


Friday
‘The devil made me do it’: alleged child killer(NYP)
Parole officer warned cops Brooklyn Ripper was dangerous(NYP)
Before Arrest, a Long String of Violent Acts(NYT)
Tense Search, Chilling Note and an Arrest in Brooklyn Stabbings(NYT)
Girl, 7, Recovering From Elevator Stabbing(NYT)
Deadly insanity(NYDN ED)

The deranged man charged with stabbing 6-year-old Prince Joshua Avitto to death, and with grievously slashing 7-year-old Mikayla Capers, should never have been free to roam New York City’s streets.

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--N.Y. Post switched its wood from first edition’s “NO GLORY IN THIS FLAG: Shameful moment of surrender” to “‘RIPPER’ CAUGHT: Freed felon is the monster ‘kid slasher.’”

Ex-Convict Arrested in Stabbing of Brooklyn Children(NYT)

de Blasio Goes After NYCHA for Slow Camera Installation How Would Have Video Prevention 7-year-old Mikayla Capers Murder?  
What About Vertical Patrols?
NOT JUST CAMERAS — @courtneycgross finds other security problems at #NYCHA buildings: 

Urgent action required (NYDN)-- More officers: The arrest led to a conversation about how to make public housing safer. Bratton said he would deploy in NYCHA projects new recruits graduating from the academy later this month. City Council members have been pushing de Blasio to hire 1,000 more officers, citing a spike in crime in public housing and other pockets of the city. So far, de Blasio and Bratton have resisted that call.*  Although security cameras have become ubiquitous in New York City since 9/11, big surveillance gaps still exist in the city’s public housing—nearly 60 percent of the projects don’t have operational security cameras, the Associated Press reports: 

The New York Times writes that there is no excuse for the absence of security cameras at hundreds of public housing buildings across New York City: 

Camera Will Only Record the Killer, Cops Are Need to Stop Crime
Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the New York City Housing Authority in the wake of the recent stabbings of two children in an East New York project elevator, saying the agency moved too slowly to install security cameras in public housing despite the city having allocated millions for that purpose, The New York Times reports: * Stabbings of 6-, 7-year-olds spur Mayor de Blasio to demand NYCHA security cameras by year’s end(NYDN) * ! "41% of the individual bldg stock has cameras, leaving the majority of lobbies, elevators & stairwells unwatched.” * "Nearly 60% of NYC's public housing buildings - home to 615,000 people - don't have operational security cameras..."* re-upping my story about @BilldeBlasio promising ‘a lot more’ cops at public housing after #Avitto death: http://bit.ly/1wXUrT7  #nypd* Though many New York City Housing Authority tenants waited for surveillance cameras at their buildings in recent years, similar security systems have become commonplace at many apartment buildings across the city, the Journal writes: 


Why Does it Take A Murder of A Child to OK NYCHA Cameras to Be Installed?

Nearly a year after NYCHA got $500,000 in taxpayer dollars to install security cameras in all the lobbies at the Boulevard Houses, the city approved the plan — a day after the tragic stabbing attack on two children in a Boulevard elevator. Witnesses say the attacker fled via the lobby after the brutal assault. Why the cameras had not yet been installed remained unclear.* DE BLASIO’S SAFETY PLAN: “Everything we have”: Responding to a surge in violence in the city's public housing projects, and a particularly violent weekend in which 13 people were wounded by gunfire and a 6-year-old was murdered, the Mayor said last night that the city will use “everything we have” to curb violence at public housing developments: “We are going to see a much more visible presence of the NYPD in some of the housing developments that have the worst troubles.”*Homeless Families to Public Housing NYCHA to Allocate Approximately 750 Units a Year to Homeless Families Dozens of Suspected Gang Members Arrested in Raid of 2 Harlem Housing Projects: The police raid was aimed at...

*Rival gangs arrested in one of NYC’s largest takedowns(NYP) * First Victim In a Cluster Of Stabbings(NYT) While officers searched for the man who stabbed two children, one fatally, on Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said an effort to install security cameras was delayed because of “unacceptable bureaucracy.”* DE BLASIO’S CRUSADE -- How to make public housing safe(r): Yesterday, Bill de Blasio promised to have cameras installed in violence-plagued public housing projects by year’s end. The expedited timetable came after a violent weekend, in which a 6-year-old and 7-year-old friend were brutally stabbed in an elevator in East New York. When de Blasio spoke at a function Monday night in Manhattan, he was visibly moved by the tragedy and promised to use “everything we have” to make public housing safer: “better technology, more resources and a lot more police officers.”



Is NYC Reaching Chicago Level Shootings?

13 shot in one night, including at victims’ memorial march(NYP)
Police Investigate Deadly Stabbing of Teenage Girl in Brooklyn(NY1)
Two Teens Shot, One Stabbed in Brownsville (NY1)
Family and Friends Gather to Honor 18-Year-Old Stabbing Victim(NY1) 
Brooklyn Anti-Gun Violence March Precedes Night of 11 Shootings (NY1)
Cop shoots at armed teen in Brooklyn(NYDN)
Brooklyn: Stanley Ave & Schenck Ave. NYPD reporting 2 people stabbed. EMS requested on a rush. Perp m/b fled. Level 1 mobilization called.
4 people shot at #NYC park. @Gothamist http://gothamist.com/2014/06
Brooklyn: 845 Schenck Ave, 3 stabbed including 2 7yo kids. U/D 1 child pronounced DOA at Brookdale
2 children stabbed, 1 fatally in Brooklyn (WABC)
Child dies after double stabbing in elevator(NYP)
At Least 13 Are Wounded by Gunfire Across New York City
13 People Were Shot In 9 Hours Over The Weekend(Gothamist)
Bratton tries to bolster the #NYPD community policing efforts in high-crime areas in wake of #stop&frisk debacle..(NYDN)
More On the NYPD and Bratton 

Thursday
In Unusual Collaboration, Police and Prosecutors Team Up to Reduce Crime(NYT)

Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., are devising strategies to drive down crimes like domestic violence and cybercrime.
Police Charge Dozens With Being Gang Members(WSJ)
* A report from New York City’s Independent Budget Office found that on an average day in the city’s jails, 37 percent of inmates—or 4,376—had a mental health diagnosis and that the combined capacity of all New York City inpatient psychiatric facilities is just slightly higher at 4,518: http://goo.gl/TLp7K3

Wednesday
Man stabbed on Chelsea subway platform(NYP)


Tuesday
Medical Examiner’s Office ‘loses’ body, digs up graves at potter’s field(NYP)
Power and drugs collide behind the velvet rope in New York City(NYP)


Monday
Panel to Create Plan to Reduce Number of Mentally Ill People in New York City Jails(NYT)
Brooklyn: Lorraine St & Hicks St 13 Y/o Boy struck by vehicle Aided Pronounced DOA at the Hospital, NYPD Hwy CIS on scene investigating.

Saturday
Man shot dead after argument on Brooklyn street(NYP)
Police are looking for the suspect who stabbed and killed a Brooklyn marching band member (WNBC)
Woman helps police capture suspect resisting arrest(NYP)
Woman, 63, struck by car in Brooklyn dies(NYDN)
Gangbanger, 16, arrested for opening fire in Brooklyn(NYDN)
Cop arrested after dragging his child’s mother with car(NYP)


Thursday
Guilty plea in stun gun bias crime in Queens(NYDN)
Brooklyn man convicted of murder for fatally beating his wife because she made lentils for dinner(NYDN)
Police: Suspects Seen On Video Attacking, Robbing Elderly Woman In Queens(WCBS)
Teen sentenced to 44 years for Bronx park shootings(NYDN) 

Wednesday
Retired Officer Fatally Shoots Armed Assailant During Carjacking Attempt(NYT)
Homeless man busted for second alleged subway rape attack(NYP)
Mom busted for elaborate thefts involving 4-year-old daughter(NYP)
Alleged lookout charged in botched carjacking(NYP)
Father who drowned toddler sentenced to life in prison(NYP)
The State Senate has proposed 25 bills to fight heroin abuse including the establishment of new drug-prevention programs and anti-relapse initiatives, the Albany Times Union reports:



Tuesday
Advocates Seek to Make Courthouses Off Limits for Immigration Officials(NYT)
Two teen bystanders shot after gunman sends ‘bullets flying’(NYP)


 Monday 
Suspect turns himself in after deadly beating of tourist(NYP)
* A Manhattan federal judge scolded New York City Correction Department authorities last week for failing to comply with his decade-old order to provide Rikers Island inmates in solitary confinement with cooling in their cells on hot days, the Daily News writes: 
Killer at large after 20-year-old gunned down at Queens house party(WPIX)
Bratton: weather & gatherings main reason for spike in shootings & stabbings over # weekend, but crime is largely remains down in the city.


Sunday
Spate of overnight newsstand burglaries hits Manhattan(NYP)
iPhone selfie thief turns himself in(NYP)
Bicycle rider, 53, dies in Queens after getting hit by unlicensed driver(NYDN)

Saturday

Police Seek Suspects Who Allegedly Stole iPhone From Manhattan Apartment(NY1)

Rev. Al Sharpton: We cannot have a city where police shove handcuffed children through windows." @news12BX
DEATH SMACK: Tourist who died after getting clocked outside NYC bodega argued with stranger over beer money — VIDEO(NYDN)
Sharpton advocates for teen pushed through window by cop(NYP)


Thursday

Inmate Attacks on Civilian Staff Climb at Rikers(NYT)

A report shows that assaults on civilian staff — mostly health care workers — have increased by 144 percent compared with the same period last year.
Brooklyn postal supervisor busted for buying and then selling for $6K sports cards a co-worker stole from mail

 Wednesday
16 suitcases of cocaine used as evidence in retrial of accused drug runner(Nyp)
Rikers prison guard indicted in death of mentally ill inmate(NYP)
Al Qaeda cleric’s conviction amid new terror warnings(NYP)
Inmate Who Fought With Another at Rikers Island Dies After Leaving Hospital(NYT)
Dozens Arrested in New York State Child Pornography Investigation (NYT)
Brooklyn DA To Spend Over $1 Million To Review Questionable Convictions
* The uptick in heroin use in New York follows on the heels of a successful crackdown on prescription opioid abuse in the state, writes Kristi Berner in City & State: 
71 Arrested in Child Porn Sting (WNYC)
Rising Hazard for Civilian Staff at Rikers: Attacks by Mentally Ill Inmates(NYT)
2 New York City elementary school students accused of poisoning teacher with rat-killing chemicals: (ABC)
2 Brooklyn Pupils Accused of Putting Rat Poison in Teacher’s Water(NYT)
Tuesday

Murdered slumlord’s son robbed at knifepoint(NYP)The pre-teen son of slain slumlord Menachem Stark was robbed at knifepoint Monday evening in Brooklyn, police sources said. Abraham Stark, 11, was near Lorimer and Union streets in Williamsburg...

New York is a hub for heroin trade Heroin flowing into the city has reached its highest peak since 1991. The drugs are smuggled onto trucks headed north from Mexico, split up into smaller shipments before entering the city, and then distributed along the East Coast. The fatal overdose of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman earlier this year helped draw attention to the proliferation of the drug. [The New York Times]

Occupy Cases Wind Down(WSJ)

The Occupy Wall Street member whose criminal trial stemmed from the protest's heyday was sentenced to three months in jail, in a case that recalled tensions between police and the movement.
A man accused of shooting a police officer in Brooklyn earlier this year appeared in court Tuesday:

Monday
Prosecutors want to keep Occupy Wall Street protester in jail(NYP)
Celeb lawyer to feds: Hit Kerik with perjury charges(NYP)
Occupy Wall Street Protester Sentenced to 3 Months in Jail (NYT)
Despite Calls for Release, Activist in Occupy Case Gets Three Months(NYT)

Cheers as Officer Hurt in Fire Goes Home(NYT)

Officer Rosa Rodriguez, who had life-threatening injuries from a blaze in a high-rise that killed her partner, left the hospital on Monday.

Sunday
Police capture prisoner who escaped from Queens hospital
Man in wheelchair killed by 2 train in the Bronx(NYDN)
Police Shoot Man Who Allegedly Pointed Gun At Officers In East Harlem(WCBS)

Police Shoot, Kill Suspected Pharmacy Robber on Upper East Side(NY1)
Police say they opened fire on a suspect early Sunday morning after officers say he turned his gun on them: (NY1)

Robbery Suspect Tracked by GPS and Killed(NYT)

Relying on a GPS device placed in a decoy pill bottle, police officers tracked an armed man suspected of robbing a pharmacy and fatally shot him during a confrontation on the Upper East Side, police said.

Brooklyn Cantor Pleads Guilty in Sexual Abuse Case(NYT)
Baruch Lebovits, whose prosecution divided the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York, received a two-year sentence in a molestation case.
Orthodox Jewish man admits to sex 8 times with teen boy(NYP)
Police Shoot, Kill Suspected Pharmacy Robber on Upper East Side(NY1)
Second Man Under Arrest in Connection With Bronx Shooting(NY1)
Cops take down drugstore robber carrying GPS-tagged pill bottle(Fox 5)
Prisoner slips out of handcuffs while being treated at Queens hospital: cops(NYDN)
Cops: Arrested NYC man slips handcuffs, escapes(Fox 5)
NY teen charged with murder in stabbing death(Fox 5)


Friday
Brooklyn beauty supply store robber caught on camera http://dlvr.it/5hCN2q   
ReBar Owner Arraigned in Brooklyn Court(WSJ)
Orthodox Jewish man admits to sex 8 times with teenage boy(NYP)
 
Thursday
Mom says son was high on Molly during brutal attack(NYP)
Baby-faced thug convicted of murdering cab driver(NYP)
Leader of sex-slavery ring gets life in jail(NYP)

Arrest Is No Help for Ruined Wedding Plans(NYT)

The owner of reBar, who abruptly closed the Brooklyn restaurant, was charged with tax fraud and grand larceny.

Tuesday
MTA cops will carry heroin OD cures(NYP)
Bernie Kerik ordered to turn over records in case that sent him to slammer(NYP)
Police Hunt Suspect in Beating Death of Elderly Manhattan Man(WSJ)
Cops question thug in fatal East Village beating(NYP)
DA: 4 NY men diverted $12.4M in special ed funding: Prosecutors say a New York rabbi and three associates dive... http://bit.ly/1lkeDWo
Three Years and a Daughter Lost after a father's Wrongful Conviction, but No Apology from Qns DA & City. My Gotham: (NYT

Monday

Language Barrier Continues to Thwart Victims of Crimes(NYT)

Despite efforts to be on the forefront, the New York Police Department struggles to effectively respond to non-English speakers who are in need of translators.

3 Deaths in 2 Episodes as Guns Are Met With Guns(NYT)

Separate shootings, in the Bronx and in Queens, had much in common: a dispute over a car, an armed threat and an armed response.*

Man shot and killed outside deli in the Bronx.(NYDN)
New Video Shows Suspect in Deadly East Village Attack(NY1)

Police Seek Driver in Fatal Queens Hit-and-Run(NY1)
Hammer-wielding attack suspect turns self in(NY1)
NYPD to stop confiscating sex workers' condoms |(SI Advance)
5 people murdered in #Bronx since Thursday: http://nydn.us/QBG19P  my story of crime spike there: http://bit.ly/1ol99ht  cc @HuffPostNY
NYC Council members called for leniency for 25-year-old Cecily McMillan, a convicted Occupy Wall Street activist who will soon be sentenced for elbowing a police officer.
BREAKING UPDATE: Police arrest suspect in subway hammer attacks, charging him with two counts of assault(NBC)

Sunday
Cops Name Suspect In Subway Hammer Attacks

Saturday
Two Men Shot Dead in The Bronx (WSJ)
Good Samaritan chases down hit-and-run driver(NYP)
Man in critical condition after East Village attack(NYP)

Friday
Charges dropped against man who photographed Weberman victim(NYP)
Accused gang leader’s rap videos to be shown at murder trial(NYP)
Man Arrested with $20,000 Worth of Heroin at Port Authority. Read more: http://bit.ly/1ixsOdp

NYPD: Man in Custody Following Double Bronx Homicide(NY1)

Man Busted for Transporting Heroin Packs at Port Authority(NY1)

Mothers of Children Killed by NYPD Officers Demand Investigation of Ramarley Graham's Death(NY1)

Ex-Inmates From Pussy Riot Meet Jailed Occupy Wall St. Organizer(NYT)

Cecily McMillan, awaiting sentencing on Rikers Island in New York for assault on an officer, was visited by Russian protestors Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.
‘Son of Sam’ skips parole hearing, in prison at least 2 more years(NYP)
NYPD commish defends subway dancers, says they deserve space(NYP)

Thursday
Bullet just misses woman, but shooter totally escapes prosecution)NYP)
Man attacked with hammer in Brooklyn subway robbery 

Police Investigate Possible Drive-By Shooting in Harlem(NY1) * Man attacked by hammer-wielding thief in Brooklyn subway(NYP) * Whistleblower cop’s racist quote to stay in countersuit: judge(NYP)A federal judge on Thursday shot down whistleblower cop Adrian Schoolcraft’s attempt to remove a quote of himself using the N-word from a countersuit by his ex-commander, saying its use...

Wednesday
Murder Charge for Driver in Drug-Related Crash at a Manhattan Deli(NYT)
Tragic 911 tapes released moments before Rosie Jaggarnauth’s murder(NYP)


Tuesday
Woman Found Guilty of Assaulting Officer at an Occupy Wall Street Protest (NYT)
Hit-run suspect flees with head out the window after windshield broke(NYP)
NYPD has raided dead man’s home over and over: suit(NYP)
Mom made 911 call before son shot her, prosecutor says(NYP) * Police Arrest Man Who They Say Was Caught on Video Kicking Cat in Brooklyn(NY1)



Monday 
Heroin’s New Hometown(NYT) A heroin epidemic has taken hold across Staten Island, where the death rate is higher than any other part of New York City. * Girl Is Killed in Brooklyn by Driver Fleeing Police

The police said the 9-year-old was sitting in the back seat when the car was struck by a minivan driven by a man fleeing an accident minutes earlier.

NYPD Officer Charged With Firing Gun in Westchester(WSJ)

NYPD seeking suspect who sprayed NYC bus driver(WSJ) * It's getting bloodier to be a Rikers Island correction officer, our Reuven Blau reports. Inmate assaults on uniformed staff resulting in serious injuries have nearly doubled, from 25 to 46, over the first nine months of this fiscal year compared with the same period last year, sources told the Daily News. That includes inmate Daquan Monroe, 18, who repeatedly punched a correction officer in the face at the jail’s Robert N. Davoren Center last Oct. 13, video footage recently obtained by The News shows.* Man Faces List of Charges in Brooklyn Crash That Killed Young Girl(NY1) * A man walked up to an MTA bus driver and sprayed an irritant in his eyes, police say (WNBC) * Bus driver pepper sprayed by random stranger(NYP)

Man Faces List of Charges in Brooklyn Crash That Killed Young Girl(NY1)
Occupy Wall Street Protester Found Guilty of Assaulting Officer She Says Grabbed Her Breast (NY Mag)

 Sunday
CATCHING A PREDATOR: How 2 victims of sex abuse caught the accused pedophile preying on children 30 years later(NYDN)
Five people slashed by madman outside Bronx methadone clinic(NYP)

 Former Cop Arrested In Boro Park Hate Graffiti Spree In Custody Just heard from NYPD 66th Pct CO Inspector Deddo that they have the anti-Semitic graffiti suspect in custody this morning.
Hate grafitti spray painted onto Brooklyn wall(NYP)
Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted in multiple Brooklyn locations(WPIX)
Five people slashed by madman outside Bronx methadone clinic(NYP)
NYPD officer charged with firing a gun in Westchester during an argument:(WSJ)


Cop Arrested for Hate Crime  . . .     
Former Cop Arrested Hate Graffiti Boro Park

Update 
Former New York Police Officer Charged With Painting Anti-Semitic Graffiti(NYT) The man, who left the force in 2007, is accused of spray-painting anti-Semitic messages on cars and walls in a section of Borough Park, Brooklyn, where many Orthodox Jews live. A former NYPD officer has been arrested for allegedly spray painting anti-semitic graffiti in Brooklyn(WNBC) UPDATED: person in custody has been identified as Michael Setiawan, 36, a former NYPD officer from the 69th precinct * Former NYPD cop questioned over anti-Semitic graffiti(NYP) *  Former NYPD Officer Questioned in Possible Brooklyn Hate Crime(NY1) * Ex-NYPD Officer Reportedly Questioned Over Anti-Semitic Graffiti Spree(NY Mag)

UPDATE: Former NYPD cop Michael Setiawan charged with spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti in Borough Park, Brooklyn.(WCBS) * Former NYPD Officer Charged With Hate Crimes(WSJ)

BREAKING: Former Cop Arrested In Boro Park Hate Graffiti Spree In Custody
Just heard from NYPD 66th Pct CO Inspector Deddo that they have the anti-Semitic graffiti suspect in custody this morning.
Former NYPD officer in custody over last night's hate crimes in Boro Park
Hate grafitti spray painted onto Brooklyn wall(NYP)
Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted in multiple Brooklyn locations(WPIX)
Five people slashed by madman outside Bronx methadone clinic(NYP) * BORO PARK: U/D - A Child who saw the plate number informed his father & then called Shomrim, Cop was picked up early this morning in Queens.

David G. Greenfield ‏@NYCGreenfield

Shocked at reports perp in anti-Semitic graffiti spree is former NYPD. Grateful that despite this, NYPD did everything to find & arrest him!
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Pack Heat or Die

Why Kahton Killed A 41 Year Old Angel Rojas, A Man He Never Met
Teen accused of killing bystander: ‘It’s war out here’(NYP)He said he needed to pack heat just to survive in New York City. A Brooklyn teen who fatally shot a hardworking father while aiming for a rival gang member on a crowded city bus had told cops, “It’s war out here,” and lamented the future he had flushed away “Who did I hit? Was it a rival or an innocent man? Why didn’t I just go home?” Kahton Anderson, 14 — who pleaded not guilty at his Brooklyn arraignment Friday — had said, according to court papers.“Yo am I gonna do life for this?”
Teenager Pleads Not Guilty in Killing on Bus(NYT)

In court documents, the suspect, Kahton Anderson, 14, asked investigators whom he had shot.

Life Sentence Is Imposed in ’08 Killing of Therapist

The sentencing of David Tarloff, a schizophrenic man convicted of murdering a therapist on the Upper East Side, ends a legal saga that demonstrated the complexities of the insanity defense.
Cabby guilty in 2008 rape of passenger(NYP)
NYPD has arrested nearly 100 subway break dancers so far this year

Police shoot man who aimed loaded gun at them(NYP)
Police Arrest Man Allegedly Sleeping On Subway Train With Gun In Hand
Family of slain Brooklyn slumlord cries for more arrests(NYP)
Developer’s Killing Said to Be Unplanned(NYT)
Rikers Island hit list names officers targeted by Bloods gang(NYP)
Fresh out of the psych ward, man arrested in girlfriend’s death(NYP)
Lawyer Says Confession in Fatal Fire Was Coerced(NYT)
Man Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Girlfriend(NYT)

According to police, the victim had been stabbed in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene in Greenwich Village.

2 Brothers Sentenced to Maximum for Killing a Manhattan Man(NYT)
14-Year-Old Brooklyn Shooter’s Very Bleak, Heartbreaking Statement to Police: ‘It’s War Out Here’: Kahton...

A judge said it was “an easy call” to give Ralph and Keith Stokes 25 years to life for pummeling a man in the head more than 32 times and stabbing him repeatedly with a fork.

After Marcell Dockery, 16, was arrested last month, he told police that he was bored when he started a fire in a Brooklyn high-rise that led to Officer Dennis Guerra’s death.

Man Charged With Killing a Developer in January(NYT) The arrest of Kendel Felix followed the investigation into the death of Menachem Stark, the builder whose body was found smoldering in a trash bin on Long Island in January.

Protester Says She Doesn’t Recall Hitting Officer With Elbow(NYT)

Top State Judge Tightens Rules on Debt Collection(NYT)

Our first cut on today's arrest in the Brooklyn landlord murder case:(NYDN)

Supreme Court Hears Cases Involving Police Searches of Cellphones During Arrests(NY1)

NYPD Commish Bratton asked a "broken windows" crime theory author to ride the subways. An inside look at his task: (WFP)
Alleged arsonist’s cousin sports FDNY gear to court(NYP)
Man whom NYPD shot dead was no threat: judge(NYP)
UPDATE: Two Off-Duty NYPD Police Officers Shoot Guns While Intoxicated.
Brooklyn landlord’s ‘killer’ held without bail on murder charge(NYP)
Teen pleads not guilty to murder in Brooklyn fire that killed NYPD officer
At Sentencing Hearing, Killer Hears From Police, and His Victim’s Mother(NYT)
NYPD: Gun Trafficking Ring Bust Ends in Six Arrests (NY1)
Despite Twitter Backlash, New York Police Dept. Plans to Expand Social Media Efforts(NYT)
Cheng Chui Ping, a Smuggler of Immigrants, Dies in Prison, but Is Praised in Chinatown(NYT)

Brooklyn Teen Shot, Killed Outside His Home(WSJ)

Ex-city Parks staffer gets 25 years for killing co-worker(NYP)
Man attacked waiting for food at Queens restaurant(NYP)
Man caught on video firing at two others in broad daylight(NYP)
Cops looking for man who stabbed girl in the face(NYP)
Hasidic man gets NO JAIL for dousing sex abuse activist with bleach — 'The guy walks free ... where is our protection?'
Well-dressed thieves swipe cigars from Nets announcer’s lounge(NYP)
Former Parks Employee Sentenced to 25 Years for Stabbing Co-Worker to Death (NY1)
Cop accused of lying under oath in drug trial(NYP)

Mobster freed for helping feds nab crime boss(NYP)
Bookkeeper allegedly stole nearly $500K from special-needs school(NYP)
City cyclists injured or killed when ‘doored’ by careless drivers(NYP)

Teen, 16, Shot and Killed Steps From Brooklyn Home: Police Seek Shooter(NY1)

Police Seek Man Who Allegedly Stabbed 19-Year-Old Woman to Death in Bronx(NY1)

Man found fatally shot after truck crashes in Bronx(WABC)

16-year-old boy found shot to death in Brooklyn(WABC)

19-year-old woman found stabbed to death in Bronx(WABC)

Man Found Shot to Death Inside Moving Truck in the Bronx(WNBCV)
Brooklyn woman faces charges after walking away with two children without asking parents: cops. (NYDN)

Friday
Man surrenders to cops after horrific Molotov attack(NYP)

Detective Facing Charges(WSJ)
* A state judge ruled yesterday in favor of a partial release of long-sealed records about the Attica Prison uprising, which was the nation's deadliest prison riot, the Democrat & Chronicle reports:

Thursday
Elderly couple brutally beaten, robbed in Queens home(NYP)
Brooklyn bodega slaying part of family feud: sources(NYP)
Suspect in 2006 fatal fire has bail reduced to $1(NYP)
Deli clerk burned in gruesome Molotov attack(NYP)
Thug gets 54 years to life after brutally stabbing 3 cops(NYP)

New York Police Twitter Strategy Has Unforeseen Consequences(NYT)

A departmental campaign, meant to elicit smiling snapshots, instead attracted tens of thousands of less flattering images of officers.

Proposal to Limit Prosecutions Of Marijuana Cases in Brooklyn(NYT)

Five Men Are Charged in a Brooklyn Beating

Prosecutors said five Hasidic men indicted in the brutal attack on a gay black man in Williamsburg were associated with a Hasidic neighborhood patrol. The patrol disputed that assertion.

2 stabbed, 1 fatally, in Coney Island(WSJ)
U.S. Ordered to Release Memo in Awlaki Killing(NYT)
Bus passengers beat up man who attacked elderly couple(NYP)
Thug who beat up 1010 WINS anchor lands 5 years in jail(NYP)
NYPD investigating Central Park robberies 
Two Indicted in Brooklyn Bodega Owner's Death 
The #MyNYPD Hashtag Is Not Going So Well for the Police(NYM)
Boy Shot in Head in Brooklyn Released from Hospital (NY1)

Lesson for the Police: Be Careful What You Tweet For(NYT)

Rather than heartwarming neighborhood scenes or pictures of tourists with mounted officers, many posts tagged #myNYPD showed violent interactions with civilians or other unflattering incidents.

New York City Gets Selective About Shell Casings Buyer(NYT)

The city is auctioning thousands of pounds of shell casings collected at the Police Department’s outdoor firing range, but the sale will only be open to metal recyclers.
Woman accused of fatally stabbing man, stealing Mercedes(NYP)
4 arrested in suspected bias attack against gay fashion student last year, police say:
Deli clerk burned in gruesome Molotov attack(NYP)

Sunday

'DADDY JUST SHOT MY MOMMY': Exclusive video shows ex-NYPD cop's wife and children moments before mom found dead
Body found in plastic bin on Brooklyn street(NYP)
DNA swab kits to help MTA bus drivers bust spitters(NYP)
Police shot bystander trying to subdue deranged man: suit(NYP)
Attempted baby kidnapper has long history of illness(NYP)
Ex-Officer Killed Wife, Police Say; Children Ran for Help(NYT)
Woman Arrested in Attempted Kidnapping of 8-Month-Old(NYT)
3 men were seriously injured in early-morning stabbing in Staten Island's Great Kills neighborhood, NYPD reports.(SI Advance)

Police Investigate Shooting Death of 20-Year-Old Man in Queens(NY1)
Police Question Suspect After Body Found in Storage Container(WNBC)
Hate crime charge in attack on Columbia University professor(WABC)
Brooklyn Man Faces Charges In Connection With Body Found Stuffed In Storage Container
Murder arrest after a body found wrapped in cellophane(NYP)
Former cop shot wife 10 times as their two kids watched: officials(NYP)
Marijuana advocate pushes for NYC to treat pot arrests like traffic tickets(WPIX)
Man stabbed in face on subway following altercation in Kew Gardens(WPIX)

Crime Rate Trending Up
According to the latest CompStat, the murder rate is up 18.2% over the last 28 days

Cop in Coney Island Fire Has Died
NYPD cop declared brain dead as a result of a fire started by a "bored" teen(NYP) Officer Dennis Guerra, 38-yr old married father of 4, who gave his life keeping NYers safe.

NYPD Looks for a Fire Policy(WSJ)

Saturday
Teen boy shot in face says he forgives shooter(NYP)
New York Police Department Tells Officers to Avoid Elevators in Burning Buildings(NYT)
Prisoner Whose 1988 Conviction Is Under Review Is Granted Parole(NYT)
Woman Is Sought After Attempt to Kidnap an 8-Month-Old(NYT)
Suspect who shot choirboy in eye found hiding in basement: cops(NYP)
Three off-duty NYPD cops busted for DWI in span of 27 hours(NYP)

Sources: Woman Accused of Trying to Kidnap Baby on Chelsea Sidewalk Being Questioned(NY1)
15-year-old boy shot in leg waiting to buy sneakers in Brooklyn(NYP)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But approach the President, and we go for the kill shot. Are we clear?” -- Secret Service agent, to Mr. Met.

 Friday
Cops arrest man in Harlem bodega shooting(NYP)
Robber hits 4 Brooklyn banks in 2 hours: police(NYP)
* New York City Councilman James Vacca urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to add NYPD staff in his executive budget, warning that a “critical staffing shortage” is threatening the city’s safety, The Observer reports:
Man Faces Attempted Murder Charges in Connection With Brooklyn Double Shooting

Thursday
NYPD cop detained in India gets fleeced: sources(NYP)
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office sent a first round of subpoenas to a group of high-frequency trading firms as part of an investigation into whether some have an unfair advantage over other trading firms, The Wall Street Journal reports:

Occupy Jury Gets Account From Officer(WSJ)
Police name person of interest in shooting of 13-year-old choir boy(NYP)
Father of 13 shot dead at Bushwick deli(NYP)
Police nab man who allegedly threatened to kill Muslim teen(NYP)
Father of 13 shot dead at Bushwick deli(NYP)
In Effort to Fight Overdoses, Staten Island Officers Will Soon Carry Heroin Antidote(NYT)
NEW VIDEO: Cops look for gunman in slaying of Brooklyn bodega worker(NBC)

Wednesday
Father fears shot son might lose his sight(NYP)
The New York Times writes that punishments for New York lawyers who violate obligations to a client are slow, inconsistent and often hidden from the public, so the system must change if New Yorkers are to be confident in the lawyers who represent them:
Officer Stands by His Account of Scuffle at Occupy Wall Street Protest(NYT)

Officer Grantley Bovell admitted in court Wednesday that he had fixed several traffic tickets before 2011, but said that he had told the truth about being assaulted by a protester in 2012.
Bratton tweets massive Bronx gang bust(NYP)
NYPD commish tells cops to ‘use discretion’ when dealing with elderly jaywalkers(NYDN)

Tuesday

More Talks Expected in ‘Central Park Five’ Lawsuit(NYT)
A Sea of Blue and Mourning at an Officer’s Funeral(NYT)
Officer Testifies About Encounter With Occupy Wall Street Protester(NYT)
Bystander, 13, Shot in Brooklyn(NYT)

Police Investigate After 13-Year-Old, 24-Year-Old Shot in Brooklyn(NY1)
Video released in Flatbush double shooting (News12)

Monday
Churchgoers nabbed two alleged thieves during Sunday services(NYP)
Acquitted manslaughter suspect suing prosecutor(NYP)
NYPD cop busted for throwing friend through storefront window(NYP)
 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that officer Dennis Guerra, who died after sustaining injuries fighting a fire earlier this month, would be promoted to first-grade detective posthumously, The New York Times reports: 
Police Investigate After 13-Year-Old, 24-Year-Old Shot in Brooklyn

Saturday Sunday
‘Bored’ teen charged with murder after blaze kills cop(NYP)
Adding Insult to Gun Injuries, Police Often Handcuff Victims(NYT)
City Accused of Dragging Its Feet on Settling Suit in ’89 Jogger Rape Case(NYT)
Murder Charge for Teenager in Fire That Killed an Officer(NYT)
Teen Who Started Fire That Killed NYPD Officer Charged With Murder(NY Mag)
Police Kill Man Who Fatally Shot Daughter(NYT)
Neighbors: Cops Fatally Shoot Elderly Man Because He Refused To Drop Rifle (Gothamist)

Police Shoot and Kill Elderly Queens Man After He Kills Daughter(NY1)

Prisoner to Face Parole Board as Questions Grow About His Conviction(NYT)

The case of Robert Hill, who was convicted of murder in 1988, is one of about 50 reopened after allegations of misconduct against a Brooklyn police detective.

Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Police Car(NYT)
Somber Army in Blue Gathers in Queens to Mourn a Fallen Officer(NYT)

Friday
Subway Riders, Is Your Debit Card Getting "Skimmed" at the MetroCard Machine?(WSJ)
Cops responding to wild domestic abuse call find weapons trove of 5 firearms and 2 PIPE BOMBS at city EMT's Brooklyn home(NYDN)
Skimming Device Found on Manhattan MetroCard Machine, Police Say(NY1)

 Thursday

Judge tosses evidence in gun bust on warrant technicality(NYP) A Brooklyn federal judge has tossed critical evidence against a alleged crack-dealing Queens gang member busted with an assault rifle, throwing his case into turmoil, court records state.
Dozens of Bloods members connected to murders, kidnapping, drugs(NYP)
Innocent man savoring new life after 24 years in jail(NYP)
Police Policy on Fires Is Questioned Amid Grief at Death of a New York Officer(NYT)
Last Criminal Trial Stemming From Occupy Wall Street Is Underway(NYT)
City Mourns Police Officer(WSJ) Housing officer Dennis Guerra, a 38-year-old father of four, was removed from life support around 6:50 a.m. at Montefiore Medical Center
Local youths terrorize a Brooklyn McDonald's during lunch hour, yelling and vandalizing furniture  
After an Officer Dies, Police Receive Orders on Fire Response(NYT)
Fire Death Leads Police To Codify Protocols(NYT)

Days after Officer Dennis Guerra died in a blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise, Commissioner William J. Bratton issued the department’s first formal procedures on such calls.

Officials Rule Boy’s Death as Homicide(NYT)

An autopsy determined Myls Dobson, 4, died of “child abuse syndrome, including dehydration.”

Tuesday

Innocent man to be freed after 24 years for murder(NYP)
Teenager Charged in Fire That Injured Two Police Officers(WSJ) A teenager told authorities that he set a mattress on fire at a Coney Island high-rise building—leading to a blaze that critically injured two police officers Sunday—because he was "bored," a law-enforcement official said.
NYC police: Teen set mattress fire out of boredom(WSJ)
Three Men Convicted of Murder, Now Free, Vow to Prove Their Innocence(NY1)
EXCLUSIVE: City job center officials steal cases to inflate their own stats: judge http://nydn.us/1e96HtV  @NYDailyNews
'WE'VE LOST A GOOD MAN': Mayor mourns NYPD cop and father of four who died after running 'selflessly' toward Coney Island arson fire sparked by 'bored' teen(NYDN)
 

Monday
Two Officers Critically Injured While Responding to Brooklyn Blaze(NYT)
Heroin use explodes in New York City(NYP)
‘Lemon Juice’ sues to get identities of false tweet posters(NYP)
Brooklyn man named Lemon Juice wants identity of tweeter who framed him(NYDN)
NYC cops, firemen get in massive brawl at charity hockey game(NYP)
Suspect wanted in subway attempted sex assault(WSJ)
Push To Reform NYPD Crisis Response May Lead To State-Wide Program(Gotham Gazette)
Wave of gun violence leaves 4 dead across NYC(NYP)
Man busted at JFK with 7 pounds of cocaine inside frozen meat(NYP)


Sunday
NYPD cop can beat India charges of bullet possession: lawyer(NYP)
Detective charged in national guardsman’s shooting death(NYP)
Cops hunt for 2 men in Bronx bowling alley break-in(NYP)

Saturday

4 Killed After Car Plunges Into Creek, Police Say(NYT)
Police Believe Boy, 16, Killed Deliveryman(NYT)
City Officer Visiting India Is Detained(NYT) The authorities detained the New York City police officer after they discovered three bullets he said he had accidentally packed in his luggage.
De Blasio ‘troubled’ by NYPD cop held in India(NYP)
King: NYPD Officer Detained in India is Payback(WSJ)

Three S.I. Teens Charged in Deadly Shooting of Deliveryman(NY1)

Queensboro Bridge Climber Charged After Stunt Appears Online(NY1)

Friday
Judge slams lawyer of ‘butt-inject killer’ for blaming dead victim(NYP)
Man busted for heroin after leaving ‘medicine’ in rental car(NYP)
Freed man claims cops coerced witnesses in overturned murder conviction(NYP)
Cops bust gun traffickers in undercover operation(NYP)
NYPD cop jailed in India as ‘Nannygate’ revenge(NYP)
Rikers’ warden transferred after inmate ‘baked to death’(NYP)
Warden at Rikers Island Demoted After Inmate Dies in Overheated Cell(NYT) Acknowledging “systemic management problems” at the mental health unit, the Correction Department also disciplined a correction officer and the supervisor of mechanics.
Brooklyn Housing Court, Like Many City Renters, Can’t Find a New Home(NYT) With a 10-year lease about to expire, and after two years of searching, officials have yet to find a new space for the court that suits its frenetic operations.
Stenographer, Fired Over Drinking Problem, Left Headaches for Appellate Courts(NYT)
Correction Officers Union Criticizes Incoming Commissioner(WSJ)
BREAKING: 3 suspects arrested on murder charges in slaying of deliveryman Richard Salvia |
De Blasio touts crime reductions at police gala
.@BilldeBlasio: "New York can have law enforcement that’s tough and fair, pro-active and respectful" 
Jail union chief warns de Blasio’s pick for new boss will cause deaths(NYP)
Evidence suggests that police-community relations are improving, but PC Bill Bratton wants data to back that up. (NY1)
De Blasio Setting Up a Test: Prison Reformer vs. Rikers Island(NYT)

Thursday
New York Program to Help Police Get a Kit to Combat Overdoses(NYT)
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Thursday is expected to announce a push to have law enforcement officers carry a drug that is effectively an antidote to overdose.
At Trial, Queens Doctor Is Accused of Recklessly Prescribing Drugs(NYT)
Officials described Dr. Stan Xuhui Li’s clinic as a place where drug addicts and street dealers could get a prescription for the right price.
Deliveryman Fatally Shot on a Street Many Avoid(NYT)

Richard Salvia, 50, was killed on Tuesday outside a house on Grandview Avenue. Many restaurants refuse to deliver to that area because of past robberies.
Sneaker release nearly causes riot at Soho store(NYP)
Woman abducted in Midton and forced into prostitution(NYP)
Two separate rapes inside Bronx apartments(NYP)
Overdose doctor valued money over life: prosecutors(NYP)

Tuesday
An 8th Grader, a Gun and a Bus Rider in the Way(NYT)
I tried to stop fatal fight: Parks Dept. supervisor(NYP)
More charges expected against beautician in butt-slay case(NYP)
Jury Convicts Second Man in 2011 Killing of a High School Basketball Star(NYT)
Man to Serve Three Months in Jail for His Affair With Student(NYT)
Jury watches evidence in Parks Department stabbing(NYP)
Prosecutor blasts suspect in shooting of deliveryman(NYP)
Police Seek Two Women in Connection With Sheepshead Bay Robbery(NY1)


Monday
TLC cop injured by rogue driver(NYP)
Brooklyn blaze reveals fatal shooting(NYP)
2 Killed in Shootings in Brooklyn and Queens(NYT)
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing FedEx for delivering millions of tax-free cigarettes in New York, arguing that the shipping giant has not lived up to a 2006 deal promising to eliminate the practice, NY1 writes:

NYP Break in Menachem Stark Murder Case

Arrest looms in abduct-slay of Brooklyn landlord(NYP) In the three months since the grisly discovery, no arrests have been made in what has become one of the city’s most high-profile murder cases. But investigators are zeroing in on suspects and new evidence has emerged, The Post has learned. It could mean an end to a mystery whose ghastly imprint still lingers in the tight-knit community.



Sunday
Barber charged in fatal stabbing says it was in self-defense(NYP)
Man Shot By Grandfather: ‘He Wouldn’t Let Go Of The Past’(WCBS)
Report Shows Major Increase in Drivers Beating Toll on Henry Hudson Bridge(NY1)
Brooklyn: 2 People Found Shot, 1 DOA, At Scene Of Fire At 885 Gates Ave - -
UPDATE: Double-shooting in Queens kills 18-year-old (WPIX)
Taxi & Limousine Commission Lieutenant Struck, Dragged By Town Car Stopped For Questioning(WCBS)
Police Responding To Fire In Brooklyn Discover Double Shooting(WCBS)
1 dead in Queens double shooting(NYP)
Double-shooting in Queens kills 18-year-old(WPIX)


Murder On A Bus

Boy, 14, Is Charged With Murder in Stray Shooting on Brooklyn Bus(NYT) * Brooklyn 14-Year-Old Held by Police in Fatal Bus Shooting(WSJ) * B15 victim's widow: How did teen suspect get deadly gun?(NYDN)* Family Of Man Shot, Killed On MTA Bus Gets Financial Help From National Bodega Association *Family says goodbye to man killed in bus shooting(NYP) * Multiple gunmen on bus when dad was slain(NYP)*'A hello — and then nothing': Distraught mother was on phone with her son the moment he was gunned down by teen gangbanger on Brooklyn bus(NYDN)

MURDER ON THE BUS: 14-YEAR-OLD fiend firing wildly at rivals shoots dead innocent Brooklyn dad on his way home from work(NYDN)
B15 Among Most Dangerous Bus Lines in City (NY1) * Heartbroken wife of man gunned down on bus ‘hopes gunman pays’(NYP)


Saturday
Jaywalker killed on Grand Central Parkway(NYP)
Tragedy on Staten Island: 82-year-old man kills daughter-in-law & shoots son before turning gun on himself 
Speed cameras lead to almost 12,000 tickets near city schools(NYP)

Friday
Man and Woman Shot to Death in Queens(NYT)
Man and woman found shot dead in Queens(NYP)
The death of a Rikers Island inmate was the centerpiece of a New York City Council hearing Thursday, during which Department of Corrections Commissioner Mark Cranston apologized to the man’s family and explained the circumstances surrounding his death, NY1 reports:
2 found shot dead inside Ridgewood, Queens apartment
Ray Kelly joins ABC News
Fugitive Apprehended After Placed on FBI 'Most Wanted' List(WSJ)
A New York man who was added to the FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" list on Wednesday has been apprehended in Nicaragua, said an law enforcement official with knowledge of the case.
Jury Rejects Insanity Defense in ’08 Killing of Manhattan Therapist(NYT)
Man Who Shot Officer in Manhattan Gunfight Is Sentenced to Prison(NYT)
Old man, 82, kills daughter-in-law, shoots his son then kills himself(NYP)
String Of Brazen Burglaries Leaves Howard Beach, Queens On Edge(WSBS)
Woman dead in triple shooting in Staten Island's Rosebank section (photos)(SI Advance)

Thursday
Teen gunman could face less than 8 years of jail(NYP)
NYC teacher faces sexual charges involving minor(WSJ)
Teen fatally stabbed inside Queens barbershop(NYP)
Jury Has Case in ’08 Killing of Manhattan Therapist(NYT)

Wednesday

Complaint by Fired Correction Officer Adds Details About a Death at Rikers Island(NYT)Court documents offer a deeper look into the death of a sick inmate in 2012 at the New York City jail complex.* U.S. Accuses Rikers Officer of Ignoring Dying Plea(NYT)
Hasidic man assaulted in Brooklyn(NYP)
Hasidic Tourist Attacked In Suspected NYC 'Knockout Game' Attack...

Tuesday
Rikers Island Guard Charged in Death of Inmate in Manhattan Federal Court(WSJ)
Video: Brooklyn Food Deliveryman Violently Beaten, Robbed Of iPhone, Cash And Food 
Livery drivers to form neighborhood watch(NYP)

Monday
Budget cuts caused Manhattan courts to work without officers(NYP)
An analysis of recent similar cases shows that de Blasio’s pledge to settle the wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York City brought by the men known as the Central Park Five could cost the city tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal writes:

De Blasio Insists There’s No ‘Crackdown’ on Subway Pandhandling(NYO)

De Blasio on panhandling arrests(Capital)

A New York City correction officer was arrested and charged with showing “deliberate indifference” in the death of a mentally ill inmate at Rikers Island, The New York Times reports:
Mother of Baby Found in Harlem Park Charged With Endangerment(NY1)
Mother Is Charged With Abandoning Infant(NYT)
Multiple gunmen on bus when dad was slain(NYP)

 
Sunday

3 are shot in Queens housing project(NYDN)
Victims getting a piece of suit payouts to convicted criminals(NYP)
Cop arrested in DWI crash in Queens(NYP)

Pregnant teen assaults bus driver in fare dispute(NYP)
Brooklyn baby shower turned bloody(NYDN)
Cop arrested in DWI crash in Queens(NYP)

Saturday
‘PRETTY BIG GUN FOR A PRETTY SMALL MAN’: First picture of 14-year-old who gunned down a Brooklyn dad on bus(NYDN)

Mayor Vows Jail Reforms on Rikers Island(NYT)
14-Year-Old Kills Rider on Bus in Brooklyn, Police Say(NYT)
The man who was shot in the head on a B15 bus in Brooklyn has died, according to police: (NY1)
New York Owes No Damages in Child’s Death in 2007, a Jury Decides(NYT) The estate of Hailey Gonzalez, a Staten Island girl who was fatally beaten in 2007, will receive no damages, even though caseworkers were faulted.
Pot busts down after cops change tactics(NYP)
14-year-old busted with gun at school(NYP)
Cops charge two in botched home invasion death(NYP)
Prison guard who sexually abused inmate gets 16 months(NYP)
After Serving Six Years, Mobster Receives His Sentence(NYT)
New York Courts Cut Time Between Arrest and Arraignment(NYT)
Correction Dept. Investigating Death of Inmate at Rikers(NYT)

Mob boss gets 18 years for racketeering, murder conspiracy(NYP)
Rikers Island Struggles With a Surge in Violence and Mental Illness(NYT)
Brooklyn man found guilty in incest rape case(NYP)
Cuomo plans to yank car registrations of chronic toll cheaters(NYP)
Driver Charged in Fatal Hit-And-Run of Small Boy(WSJ)

The law is the law (NYDN Ed) Family Court must be open to the public

City’s night court becoming a tourist attraction(NYP)
Six Men Indicted for Running Three Separate Drug Rings in Brooklyn
Driver Is Arrested After Child’s Death in Traffic Accident(NYT)
Cuomo says nearly 8,900 New Yorkers have had their drivers licenses suspended for failing to pay taxes they owe the state.
Driver Is Arrested After Child’s Death in Traffic Accident(NYT)
“#NYPD pay works on a sliding scale: Robbery, the most common crime 4 lineups, pays less than homicide."(NYDN)
Ten bucks a shot: The homeless as lineup fodder.
Queens boy fought off attempted kidnapper(NYP)
Man known for cleaning Clinton Hill street shot dead
BROOKLYN SHOOTING: 4 people — at least 3 children — hospitalized after Williamsburg gunplay
Boy, 12, and three teens shot in Brooklyn(NYP)
Madoff staff knew about Ponzi fraud: prosecutor(NYP)
Brooklyn attempted rape suspect caught on camera (WABC)
Gang boss who ‘terrorized’ Ebbets Field gets 20 years(NYP)
 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking for a judge to toss out the police unions’ challenge to a law that makes it easier to sue officers for racial profiling, the Post reports:
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton rode the subway to see conditions firsthand(NYDN)

Man Facing Murder Charge in Death of a City Bus Driver(NYT)

* Although crime is declining in New York City, the biggest parks are seeing an increase in felonies, with major crimes up nearly 18 percent in 2013 compared with the previous year in 31 parks, the Journal reports: 

Elderly man bloodied by cops for jaywalking still facing charges(NYP)
'IT'S BRATTON'S WAY': NYPD chief transferring more than 60 top bosses in one of the largest shakeups in memory(NYDN)
Brothers plead guilty in Orthodox Jewish divorce scandal: Two brothers from Brooklyn admitted in federal court...(WABC)
* De Blasio touted a reduction in crime during the early part of his tenure, with homicides down 21 percent from the same time period a year before and overall crime down 2 percent, the Daily News reports: 
Listen up jaywalkers! The warning period is over, NYPD says(WPIX)
Investment banker, 48, shot dead in Queens: cops(NYDN)
Commissioner Bratton ordering massive shakeup of 100 NYPD supervisors. (DNAINFO)
Mayor touts the continued decline of crime stats: homicides down 21%, shootings down 14% from same time last year.
Checking Noise Complaint, Officers Stumble Upon a Heroin Mill(NYT)
Landscape contractor defrauds city for tree planting: workers(NYP)
Ground Zero mosque developer bills his own nonprofit for rent(NYP)
Charges dropped in ‘cantor extortion’ case(NYP)
Bloods gang member charged with shooting at ‘snitch’ cousin(NYP)

Plaintiff in Police Lawsuit Is Ordered to Pay New York City’s Legal Fees(NYT)

A young man who sued two officers and New York City claiming police brutality was ordered to pay the city’s legal fees for making “obviously fictitious allegations,” a judge wrote.

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Whistle-Blower in Sexual Abuse Case(NYT)

Samuel Kellner had been accused of trying to extort money from the family of Baruch Lebovits, an accused molester, and bribing a young man to testify falsely.

* Former candidate Kristin Davis, known as the “Manhattan Madam” for allegedly providing hookers to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, could spend up to five years behind bars in a plea deal on drug dealing charges, the Post reports: 
VIDEO: Man out cold with broken jaw in latest NYC 'knockout game' attack... DA to drop rap against man in perv-extort case(NYP)
Man Injured in Gay-Bias Attack in Greenwich Village(NYT)
Arrests of Panhandlers and Peddlers on Subways Triple Under Bratton(NYT)
Possible ‘knockout game’ attack in NYC(NYP)

Rabbi and teacher arrested in child porn case
WNYC: "Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Monday there's a simple reason the industry hasn't already adopted a so-called 'kill switch' to deter thieves: 'Corporate greed. Profit. That's what this is all about,' Bratton said."
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton will be riding the subway with a criminologist in the coming weeks to check on crime and  quality-of-life issues. 

Bratton plans late-night subway rides to check quality of life(NYP)
A Former Police Diver Claims Other Officers Racially Taunted Him(NYT)

An African-American officer says he was taunted about his race for the seven years he spent in the scuba-diving unit of the New York Police Department.

Familiar Questions at 3rd Trial in Killing of Psychologist(NYT)
Rikers Island Guards Are Found Not Guilty in Prisoner Assault Case(NYT)
NYPD takes down violent Bronx ‘280’ gang(NYP)

Witnesses Recount Long-Running Feud During Hip-Hop Manager’s Murder Trial(NYT) James Rosemond, known as Jimmy Henchman, is accused of hiring men to fatally shoot an associate of the rapper 50 Cent.

Accused Brooklyn cop shooter was on the lam over a year(NYP)
Meet the EMTs who saved shot Brooklyn cop(NYP)
Accused shooter wanted to kill a cop: source(NYP)
PICTURED: The farebeater charged with attempted murder of a NYPD officer after admitting to shooting cop in bid to dodge arrest on narcotics warrant, source says(NYT)
High crime makes B46 baddest bus in NYC(NYDN)

Trial of 'Cannibal Cop' Cohorts Begins With Billy Joel Lyrics(NY Mag)

Police Officer Is Shot in Legs in Brooklyn(NYT)
Officer James Li, 26, was injured in Crown Heights on Wednesday after removing a man who had boarded a bus without paying, the police said. A suspect was arrested near the scene.

* New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s proposal to let law students take the bar early if they do pro bono work for the poor is one of several sensible reforms that the governor and Legislature should back, the Times writes:
Cause of death for Avonte Oquendo cannot be determined(NYP)

'He was...face up and bleeding': NYPD officer shot in both legs while trying to nab fare-beater in Brooklyn — suspect cuffed as injured cop is first to be wounded this year(NYDN)* BREAKING: accused gunman Rashaun Robinson charged with attempted murder #nbc4ny

New York’s penal outlaw (NYDN ED)

The state's highest court smartly upholds the punishment of a man who committed a disgusting crime. Showing refreshing common sense, New York’s highest court ruled unamimously that, yes, people who rub their private parts against others are guilty of the same crime as gropers.

 More former NYPD and FDNY members are expected to be charged as part of an ongoing investigation into a large 9/11-related Social Security disability scheme, the New York Post reports:

Brooklyn DA hires 3 lawyers to investigate wrongful convictions http://propub.ca/1dpV2Rl  (@brooklyn_paper) Our series: http://propub.ca/1mDkvQP

Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Woman in Brooklyn, Police Say(NYT)
Another Step on the Path to Settling Frisk Cases(NYT)
Man Framed by Detective Will Get $6.4 Million From New York City After Serving 23 Years for Murder(NYT)
14-Year Term for Leader in Bronx Antigay Attack(NYT)
New York Rethinks Solitary Confinement(NYT)

New York State in Deal to Limit Solitary Confinement(NYT) The state agreed to sweeping reforms intended to curtail the use of solitary confinement, including barring its use in disciplining prisoners under 18.
Year in Prison for Ex-Guard Who Had Child With Inmate(NYT)
Bill in Albany to Allow Lawsuits by Those Who Falsely Confess(NYT)
New York State Prisons to Curb Solitary Confinement(WSJ)
 The state Court of Appeals ruled that police can lie during interrogations of murder suspects, but only up to a point so that a suspect is not denied due process, Newsday writes:

NYPD failed to translate mom’s warning ahead of triple slay(NYP)@NYPDnews' most-sued cop also among top overtime earners for past two years. * Sources say the Division of Criminal Justice Services doesn’t check for proof of residency to verify the addresses of sex offenders, which has allowed some to live unlawfully close to schools, the Post reports: 

NYPD routinely fails to translate non-English reports: lawsuit(NYP)

The Rise and Fall of New York City's Biggest Pill Mill: On February 5, the DEA and NYPD brought down what’s been... http://dlvr.it/4yPM4r

City’s Safety Net on Trial Over a Baby Killed in ’07(NYT) A civil trial began in Brooklyn on Tuesday to determine whether the city can be held liable for Hailey Gonzalez’s violent death at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. 

 * State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plans to introduce legislation that would get rid of state law restrictions that block claims against the state from people who were coerced into false confessions or who pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit, the Daily News writes: 

* New York agreed to restrict solitary confinement as punishment, barring it for prisoners who are under 18 or pregnant and limiting it to 30 days for the developmentally disabled, The New York Times reports: 

Cop killer gets 25 more years for violent Queens robbery(NYP)
Babysitter accused in toddler death refuses to appear in court(NYP)
Cops find van used in abduction of slain slumlord(NYP)
Jury deliberates fate of 1987 Sunset Park murder suspect(NYP)
East Village rape suspect arrested by cops(NYP)
Music teacher sentenced to 2 years for molesting student(NYP)
Music Teacher Pleads Guilty to Molesting Girl, 9(NYT)
‘Bank thief’ ID’d by mangy fur coat(NYP)
* On the one-year anniversary of the SAFE Act, ammunition buyers are supposed to begin going through background checks, but a state database to monitor purchases is still under construction, the Times Union writes:
Court Weighs Police Role in Coercing Confessions(NYT)The New York Court of Appeals heard arguments in two murder cases on Tuesday that examined how far police can go in lying to suspects during interrogations.
* Gun control advocates in the Legislature are pushing for stricter measures, including microstamping, limits on handgun purchases and additional safety storage requirements for owners with children, Gannett Albany reports: 
Cops find van used in abduction of slain slumlord(NYP)
City settles $18M RNC protest lawsuits NYP
‘Sheriff Woody’ indicted for groping woman in Times Square(NYP)

• Device Thefts Fueling Rise In Larcenies(WSJ)
  New York City became a much safer place in the past 12 years—unless you're the owner of an iPhone or iPad.
  Shots fired at NYC bus; suspect sought(WSJ)
  

22-year-old woman reportedly raped in East Village(NYP)
Karate man worst disability scammer: DA(NYP)

Teen busted in shooting death of 16-year-old warned by family about gunplay at tragic Brooklyn party(NYDN)
Brooklyn landlord murder: police find new clue(WABC)

Man Dressed as "Toy Story's" Woody Groped Women in Times Square: Police(WNBC)

Push to ID Times Square mascots after latest arrest(NYP)
Retired Correction Officer’s Death May Have Stemmed From a Romantic Quarrel(NYT)
Police: Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Manhattan Fairway(WCBS)
Police make arrest in murder of Brooklyn teen at party(WABC)
Police find new clue in murder of Brooklyn landlord  (WABC)
Hidden cell phone may have been used to track slain slumlord: cops(NYP)

Slain slumlord helped sink bank with $8M in unpaid loans(NYP)


Judge demands count of slain slumlord’s money(NYP)
Slain slumlord may have stolen $2 million(NYP)
Man dressed as ‘Woody’ arrested on sex charges(NYP)
Transexual babysitter told cops she tortured boy who died(NYP)
The disability free-for-all(NYP)
Mob-linked thug charged with assaulting grocer, may face homicide rap(NYP)
Man gets 4 months for trying to bribe sex abuse victim to stop testimony(NYP)
1 shot as corrections cops’ love triangle turns deadly(NYP)

  Officials are scrutinizing the pensions of former New York City police officers arrested in connection with a large post-9/11 disability benefits fraud scheme, The New York Times reports: 

New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Public Advocate Letitia James are calling for the NYPD to send more detectives to investigate outer-borough homicides, the Daily News reports:

Brooklyn deli shopkeeper found dead in apparent violent store robbery(NYDN)

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Law and Order

FDNY, NYPD retirees ‘faked 9/11 illnesses’ as part of Social Security disability scam(NYP)* Scores of retired New York City police officers and firefighters were charged in a massive Social Security disability fraud scheme, with many illegally collecting $30,000 to $50,000 a year, The New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/19bE38M

Man Arrested At Kennedy In Killing Of Landlord(NYT)
 

• Cops eye tenant in landlord’s gruesome death(NYP)

  
  City Sexual Assault Lab Work Slows(WSJ)
  The turnaround time for DNA analysis in sexual-assault cases in New York City has increased four fold in five years, a rise that crime-victim advocates called troubling for victims.

• Solitary Jailing Curbed)WSJ)
  The New York City Department of Correction has stopped its controversial use of solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates who break the rules, a shift that jail officials are hailing as groundbreaking.

Kristin Davis, the “Manhattan Madam” who claims her clients included former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, pleaded not guilty to charges that she illegally peddled prescription pain killers.

• NYPD officers show support for beaten cop(NYP)
   

Sunday
Odds that you’ll be killed by a stranger in NYC on the decline(NYP) Just 29 victims of the city’s record-low 334 slayings in 2013 did not know their killers, according to NYPD homicide stats.
Slain slumlord found in trash has enemies list a mile long(NYP)
Brooklyn landlord kidnapped during snowstorm found burned in dumpster was SUFFOCATED, cops say(NYDN)
Friend Of Rapper 50 Cent Fatally Shot in Springfield Gardens, Police Say(Huff Post)
16-year old shot and killed at party in Brownsville, Brooklyn (WABC)
New Report Indicates Trend Between Unsolved Homicides And Detective Staffing In Five Boroughs 
16-Year-Old Is Fatally Shot on His Way Home From a Party in Brownsville(NYT)
Bronx mom stabbed, killed in front of children(NYP)

Saturday
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force busted a Brooklyn man for at least seven "knockout" assaults (NYP)
NYPD investigating abduction of businessman(WSJ)
NY Times Calls Cuomo "Stingy" and "Cowardly."Governor Cuomo’s Stingy Pardons 
[UPDATE] Missing Williamsburg Real Estate Developer Found Dead On LI

Last 30 Days of Crime 

Sunday
Odds that you’ll be killed by a stranger in NYC on the decline(NYP) Just 29 victims of the city’s record-low 334 slayings in 2013 did not know their killers, according to NYPD homicide stats.
Slain slumlord found in trash has enemies list a mile long(NYP)
Brooklyn landlord kidnapped during snowstorm found burned in dumpster was SUFFOCATED, cops say(NYDN)
Friend Of Rapper 50 Cent Fatally Shot in Springfield Gardens, Police Say(Huff Post)
16-year old shot and killed at party in Brownsville, Brooklyn (WABC)
New Report Indicates Trend Between Unsolved Homicides And Detective Staffing In Five Boroughs 
16-Year-Old Is Fatally Shot on His Way Home From a Party in Brownsville(NYT)
Bronx mom stabbed, killed in front of children(NYP)

Saturday
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force busted a Brooklyn man for at least seven "knockout" assaults (NYP)
NYPD investigating abduction of businessman(WSJ)
NY Times Calls Cuomo "Stingy" and "Cowardly."Governor Cuomo’s Stingy Pardons 
[UPDATE] Missing Williamsburg Real Estate Developer Found Dead On LI

First Murder Under Mayor de Blasio 

Police say a 17-year-old boy was shot to death in Bushwick (NBC)
Police Investigate First Two Murders of Year
Bloodshed arrived with 2014 in spate of violence that left two people dead, six stabbed, eight shot and one pistol-whipped, the NYPD said Wednesday. 
FIRST MESSAGE: New NYPD Commissioner Bratton's First Statement -“Happy New Year to ... -
NYC ended 2013 with 334 homicides, the lowest number since such statistics were recorded, officials said
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Thursday
Thief fails at stealing ATM chained to SUV(NYP)
‘Cops beat, illegally arrested me’ on OWS anniversary: suit(NYP)
Drug dealers — and their gator — busted in Brooklyn(NYP)
Man carjacked while shoveling during storm(NYP)
* Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office will file an appeal challenging a Buffalo-area federal court judge's ruling striking down the state's limit of carrying only seven bullets in a magazine, Gannett Albany reports:
At least one person is dead and three others hospitalized after a shooting in Queens, according to fire officials: (NY1)
Armed suspect found dead in #Bellevue this morning



Wednesday
CUOMO GUN PROVISION STRUCK DOWN—Capital’s Jimmy Vielkind: A federal judge in Buffalo has affirmed New York's ability to regulate firearms through a tough gun control measure passed earlier this year, but struck down one of its signature provisions - a seven-round limit on ammunition as “arbitrary.”The SAFE Act ruling gave a victory to gun control advocates frustrated by the lack of movement at the federal level, but opponents plan to appeal all but the portion that struck down the seven-round magazine ban.

 A plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state’s strict gun laws says opponents would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that all parts of the laws are constitutional, save for a piece barring gun owners from loading more than seven rounds into a magazine (NYT) * The Daily News writes that a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s strict gun laws are constitutional rightly puts the complaints about the law from some groups where the criticism belongs: history’s dustbin: New Year’s Eve stab melee at Port Authority(NYP) * Gun-Law Confusion(WSJ) * Cuomo pardons three men, clearing their records(WSJ)
For the first time in his three years in office, Cuomo issued pardons to three New Yorkers who had long ago completed their sentences.
Police Seek Suspect In Brooklyn Armed Robbery(CBS)
Hikind Says Serial Brooklyn Knockout Attacker Arrested

Tuesday
State probing insurer for booting 2,000 doctors(NYP)
Six shot in Brownsville(NYP)
Five Wounded After Gunfire Erupts Inside Brooklyn Lobby (NY1)
City Ends Year With Record Low Crime Rate(NY1)
U.S. Judge Upholds Most New York Gun Limits(NYT)
Parks Dept. employee arrested in alleged underage sex assault(NYP)
Brooklyn man shot for 2nd time this year(NYP)
Crime is down in #NYC, but #Brownsville is not seeing that at all. An in-depth look at the #Brooklyn neighborhood.(Daily Eagle)
2 Stabbed at Port Authority Bus Terminal(NYT)
Police Investigate After Man Claims He Accidentally Shot 2-Year-Old Son(CBS)


Monday
DA son of TV’s Judge Judy probed in forgery case: report(NYP)
Wrongly-jailed mobster to take stand, hope for ‘sympathy’ in new extort rap(NYP)
* The SAFE Act has led to a dramatic rise in the number of felony gun possession arrests in New York City, with 1,041 people being charged in the city since the law was enacted last January, the Daily News reports:
Suspect sought in Bronx armed robbery(WSJ)
Central Park mugger rejects flip phone(NYP)
Over the past 12 years, the Bloomberg administration made 6,773 municipal corruption arrests. That’s nearly double the rate of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who averaged 1,299 arrests per term, and far more than David Dinkins, whose one term yielded 431 corruption arrests.



Sunday
When the Mentally Ill Own Guns(NYT)
The mob murder at Rao’s that was sparked by a song(NYP)
Kips Bay Home Invaders Remain At Large
Police are looking for two men who robbed a Brooklyn man and his out-of-town friend at gunpoint in Central Park (NBC)
Police Seek Several In Connection With Robbery, Assault Of Man In Brooklyn (NY1)
Police Investigate Alleged Gunpoint Robbery In Central Park (NY1)
Knocked down, punched, kicked and robbed – police looking for Brooklyn gang(WPIX)
Woman nearly raped, then robbed in plain sight(NYP)
Brooklyn residents join together to stop mall violence after teens run wild at Kings Plaza (WABC)

 

Saturday
Tourists robbed at gunpoint in Central Park(NYP)
Cops blast pistol-packing gunman in shootout(NYP)
Acting as His Own Counsel(WSJ)
Accused triple murderer Salvatore Perrone is defending himself, although legal observers say his case illustrates the hazards of going to court without a lawyer.
FDNY burned by fake air conditioner repairs(NYP)
At Kings Plaza Mall for #1010WINS where 300 teens went on a 3-hr-long rampage smashing displays and hitting people http://tinyurl.com/lnhryed
City's Inmate Population Declines(WSJ)
Thief cuffed for robbing cancer patients, cops say(NYP)
Cop and his traffic-agent wife jailed after Christmas Eve fight(NYP)
Cops fatally shoot ‘armed thief’ in ATM heist(NYP)
Kings Plaza Mall Cracks Down On Minors Following Disturbance(NY1)
If NYC had Newark's homicide rate, there would have been roughly 3,100 murders this year, almost 30% higher than the 1990 peak.
Officer Kills Armed Suspect in the Bronx(NYT)
Manhattan federal court changes rules on judge-shopping(NYP)
SORRY BRO! NY man accidentally shoots his brother in drunken stupor then tries to dump gun on neighbor(NYDN)
The worst gang in the South Bronx: ‘Los Politiqueros’ revisited(Amsterdam News)
Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob(NYP)

Tuesday
State probing insurer for booting 2,000 doctors(NYP)
Six shot in Brownsville(NYP)
Five Wounded After Gunfire Erupts Inside Brooklyn Lobby (NY1)
City Ends Year With Record Low Crime Rate(NY1)
U.S. Judge Upholds Most New York Gun Limits(NYT)
Parks Dept. employee arrested in alleged underage sex assault(NYP)
Brooklyn man shot for 2nd time this year(NYP)
Crime is down in #NYC, but #Brownsville is not seeing that at all. An in-depth look at the #Brooklyn neighborhood.(Daily Eagle)
2 Stabbed at Port Authority Bus Terminal(NYT)
Police Investigate After Man Claims He Accidentally Shot 2-Year-Old Son(CBS)


Monday
DA son of TV’s Judge Judy probed in forgery case: report(NYP)
Wrongly-jailed mobster to take stand, hope for ‘sympathy’ in new extort rap(NYP)
* The SAFE Act has led to a dramatic rise in the number of felony gun possession arrests in New York City, with 1,041 people being charged in the city since the law was enacted last January, the Daily News reports:
Suspect sought in Bronx armed robbery(WSJ)
Central Park mugger rejects flip phone(NYP)
Over the past 12 years, the Bloomberg administration made 6,773 municipal corruption arrests. That’s nearly double the rate of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who averaged 1,299 arrests per term, and far more than David Dinkins, whose one term yielded 431 corruption arrests.



Sunday
When the Mentally Ill Own Guns(NYT)
The mob murder at Rao’s that was sparked by a song(NYP)
Kips Bay Home Invaders Remain At Large
Police are looking for two men who robbed a Brooklyn man and his out-of-town friend at gunpoint in Central Park (NBC)
Police Seek Several In Connection With Robbery, Assault Of Man In Brooklyn (NY1)
Police Investigate Alleged Gunpoint Robbery In Central Park (NY1)
Knocked down, punched, kicked and robbed – police looking for Brooklyn gang(WPIX)
Woman nearly raped, then robbed in plain sight(NYP)
Brooklyn residents join together to stop mall violence after teens run wild at Kings Plaza (WABC)

 

Saturday
Tourists robbed at gunpoint in Central Park(NYP)
Cops blast pistol-packing gunman in shootout(NYP)
Acting as His Own Counsel(WSJ)
Accused triple murderer Salvatore Perrone is defending himself, although legal observers say his case illustrates the hazards of going to court without a lawyer.
FDNY burned by fake air conditioner repairs(NYP)
At Kings Plaza Mall for #1010WINS where 300 teens went on a 3-hr-long rampage smashing displays and hitting people http://tinyurl.com/lnhryed
City's Inmate Population Declines(WSJ)
Thief cuffed for robbing cancer patients, cops say(NYP)
Cop and his traffic-agent wife jailed after Christmas Eve fight(NYP)
Cops fatally shoot ‘armed thief’ in ATM heist(NYP)
Kings Plaza Mall Cracks Down On Minors Following Disturbance(NY1)
If NYC had Newark's homicide rate, there would have been roughly 3,100 murders this year, almost 30% higher than the 1990 peak.
Officer Kills Armed Suspect in the Bronx(NYT)
Manhattan federal court changes rules on judge-shopping(NYP)
SORRY BRO! NY man accidentally shoots his brother in drunken stupor then tries to dump gun on neighbor(NYDN)
The worst gang in the South Bronx: ‘Los Politiqueros’ revisited(Amsterdam News)
Hundreds of teens trash mall in wild flash mob(NYP)


Man dead, dog injured in Coney Island shooting(NYP)
New legislation targeting biker gangs(NYP)
Bill would increase suspended license penalties(NYP)
New Data on Repeat Offenders(WSJ) City unveils a public database breaking down the recidivism information for every person charged with a crime in 2009
NYC has had 329 homicides thru Sunday, 20% less from 413 last year at this time. Last year's 419 total was a record low.
New York Is Said to Settle Suits Over Arrests at 2004 G.O.P. Convention(NYT)
Federal Court Alters Rules on Judge Assignments(NYT)
New Leader of Brooklyn's 71st Precinct Takes on 'Knockout' Attacks(Huff Post)
Staten Island marijuana kingpin allowed to marry & move(NYP)
Christmas Eve killing on Brooklyn street

Sunday
New ‘knockout’ attack(NYP)
Three dead in pre-Christmas carnage across NYC(NYP)
Wife rats out hubby’s illegal Super Bowl pools(NYP)
4 Suspects Held in Fatal Carjacking at Mall(NYP)
No Arrests in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run(NYT)
Biker gang victim speechless over attackers’ reduced charges(NYP)
Carriage driver charged with animal cruelty(NYT)





Saturday

Off-duty cop cop stabbed in neck during fight(NYP)
4 arrested in NJ carjack execution of lawyer protecting his wife(NYDN)
Another shameful #KnockOut attack in Flatbush.

Friday
Inmate: I forgive ‘racist’ judge in unjust slay rap(NYP)
The odd case of the Indian diplomat(NYP)
Four kids arrested, accused of string of ‘knockout’ attacks in Brooklyn. http://bit.ly/JP9Ykf 
Cops Release Surveillance Footage Of Suspects Wanted In Bronx Shooting 
Charges May Be Reduced for Bikers in Manhattan Highway Beating (NYT)


Thursday
Judge rages during slay sentencing for teen girl ‘Uzi’(NYP)
Queens killer rants about shot wife at sentencing(NYP)
Stray bullet hits 9-year-old in the Bronx(NYP)
Playboy car dealer gets 7 years for stealing millions(NYP)
Court Filing Shows Troubled Past for Suspect in Etan Patz Case(NYT)
Fury in India Over Diplomat’s Arrest in New York(NYT)
Report Finds Human Error in 911 Delay in Fatal Crash(NYT)
Judge won’t let mafioso attend Rangers game(NYP)
Man in murderous bus rampage gets 95 years to life(NYP)
Cops shoot armed teen in Brooklyn(NYP)

Wednesday
Jury awards convict $560G for false arrest(NYP)
Blind Man, Dog in Subway Fall(WSJ)
Mob attorney blames blowup on ‘pressure cooker’ city(NYP)
Cops on patrol arrest knife-wielding man minutes after attack(NYP)
Jury Convicts Wine Dealer In Fraud Case(NYT)
Gifts Enable Blind Man Who Survived Subway Fall to Keep Aging Guide Dog(NYT)



Tuesday

CCRB in first stop-frisk trial(NYP)
Hero cop nabs cell phone thief(NYP)
Cops nab OWS rapist on return to city(NYP)



Monday

NYPD looking into video of Santa-suited brawl (WSJ)

Sunday

Reverend Al Sharpton describes the knock-out game targeting Jews as "despicable" and "reprehensible" behavior

Police arrest twerking thief(NYP)

Saturday

Hair-care cocaine arrest at JFK(NYP)

Major subway crimes down(NYP)

Cop busted selling fake North Face jackets: NYPD(NYP)

A Year of Painful, Daily Reminders in Newtown

Friday

DA to charge frat members in hazing death(NYP)

Brooklyn eatery owner busted allegedly trying to push meth(NYP)

Cops probe rash of assaults on officers at city jails(NYP)

Super Bowl lockdown looming around Times Square(NYP)

Publishing Giant Pearson's Nonprofit Arm Settles Investigation (WSJ)

The nonprofit arm of publishing giant Pearson Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $7.7 million to settle an investigation into whether it improperly sent government employees on international junkets

Hunt on for livery cab robber(NYP)

Thursday

Judge: My reverse racism made me convict white ‘killer’(NYP) Retired Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Frank Barbaro wants a white man he convicted in 1999 of killing a black man to be freed — claiming Wednesday he based the verdict *Ex-Brooklyn Judge Seeks Reversal of His Verdict in 1999 Murder Case(NYT)

Police Break Up Luxury Car Theft Ring and Arrest 16(NYT)

Bronx Courts Make Gains in Reducing Case Backlog(NYT)

New York City Backs Off Moving Court to Tribeca(NYT)

The state correctional officers union launched an ad campaign attacking Cuomo for closing prisons and psychiatric hospitals, saying he is focused on New York City while upstate suffers, Gannett Albany writes:
New York State’s gun control rating from the Brady Campaign and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence was revised from “B+” to “A-” after pressure from gun control advocates, State of Politics writes:

Robbers caught twerking and grinding on video(NYP

Schneiderman Urges Theft Curbs on Phones (WSJ)

Unraveling the Lies Madoff Told (WSJ

NYC withdraws court move to TriBeCa (WSJ)
Cuomo dismisses pot legalization bill (NYDN)

Wednesday

$40,000 Crocodile Jacket Is Stolen From Men’s Store in ManhattanNYT)

Judge won’t drop shoplifting case against teen with dead baby(NYP)

Blood-covered naked man ‘hacked’ girlfriend(NYP)

Hasidic gay-bashers wore watchmen’s jackets, NYPD’s Ray Kelly says(NYDN)

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Judges Do Not Understand Gang Revenge

Cops, cuffed again(NYDN Ed)

Judges further hinder NYPD's fight against illegal guns. Late last week, an appeals panel threw out the conviction of a Bronx man because he was stopped and frisked based on anonymous tips that might — repeat, might — have come from an untraceable phone.

Tuesday

The right response to the ‘knockout game’(NYP)

Police search for Hasidic men in ‘bias’ attack(NYP)

Grocery big gets 5 years in prison for tax fraud(NYP)

Teen convicted of murder for gunning down rival gangbanger(NYP)

Man viciously attacked at Village train station: cops(NYP)

 A report issued by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gave New York a B+ and ranked the state fifth in the nation for its gun-control laws, as one of four states requiring universal background checks on firearm sales, Gannett Albany writes:

NYPD To Businesses: Turn Security Cameras Toward Streets - CBS New York

Black fashion student says Hasidic men attacked him, shouted anti-gay slurs in Williamsburg(NYDN)

Ray Kelly sees value in mapping car thefts, but not car crashes.

Those close to @AGschneiderman say Donald Trump and Hank Greenberg using state ethics panel to settle personal scores

Lawsuit: Cops wrongfully shot disturbed man, ‘dragged’ body(NYP)

 The state comptroller’s office will audit New York’s system for documenting hate crimes after a November report from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services showed hate crimes grew 30 percent between 2011 and 2012, Gannett Albany writes:

NYPD Maps Neighborhood Crime Statistics -- Interactive Map Lets Residents See Crimes on Their Blocks http://ow.ly/rApoW 

Sunday

Family’s ‘American dream’ built on knockoff goods: DA(NYP)

NYPD Searches For Suspect In Fatal Williamsburg Stabbing

NYC Unveils Interactive Online Crime Map

Shocking NYPD Video of Murder in Tompkins Houses. Help from pubic is sought 

Neighborhood Crime Stats are Mapped (WSJ)


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Crime At the Rink _____________________________________

IN COLD BLOOD: Two Shot At Bryant Park Skating Rink In A Fight Over A Coat UPDATE Teen in Custody 

NYPD is the only thing stopping kids killing kids(NYP Ed)

Marmot Mammoth’s ‘Biggie’ coat linked to city shooting violence(NYP)
Bryant Park ‘shooter’ all but confessed online(NYP)
Robbery Attempt Preceded Ice Rink Shooting, Police Say(NYT)

Shooting Rattles Bryant Park(WSJ)

Teen Charged in Bryant Park Shooting Following Facebook Confession
The @BryantParkNYC ice rink shooting suspect is all smiles and hurling curses on his way to arraignment http://nydn.us/1j0pCmV
‘F— all you!’ Teen charged in Bryant Park shooting smiles for cameras(NYP)
Not just Marmot: Belts also a favorite for thieves/(NYP)
Teen shot at Bryant Park loved basketball: family(NYP)
Teen suspect in Bryant Park shooting curses at reporters after being processed on attempted murder, other charges (WNBC)

Blood on the Bryant Park ice rink last night after an innocent teen was shot during a gunfight over a coat (NYP) * BREAKING: 16-Year-Old Taken Into Custody For Bryant Park Double Shooting -A 16-year-old boy has been taken ... -
ITwo shot at ice rink in Bryant Park, teen victim feared paralyzed as manhunt for shooter continues(NYDN)
Police Seek Gunman After Two Shot At Bryant Park Skating Rink( NY1)
Mayhem at Bryant Park; Innocent teen struck by gunfire(NYP)
Violent night: Four wounded in pair of shootings in Manhattan and Brooklyn(NYDN)
Two Men Shot at Bryant Park Skating Rink(NYT) 16-yo suspect arrested in #BryantPark shooting has 9 prior arrests including grand larceny, criminal possession of a weapon and robbery.

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Jail Union Attacks Justice
Prison Guard Union Gets Away With Protecting Their Members in A Jail Beatdown
A judge castigates the prison guards’ union(NYP Ed)  This week, Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas made a grave charge when he declared that on two consecutive days last month “our system of justice was under attack by outside forces.” These words were part of a tongue-lashing Judge Villegas aimed at the Correction Officers Benevolent Association. It stems from a job action that appears to have been called to prevent a prisoner from testifying against two Rikers guards charged with beating him and then covering it up. The prison guards on trial are Kevin Gilkes and Louis Pinto. The judge is angry because last month the man the guards are accused of beating up failed to make it to court in time for his scheduled testimony. The reason is union boss Norman Seabrook called prison-bus drivers out on a work stoppage. The judge says he will not allow the judicial system to be held “hostage” to this kind of attack — and threatened action should anything similar happen again.
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Disrupting the Criminal Justice

Seabrook’s mutiny(NYDN Ed)

The correction officers' union chief crosses a very serious line. The correction officers union — Norman Seabrook, president — flexed its muscle to keep a witness off the stand in a Bronx criminal case for fear that his testimony would send two of its officers to prison. A stunt like that would get a mobster busted.

Suit Accuses Rikers Officers of Illegal Strike(NYT)

The purpose of the work slowdown that sidelined 33 buses, the lawsuit suggests, was to prevent one particular inmate from testifying against two correction officers.* NYC files suit against correction officers' union(WSJ)

Lawsuit: Cops wrongfully shot disturbed man, ‘dragged’ body(NYP)
 The state comptroller’s office will audit New York’s system for documenting hate crimes after a November report from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services showed hate crimes grew 30 percent between 2011 and 2012, Gannett Albany writes:
Sunday
Family’s ‘American dream’ built on knockoff goods: DA(NYP)
NYPD Searches For Suspect In Fatal Williamsburg Stabbing
NYC Unveils Interactive Online Crime Map
Shocking NYPD Video of Murder in Tompkins Houses. Help from pubic is sought 

Saturday
Two-timed ‘Mob Wives’ hubby gets 7 years(NYP)
Predator gets max sentence for 2007 sex attack on child(NYP)
No such thing as a free ride: NY assistant attorney general may be in violation of ethics law over flight (NYDN)
Brooklyn man, 26, fatally stabbed in the back after stepping outside to buy cigarettes for his dad (NYDN)
Man stabbed to death in Williamsburg(NYP)
Cops shoot man swinging cane at patrol car(NYP)
Queens hit and run leaves pedestrian dead(WABC)
Man found fatally stabbed in Williamsburg(WABC)
Fridy
Hey, she was just a ho: Sick bid by killer’s lawyer)NYP)
Judge rips Rikers guard work stoppage(NYP) A Bronx judge lashed into prison guards and the union representing them Thursday for staging a Rikers Island work stoppage that prevented an inmate from testifying against two jail guards…
Bus shooter’s insanity defense fails; jury convicts(NYP)
Thursday
Negligence not cause of 3rd WTC collapse: court(NYP)
Man in Times Sq. shooting ‘talked to dead relatives’: cops(NYP)
Report Details the Extent of a Crime Lab Technician’s Errors in Handling Evidence(NYT)
Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square(NYT)
NYPD takes heat for stalling on electric bike ban enforcement(NYP)
Gambino associate gets 12 years for stabbing(NYP)
Wednesday

TRUMP V. SCHNEIDERMAN — They really don’t like each other — Vanity Fair’s William Cohan: The attorney general said Donald Trump “seems to be the kind of person who goes to the Super Bowl and thinks the people in the huddle are talking about him.” The self-promoting real estate manager said Eric Schneiderman is “a sleazebag and a crook who is driving business out of New York City.”
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn man walks free after 18 YEARS in prison and is now determined to prove 'dirty cop' beat him into confessing to killing 4-year-old girl — SEE THE VIDEO
Police Officer Charged in Queens Extortion Racket(NYT)
Suspect in Ice Rink Shooting Writes Apology to a Victim(NYT)
Tuesday

Bryant Park shooter apologizes to victim’s families
'I wanted to rip his head off': Mom of 14-year-old paralyzed in Bryant Park skating rink shooting comes face-to-face with gunman in court(NYDN)
AG ‘sucked up’ to Ivanka while investigating Donald(NYP) * Donald Trump will formally file a complaint against state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to the state Joint Commission Public Ethics, accusing him of violating the state public officers law during an investigation of Trump University, the Daily News reports:  * "Vanity Fair" Article Shows Donald Trump And Eric Schneiderman Really Don't Like Each Other(NYDN)
Admitted NYU Catholic Center rapist already behind bars(NYP)
Colombo associate gets lucky break from Brooklyn judge(NYP)
Corrupt cop busted in Albanian community shake-down scam: feds(NYP)
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Disrupting the Criminal Justice

Seabrook’s mutiny(NYDN Ed)

The correction officers' union chief crosses a very serious line. The correction officers union — Norman Seabrook, president — flexed its muscle to keep a witness off the stand in a Bronx criminal case for fear that his testimony would send two of its officers to prison. A stunt like that would get a mobster busted.

Suit Accuses Rikers Officers of Illegal Strike(NYT)

The purpose of the work slowdown that sidelined 33 buses, the lawsuit suggests, was to prevent one particular inmate from testifying against two correction officers.* NYC files suit against correction officers' union(WSJ)

Monday
Crackdown on subway beggars straining NYPD resources(NYP)
Teen homicide drop another victory for NYPD(NYP)

Judge the judges(NYDN Ed) Raising the bar for septuagenarian jurists
* Donald Trump attacked state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for only luring 97 new people to his ongoing lawsuit alleging that Trump’s “University” ripped off thousands of students, the New York Post writes:

Sunday
4 prison workers hurt in bloody Rikers riot(NYP)
Detectives’ Errors Were Just the Start of a Nightmare Case(NYT)
Traffic Agent Is Fatally Struck in Manhattan(NYT)


Saturday

Reality Intrudes at a Utopian Market in Brooklyn, With Light Fingers(NYT)

The Park Slope Food Co-op is a communal operation that seemingly operates on a higher plane, yet shoplifting is a growing problem

Oh, shoot, dad injures his son(NYP)
Drivers busted in post-Thanksgiving ticket blitz(NYP)

Friday
Queens man stabs wife: cops(NYP)
Cops probe another ‘knockout’ attack(NYP)
Bangladeshis Build Careers in New York Traffic(NYT)
Elderly woman latest ‘knockout’ victim(NYP)
Queens man stabs wife: cops(NYP)
Woman, 76, sucker-punched MINUTES after rally to end ‘knockout game’ (WPIX)

Thursday 
Another Brooklyn  Knockout

Another ‘knockout’ attack eyed(NYP)
Sharpton Condemns Knockout Attacks; Plans to Announce 'Next Move' (JP Updates)
gang assault(NYP)
Police: Examples Of Troubling ‘Knockout’ Game Popping Up All Over(WCBSTV) Recent Attacks Have Targeted Brooklyn Jews; 78-Year-Old Woman Latest Victim*
There's a trend of teens assaulting strangers by playing "The Knockout Game," and the media might be encouraging it. (WNYC)*Cops probing new NYC ‘knockout’ attack(NYP)

No Charges for Officers Who Killed Harlem Man(NYT)

Lawyers for Mohamed Bah’s family said police officers failed to follow protocol governing how they handle emotionally disturbed persons. The family has asked for a federal investigation.

Barneys to watch cops watching customers(NYP)
Inspector Who Pepper-Sprayed Protesters Is Ordered to Appear Before Panel(NYT)
NYPD Complaint Board Can Interview Deputy Inspector: Judge (WSJ)
Police Search For Man Who Allegedly Mugged 76-Year-Old Bronx Woman

Tuesday Wednesday
School didn’t call cops after teen shot in the face with BB gun(NYP)
NYPD memo clarifies ‘stop and frisk’ procedures(NYP)
Homicides among NYC youth down by almost half(NYP)
Elderly woman slugged in possible ‘Knockout’ attack(NYP)
NYPD Program Reduces Killings Among Young People: Officials (WSJ)
‘He’s screwed’: Cops find witness to ‘Santa subway push’(NYP)
Mom shot dead as son hides in apartment(NYP)
Jurors Deadlock in Harlem Police Officer’s Trial(NYT)
Life Term Given in Triple Murder Near Columbia University(NYT)
Jury Acquits Mobster in ’97 Killing of Officer(NYT)


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Knockout Wow Statement

1. 2. 
      Councilwoman’s black-Jewish resentment talk slammed(NYDN) Councilwoman-elect Laurie Cumbo, who is black, wrote on Facebook that black residents feared being ‘pushed out by their Jewish landlords.’ The Anti-Defamation League said the posting ‘evokes classic anti-Semitic stereotypes.’* .@HikindDov responds to Laurie Cumbo’s letter connecting ‘jewish landlords’ to ‘knockout game’ (NY Metro)
      

      
      

      Andrew J. Hawkins ‏@andyjayhawk 28m

      Incoming Councilwoman speculates that resentment of "Jewish success" fueling so-called "knockout game" http://dnain.fo/IsogGy 
   3. Michael Benjamin ‏@SquarePegDem 25m

      Dumb, dumb, dumb. This kind of excuse-making for criminality doesn't bode well for NYC over the next 4 long years. @andyjayhaw

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More Guns On the Streets
Every Candidate Running for Off This Year Promised to Take More Guns Off the Street

Twelve more shootings and 89 fewer guns recovered
Fewer guns seized since stop-frisk ruling(NYP) Since Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional three months ago, city cops have made nearly 12 percent fewer gun seizures.* Gov. Cuomo's gun-control laws may persuade gun makers to leave N.Y.(NYDN) “Of course, [Scheindlin’s] ruling is responsible for this,’’ a confident police source griped. “There’s a definite cause and effect here.” Less Murders Via City Hall: Through Sunday #NYC has seen 79 fewer #murders than at this point last year: 294 murders in 2013 v. 373 murders in 2012


7 Days No Murders in the City

Mayor's Office: City Has Gone Full Week Without A Murder (NY1)







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Race and Shootings Stats
 

RACE AND GUN SHOCK: NYPD report reveals 70% of shooters and victims in the Big Apple are black(NYDN) Data collected during the first six months of the year also reveal that 74% of the city's shooting victims were black, and an additional 21.5% were Hispanic. NYPD top cop Raymond Kelly has used similar numbers to justify stop-and-frisk, while black community activists say the frustrating statistics reflect the stark reality of economics in poorer neighborhoods.* Blacks also accounted for the majority — about 70% — of the 222 people arrested for shooting someone during the first half of 2013, according to the NYPD’s Crime and Enforcement Activity report.* Report: More City Police Involved In Shooting Incidents In 2012 Than 2011(NY1) * Missing: A promised street-level view of city crime(NY World) A new law required the city to produce a detailed map of crime incidents, but its deadline has come and gone without a
 launch

Another Brooklyn  Knockout

Police: Examples Of Troubling ‘Knockout’ Game Popping Up All Over(WCBSTV) Recent Attacks Have Targeted Brooklyn Jews; 78-Year-Old Woman Latest Victim

 

  

 

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NYP vs NYT On Crime Coverage
 
The NYP Offers A Stop and Frisk Lesson to the New Mayor From the Bryant Park Shooting

Bryant Park’s lesson for de Blasio(NYP) “Public safety is a prerequisite for the thriving neighborhoods that create opportunity,” de Blasio said Tuesday night. He could have been talking about the area around Bryant Park. Midtown and Midtown South are among the city’s fastest-growing areas, with the population up 10.9 percent from 2000 to 2010, five times the growth in the rest of the city. The number of children under 5 has soared 41.9 percent. Why? Look at the crime stats. Midtown South saw eight murders in 1990; four in 2001. Last year? One. And it had 4,227 robberies in 1990. Last year, 183.* * Vacating Shira: City takes Post’s tip(NYP Ed) The Post suggested the Bloomberg folks file a motion to vacate a federal judge’s ruling against stop-and-frisk, city lawyers announced they plan to do just that. * ‘F— all you!’ Bryant Park ‘shooter’ outburst(NYP) *  Iranian ‘murdered bandmates’ after group ousted him(NYP) * Kelly deputy makes pitch for NYPD’s top job(NYP) Rafael Pineiro, the New York Police Department’s first deputy commissioner, met secretly with de Blasio in Puerto Rico to make his case to be commissioner* About New York: In Policing Tactic’s Decline, Gift to Next Commissioner (NYT)

The NYT Reports On A Possible Hispanic Commissioner, Iranian Rock Band Murder and Says the Full Appellate Court Should the Scheindlin Decision 

New York Today: A Hispanic Police Commissioner?(NYT) * Bloody End for Iranian Rockers Seeking Musical Freedom in U.S.(NYT) * Yellow Dogs, Iranian Band, Earned Fans Through Intensity and Promise(NYT) * City’s Plan to Relocate 2 Agencies Stirs Anger(NYT) Residents and businesses say their neighborhood shouldn’t have to absorb the disruptions of people going to the Probation Department and summons court. * Ex-Mob Boss Gotti Stabbed on Long Island(NYT)
* The Next Step in Stop-and-Frisk(NYT Ed) The full appellate court should review the ill-advised decision to remove Judge Shira Scheindlin from the case.* Scorned by His Fellow Musicians, a Refugee From Iran Was Looking to Kill(NYT)
Daily News On Crime Rush this appeal (NYDN Ed) A showdown over the NYPD’s program of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people suspected of criminality fast approaches in the Manhattan federal appeals court — and the judges must decide the whole shooting match with lightning speed.

POLICE WATCHER WARNS OF MORE CRIME — Capital’s Azi Paybarah: “We are in for what I've been warning about, and we're already seeing it," said Councilmember Peter Vallone of Queens. "There's going to be a major crime increase,” he said referring to what he believes will be the effects of two new laws increasing oversight of the NYPD which passed with the vocal backing of New York City's next mayor.”* Ken Burns: Bill De Blasio Has Agreed To Settle 10-Year-Old Central Park Five Case http://huff.to/1bsqIYe  via @HuffPostNY
Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. failed to defeat two City Councilmen who supported reining in the Police Department.

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Judges Do Not Understand Gang Revenge

@SquarePegDem Appeals court judges don't live in areas of NY where gangs get even with NYPD tipsters. -

Cops, cuffed again(NYDN)

Judges further hinder NYPD's fight against illegal guns

Late last week, an appeals panel threw out the conviction of a Bronx man because he was stopped and frisked based on anonymous tips that might — repeat, might — have come from an untraceable phone.

 

Monday 
New York officials currently do not know the whereabouts of 467 convicted sex offenders, despite a state law that requires them to register each year on a state database, Newsday 

Murder, they wrote (NYDN Ed) New York's highest court rejects the too-drunk-to-be-guilty defense

Calling for help (NYDN Ed) Smartphone companies must join the fight against 'Apple-picking' robberies 

Inmate Dies After Falling Down Stairs at Manhattan Court(NYT)

Judge Is Asked to Toss Out Conviction in ’90 Killing of Tourist(NYT)

In his motion for a new trial, Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of stabbing Brian Watkins, cites a coerced confession and witnesses who placed him elsewhere.

Sunday
Santa look-alike ‘pushes’ elderly man onto subway tracks(NYP)
NYPD vs. Port Authority in WTC power struggle(NYP)
Elderly Man Critical After Being Pushed Off Subway Platform; Alleged Suspect Charged(NY1)

Victims’ families still in mourning 20 years after LIRR massacre(NYP)



Saturday

1 dead in spate of Bronx shootings(NYP)
Nurse admits stealing medical cocaine from hospital(NYP)
Pol: NYPD hides true hike in park crimes(NYP)

Friday

Man Indicted in the Killing of ‘Baby Hope’(NYT)
Murder Convictions Upheld in 3 Impaired Driving Cases(NYT)
Accused ‘Baby Hope’ killer told cops 4 different stories(NYP)
First day of freedom for innocent man in 25 years(NYP)
Ex-con busted in Midtown burglary spree(NYP)(NYP)
Cops cuff ‘subway robber’(NYP)
 * Mayor Michael Bloomberg is launching an investigation into the prison-guard slowdown that kept hundreds of Rikers Island inmates from reaching their court dates, allegedly a union ploy to block a prisoner from testifying against two guards who beat him, the Post writes:
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Another Child Shot 

Brooklyn girl, 14, shot in leg on way home from school — 3 years after brother drowned(NYDN)  Star student Tamia Tucker, 14, was hit in the leg at Sutter and Euclid Aves. at 3:30 p.m. The teen was listed in stable condition Friday night at Kings County Hospital, recovering from the wound to her left thigh.






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More Guns On the Streets
Every Candidate Running for Off This Year Promised to Take More Guns Off the Street

Twelve more shootings and 89 fewer guns recovered
Fewer guns seized since stop-frisk ruling(NYP) Since Manhattan federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional three months ago, city cops have made nearly 12 percent fewer gun seizures.* Gov. Cuomo's gun-control laws may persuade gun makers to leave N.Y.(NYDN) “Of course, [Scheindlin’s] ruling is responsible for this,’’ a confident police source griped. “There’s a definite cause and effect here.” Less Murders Via City Hall: Through Sunday #NYC has seen 79 fewer #murders than at this point last year: 294 murders in 2013 v. 373 murders in 2012


Thursday

Man accused in tragic boat crash admitted to ‘drinking all day’(NYP)
Rikers slowdown a ploy to delay inmate ‘beating’ testimony(NYP)
Cop shooter sentenced to 30 years(NYP)
Freed Brooklyn man toasts to his new life(NYP)

Freed Brooklyn man toasts to his new life(NYP)




Wednesday

NYPD feud over search of beaten cop’s car(NYP)
Bust in Central Park rape(NYP)
* The Court of Appeals ruled that New York judges must warn immigrant defendants that they face deportation if they plead guilty to a felony, after formerly ruling that deportation was a “collateral consequence” of a guilty plea, The New York Times writes: 
* The New York Police Department’s Annual Firearms Discharge Report showed that sixteen people were fatally shot by city police in 2012, the deadliest year for civilians involved in gunfire with officers in more than a decade, The Wall Street Journal reports:
* The Times’ Jim Dwyer examines New York City’s extensive use of “punitive segregation” in its jail system, meaning solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, noting the efforts of the city Corrections Department to curb its use: * Police Shooting Fatalities Jump(WSJ)
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn dad says daughter, 14, sent knife-wielding thugs to butcher him in his sleep in retaliation for alleged rape(NYDN)
NYU student avoids jail after admitting to swiping Apple gadgets(NYP)

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Judges Do Not Understand Gang Revenge

Cops, cuffed again(NYDN Ed)

Judges further hinder NYPD's fight against illegal guns. Late last week, an appeals panel threw out the conviction of a Bronx man because he was stopped and frisked based on anonymous tips that might — repeat, might — have come from an untraceable phone.

Tuesday

Man With Knife Fatally Shot by NYPD Officers in Brooklyn(WSJ)
Police Report Shows Increase in Fatal Shootings by New York Officers(NYT)
Report Documents a Rise in Fatal Shootings by the City’s Police Officers(NYT)
Charge Is Dropped in Beating Death in Harlem(NYT
Columbia blames hero detective for foot-chase injuries(NYP) Now these are some dim bulbs! Lawyers for Columbia University are blaming a hero detective — for running too fast to catch a drug dealer.

Thefts of Apple products continue to increase(NYP)
Memorial for slain members of Brooklyn band(NYP)
Man wanted for questioning in Central Park rape(NYP)
Sex assaults suspect on the loose(NYP)
City College students hit with riot charges(NYP)

* The state Committee on Open Government voted Monday to draw the Legislature’s attention to an exception in state law that keeps employment records for police, correction officers, and firefighters hidden from public view, the Times Union writes: http://bit.ly/1aODsnE

RT @NYDailyNews "Biker Cop" pleads not guilty in motorcycle mob attack. http://nydn.us/1jnrZAz

 

Watch the PIX11 News streaming LIVE: http://pix11.com/live/  pic.twitter.com/A7KGo8DcbI 

 

Monday
An off-duty police sergeant was brutalized in Queens Sunday(NBC)
Off-duty cop nearly beaten to death in brawl(NYP)
Entitled celebs get special treatment in court(NYP)
Off-duty NYC officer hospitalized after attack(WSJ)
Woman raped in NYC's Central Park(WSJ)
'STOP, YOU'RE ALREADY KILLING HIM!' Thug savagely beats off-duty cop outside Queens restaurant — then tries to break through car window and attack terrified wife(NYDN)
Police Investigate Alleged Sexual Assault In Central Park(NY1)
* The Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus launched its "Walk the Walk" campaign to pass immigration reform, marijuana decriminalization and an increase on the minimum wage, Politicker reports, http://bit.ly/1aC2Foo  

Sunday
Cops hunt thug in Gramercy push attack(NYP)
Brother Of Infamous Purple Gang Hitman Found Shot To Death In Bronx(NYP)
NYPD searching for rapist who attacked woman in Central Park(ABC)
Week After Shooting, Life Goes On at Bryant Park(NYT)

Saturday
On high alert: NYPD conducts drill at BK mall in response to Kenya terror attack(NYDN)
BLESSED BEARD: Fired Hasidic NYPD recruit found to be victim of religious discrimination over lengthy whiskers(NYDN)
Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime In Brooklyn

Friday

Baby Hope tombstone gets a name(NYP)
Hit man recalls cop slay(NYP)
Stalker Sabourin is the real passion victim(NYP)
Gangbanger convicted in shooting that killed innocent teen(NYP)
Woman, Guilty of Stalking Alec Baldwin, Gets 6-Month Term(NYT)
Survivor of Shooting Rampage Recalls Struggle With Killer(NYT)
Pooya Hosseini, who lived in the Brooklyn home where three Iranian musicians were killed, told of chatting with Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie and wrestling over his gun.
No Charges Against Cabby in Crash Injuring Tourist(NYT)

Bryant Park ice skating rink shooting didn't affect attendance: exec(NYDN)

NO CHARGES — amNewYork’s Ivan Pereira: A spokesman for the Manhattan District Attorney said there was not enough evidence to charge the cab driver who hit a pedestrian near Rockefeller Plaza in August. http://goo.gl/aLzhev


Thursday

WTC neighbors rip fortress mentality(NYP)
Mom of shot Bryant Park skater to sue, claiming lax security(NYP)
Bikers’ ‘threat’ to driver’s wife: You’re going to get it(NYP)
'You're going to get it too': Biker mob targeted wife of beatdown victim in callous SUV attack(NYDN)
Family of Brooklyn dad sues city for $10M after the father of 8 fatally collapsed during police raid(NYDN)
Cypress Hills armed robbery caught on camera


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NYP vs NYT On Crime Coverage
 
The NYP Offers A Stop and Frisk Lesson to the New Mayor From the Bryant Park Shooting

Bryant Park’s lesson for de Blasio(NYP) “Public safety is a prerequisite for the thriving neighborhoods that create opportunity,” de Blasio said Tuesday night. He could have been talking about the area around Bryant Park. Midtown and Midtown South are among the city’s fastest-growing areas, with the population up 10.9 percent from 2000 to 2010, five times the growth in the rest of the city. The number of children under 5 has soared 41.9 percent. Why? Look at the crime stats. Midtown South saw eight murders in 1990; four in 2001. Last year? One. And it had 4,227 robberies in 1990. Last year, 183.* * Vacating Shira: City takes Post’s tip(NYP Ed) The Post suggested the Bloomberg folks file a motion to vacate a federal judge’s ruling against stop-and-frisk, city lawyers announced they plan to do just that. * ‘F— all you!’ Bryant Park ‘shooter’ outburst(NYP) *  Iranian ‘murdered bandmates’ after group ousted him(NYP) * Kelly deputy makes pitch for NYPD’s top job(NYP) Rafael Pineiro, the New York Police Department’s first deputy commissioner, met secretly with de Blasio in Puerto Rico to make his case to be commissioner* About New York: In Policing Tactic’s Decline, Gift to Next Commissioner (NYT)

The NYT Reports On A Possible Hispanic Commissioner, Iranian Rock Band Murder and Says the Full Appellate Court Should the Scheindlin Decision 

New York Today: A Hispanic Police Commissioner?(NYT) * Bloody End for Iranian Rockers Seeking Musical Freedom in U.S.(NYT) * Yellow Dogs, Iranian Band, Earned Fans Through Intensity and Promise(NYT) * City’s Plan to Relocate 2 Agencies Stirs Anger(NYT) Residents and businesses say their neighborhood shouldn’t have to absorb the disruptions of people going to the Probation Department and summons court. * Ex-Mob Boss Gotti Stabbed on Long Island(NYT)
* The Next Step in Stop-and-Frisk(NYT Ed) The full appellate court should review the ill-advised decision to remove Judge Shira Scheindlin from the case.* Scorned by His Fellow Musicians, a Refugee From Iran Was Looking to Kill(NYT)
Daily News On Crime Rush this appeal (NYDN Ed) A showdown over the NYPD’s program of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people suspected of criminality fast approaches in the Manhattan federal appeals court — and the judges must decide the whole shooting match with lightning speed.

POLICE WATCHER WARNS OF MORE CRIME — Capital’s Azi Paybarah: “We are in for what I've been warning about, and we're already seeing it," said Councilmember Peter Vallone of Queens. "There's going to be a major crime increase,” he said referring to what he believes will be the effects of two new laws increasing oversight of the NYPD which passed with the vocal backing of New York City's next mayor.”* Ken Burns: Bill De Blasio Has Agreed To Settle 10-Year-Old Central Park Five Case http://huff.to/1bsqIYe  via @HuffPostNY
Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. failed to defeat two City Councilmen who supported reining in the Police Department.

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IN COLD BLOOD: Two Shot At Bryant Park Skating Rink In A Fight Over A Coat UPDATE Teen in Custody 

NYPD is the only thing stopping kids killing kids(NYP Ed)

Marmot Mammoth’s ‘Biggie’ coat linked to city shooting violence(NYP)
Bryant Park ‘shooter’ all but confessed online(NYP)
Robbery Attempt Preceded Ice Rink Shooting, Police Say(NYT)

Shooting Rattles Bryant Park(WSJ)

Teen Charged in Bryant Park Shooting Following Facebook Confession
The @BryantParkNYC ice rink shooting suspect is all smiles and hurling curses on his way to arraignment http://nydn.us/1j0pCmV
‘F— all you!’ Teen charged in Bryant Park shooting smiles for cameras(NYP)
Not just Marmot: Belts also a favorite for thieves/(NYP)
Teen shot at Bryant Park loved basketball: family(NYP)
Teen suspect in Bryant Park shooting curses at reporters after being processed on attempted murder, other charges (WNBC)

Blood on the Bryant Park ice rink last night after an innocent teen was shot during a gunfight over a coat (NYP) * BREAKING: 16-Year-Old Taken Into Custody For Bryant Park Double Shooting -A 16-year-old boy has been taken ... -
ITwo shot at ice rink in Bryant Park, teen victim feared paralyzed as manhunt for shooter continues(NYDN)
Police Seek Gunman After Two Shot At Bryant Park Skating Rink( NY1)
Mayhem at Bryant Park; Innocent teen struck by gunfire(NYP)
Violent night: Four wounded in pair of shootings in Manhattan and Brooklyn(NYDN)
Two Men Shot at Bryant Park Skating Rink(NYT) 16-yo suspect arrested in #BryantPark shooting has 9 prior arrests including grand larceny, criminal possession of a weapon and robbery.

Wednesday
Ex-Madoff accountant fingers ‘Ponzi’ honcho(NYP)
Ex-Madoff accountant fingers ‘Ponzi’ honcho(NYP)
Scion of Art Family, in Court, Admits Role With a Gambling Ring(NYT)
In Court, Baldwin Tells of Stalker ‘Out of Hitchcock’(NYT)
A group of Lower Manhattan residents are preparing to sue the New York Police Department over its proposed security plan for the World Trade Center site, saying it would be “fortresslike,” the Times writes: http://nyti.ms/1aEGTgx
WFP State Director Bill Lipton: “It’s time for New York to join the civilized world, treat kids like kids, and raise the age of criminal responsibility.”
Woman Accused of Stalking Baldwin Gives Her Side(NYT)


Tuesday

NY casino vote draws Steve Wynn out of Philly(NYP)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that New York state’s Sex Offender Registry now displays multiple photographs of convicted sex offenders to make them more recognizable to law enforcement and the public, with photos posted as they become available, Newsday reports: 

Shooter Targets a Band(WSJ)

Scion of Art Family, In Court, Admits Role With a Gambling Ring(NYT)

JUDGES OVERTURN GUN BUST — Anonymous tips questioned — Post’s Rich Calder: “A panel of Manhattan federal judges says cops must now investigate anonymous 911 calls before they can investigate the crimes being reported.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the conviction of an ex-con caught by cops carrying a gun in 2011 as two of the three judges on the panel found the anonymous tips the officers relied on didn’t offer enough 'reasonable suspicion' for them to stop and search the defendant Joseph Freeman…

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RAPE HORROR: Cops searching for sick perv who sexually assaulted woman at knifepoint as her 7-year-old daughter lay sleeping next to her(NYDN)


Monday

Gunman, three others dead in Brooklyn bloodshed(NYP)
More photos for NY Sex Offender Registry(NYP)
Murdered Chinese family laid to rest(NYP)
Bystanders Shot by the Police Face an Uphill Fight to Win Lawsuits(NYT)
Breaking: 4 killed in W'burg band feud http://nypost.com/2013/11/11/gunman-three-others-dead-in-brooklyn-bloodshed/ … @nypost says they're Iranian expats. These guys?:
Junior’ Gotti stabbed in fight, but won’t squeal(NYP)
Woman raped at home while daughter slept next to her(NYP)\
Bloody End for Iranian Rockers Seeking Musical Freedom in U.S.(NYT)

https://twitter.com/YellowDogsband
Brooklyn murder-suicide leaves 4 dead, 1 wounded http://dlvr.it/4JDNGK  #newyork #nyc 
“@DNAinfo: Breaking: a Williamsburg musician who was kicked out of his band killed his three bandmates this morning: http://dnain.fo/1btFmfJ ” 
Police & neighbors say a rock musician fatally shot 3 people, at least some of them his bandmates, in Brooklyn http://nyti.ms/17qz4jS
Cuomo will announce today that the state’s Sex Offender Registry will start displaying multiple photos of convicted perps so they will be easier to ID. 

Sunday

WHINE AND DINE: Mob lawyer says he's been target of 'hurtful' comments from steakhouse staff after scuffle(NYDN)

Police search for suspects in attempted Jane Hotel robbery(WABC)

Saturday

WANTED: M/30s 5'7" 170lb for attmpt RAPE of F/27 near Graham Ave/Scholes St Bklyn 11/8 #90Pct #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/N8ziZ27Gjz
Park Slope shooting leaves man in critical condition(NYP)
NEW RECORD: NYC goes a day with stabbing, killing or shooting for the SECOND time in less than a year(NYDN)
11 Motorcyclists Are Indicted in Assault on an S.U.V. Driver(NYT)
One Dead, Three Injured In Shooting At Wyckoff Gardens Houses In Brooklyn(NY1)


Tuesday

NY casino vote draws Steve Wynn out of Philly(NYP)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that New York state’s Sex Offender Registry now displays multiple photographs of convicted sex offenders to make them more recognizable to law enforcement and the public, with photos posted as they become available, Newsday reports: 

Shooter Targets a Band(WSJ)

Scion of Art Family, In Court, Admits Role With a Gambling Ring(NYT)

JUDGES OVERTURN GUN BUST — Anonymous tips questioned — Post’s Rich Calder: “A panel of Manhattan federal judges says cops must now investigate anonymous 911 calls before they can investigate the crimes being reported.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the conviction of an ex-con caught by cops carrying a gun in 2011 as two of the three judges on the panel found the anonymous tips the officers relied on didn’t offer enough 'reasonable suspicion' for them to stop and search the defendant Joseph Freeman…

” http://goo.gl/DDk4MJ
RAPE HORROR: Cops searching for sick perv who sexually assaulted woman at knifepoint as her 7-year-old daughter lay sleeping next to her(NYDN)


Monday

Gunman, three others dead in Brooklyn bloodshed(NYP)
More photos for NY Sex Offender Registry(NYP)
Murdered Chinese family laid to rest(NYP)
Bystanders Shot by the Police Face an Uphill Fight to Win Lawsuits(NYT)
Breaking: 4 killed in W'burg band feud http://nypost.com/2013/11/11/gunman-three-others-dead-in-brooklyn-bloodshed/ … @nypost says they're Iranian expats. These guys?:
Junior’ Gotti stabbed in fight, but won’t squeal(NYP)
Woman raped at home while daughter slept next to her(NYP)\
Bloody End for Iranian Rockers Seeking Musical Freedom in U.S.(NYT)

https://twitter.com/YellowDogsband
Brooklyn murder-suicide leaves 4 dead, 1 wounded http://dlvr.it/4JDNGK  #newyork #nyc 
“@DNAinfo: Breaking: a Williamsburg musician who was kicked out of his band killed his three bandmates this morning: http://dnain.fo/1btFmfJ ” 
Police & neighbors say a rock musician fatally shot 3 people, at least some of them his bandmates, in Brooklyn http://nyti.ms/17qz4jS
Cuomo will announce today that the state’s Sex Offender Registry will start displaying multiple photos of convicted perps so they will be easier to ID. 

Sunday

WHINE AND DINE: Mob lawyer says he's been target of 'hurtful' comments from steakhouse staff after scuffle(NYDN)

Police search for suspects in attempted Jane Hotel robbery(WABC)

Saturday

WANTED: M/30s 5'7" 170lb for attmpt RAPE of F/27 near Graham Ave/Scholes St Bklyn 11/8 #90Pct #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/N8ziZ27Gjz
Park Slope shooting leaves man in critical condition(NYP)
NEW RECORD: NYC goes a day with stabbing, killing or shooting for the SECOND time in less than a year(NYDN)
11 Motorcyclists Are Indicted in Assault on an S.U.V. Driver(NYT)
One Dead, Three Injured In Shooting At Wyckoff Gardens Houses In Brooklyn(NY1)


Friday

Trick or Treat — I'm robbing you: http://dnain.fo/17cF3TW  pic.twitter.com/tCek325b6M
Ex-hospital CEO gets prison for $300G kickback scheme(NYP)
NYPD Internal Affairs spies on cops, discriminates: lawsuits(NYP)
Boat Operator in Wedding Party Crash Indicted (WSJ)
Waterfront Commission Not Preventing Hiring on the Docs: Port Authority (WSJ) The anti-corruption watchdog on the docks of New York harbor isn't slowing down
Suspect stole jewelry, cash from NYC church(WSJ)
NYC man accused of workplace charity scam(WSJ)
Fed up mob attorney slugged ‘noisy’ diner: sources(NYP)
Detective Admits Spying on Colleagues(NYT

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who helped weaken a bill allowing the forced medication of dangerously disturbed individuals, is waffling about strengthening the law in the wake of the stabbing of an NYPD officerr(DN)

Kerik 2.0

Kerik, Out of Prison and More Subdued, Seeks to Rebuild His Reputation(NYT) The former New York City police commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, who served three years on fraud charges, hopes to build a new career as a speaker and consultant.

Aide to Letitia James found hanged in Bklyn. apartment(NYP)

A top aide to Public Advocate-elect Letitia James was found hanged on Thursday in his Brooklyn home, officials said. Cops found Alfred Chiodo’s body hanging in his Crown Heights apartment…

ThursdayCops injured making bust in Bushwick(NYP)
911 operators forced to work till they drop: lawsuit(NYP)
Bandana clad suspect shot victim 3 times in torso(NYP)
Charges in Boat Crash That Killed Bride-to-Be and Best Man(NYT)


Tuesday
Potholes to blame for child’s death: SUV ‘killer’s’ lawyer(NYP)
City Councilwoman Fires Staffer Who Supported Bikers Involved In Manhattan Road Rage Incident 

The Times lists the major issues involved with Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to build new commercial towers in Midtown East in Manhattan, including transit bottlenecks, air rights, and preservation of “elegant” older buildings: http://nyti.ms/HR4QKK

With 7000 Cops Cut From the Force Crime is Up

In 12-month period ending June 30, NYC saw 6.5% rise in murder & 3.7% rise in robbery & 4.9% rise in felony assault 

Violent crime surges in city: rape up 32 percent, murder and robbery also spike(NYDN) * Crime on the climb(NYP)

 

 

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NYP vs NYT On Crime Coverage
 
The NYP Offers A Stop and Frisk Lesson to the New Mayor From the Bryant Park Shooting

Bryant Park’s lesson for de Blasio(NYP) “Public safety is a prerequisite for the thriving neighborhoods that create opportunity,” de Blasio said Tuesday night. He could have been talking about the area around Bryant Park. Midtown and Midtown South are among the city’s fastest-growing areas, with the population up 10.9 percent from 2000 to 2010, five times the growth in the rest of the city. The number of children under 5 has soared 41.9 percent. Why? Look at the crime stats. Midtown South saw eight murders in 1990; four in 2001. Last year? One. And it had 4,227 robberies in 1990. Last year, 183.* * Vacating Shira: City takes Post’s tip(NYP Ed) The Post suggested the Bloomberg folks file a motion to vacate a federal judge’s ruling against stop-and-frisk, city lawyers announced they plan to do just that. * ‘F— all you!’ Bryant Park ‘shooter’ outburst(NYP) *  Iranian ‘murdered bandmates’ after group ousted him(NYP) * Kelly deputy makes pitch for NYPD’s top job(NYP) Rafael Pineiro, the New York Police Department’s first deputy commissioner, met secretly with de Blasio in Puerto Rico to make his case to be commissioner* About New York: In Policing Tactic’s Decline, Gift to Next Commissioner (NYT)

The NYT Reports On A Possible Hispanic Commissioner, Iranian Rock Band Murder and Says the Full Appellate Court Should the Scheindlin Decision 

New York Today: A Hispanic Police Commissioner?(NYT) * Bloody End for Iranian Rockers Seeking Musical Freedom in U.S.(NYT) * Yellow Dogs, Iranian Band, Earned Fans Through Intensity and Promise(NYT) * City’s Plan to Relocate 2 Agencies Stirs Anger(NYT) Residents and businesses say their neighborhood shouldn’t have to absorb the disruptions of people going to the Probation Department and summons court. * Ex-Mob Boss Gotti Stabbed on Long Island(NYT)
* The Next Step in Stop-and-Frisk(NYT Ed) The full appellate court should review the ill-advised decision to remove Judge Shira Scheindlin from the case.* Scorned by His Fellow Musicians, a Refugee From Iran Was Looking to Kill(NYT)
Daily News On Crime Rush this appeal (NYDN Ed) A showdown over the NYPD’s program of stopping, questioning and sometimes frisking people suspected of criminality fast approaches in the Manhattan federal appeals court — and the judges must decide the whole shooting match with lightning speed.

POLICE WATCHER WARNS OF MORE CRIME — Capital’s Azi Paybarah: “We are in for what I've been warning about, and we're already seeing it," said Councilmember Peter Vallone of Queens. "There's going to be a major crime increase,” he said referring to what he believes will be the effects of two new laws increasing oversight of the NYPD which passed with the vocal backing of New York City's next mayor.”* Ken Burns: Bill De Blasio Has Agreed To Settle 10-Year-Old Central Park Five Case http://huff.to/1bsqIYe  via @HuffPostNY
Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. failed to defeat two City Councilmen who supported reining in the Police Department.