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Police unions should be able to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy violated civil rights even though the city no longer wants to fight, union lawyers argued Wednesday.
New York’s police commissioner Raymond Kelly said he understands the sensitivity for minority communities of the controversial stop-and-frisk police practice, but doesn’t support changing it.
A new police precinct in Central Park opened on March 26 after years of renovation.
Friends, family, politicians, and dignitaries attend the funeral of Ed Koch, former New York City mayor.
As people are mourning the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin, city and community leaders are raising concerns for the safety of the large Sikh community in New York.
More than a dozen well-built NYPD officers lined up on 119th Street in Harlem. They were prepared for some action: tug-of-war with the Police Athletic League (PAL) children at the summer program’s kickoff Tuesday.
Murders and deaths caused by fire were at a near record low in 2011 in New York City probably thanks in part to advanced technology, gun control, and fast ambulance response times.
