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On pace to surpass the 173 pedestrians killed by cars in 2013
January 19, 2014- The Post reports, “Three pedestrians were struck by cars — two fatally — in a spate of Saturday crashes, topping off an already brutal start to the new year on city streets….The accidents put the city on … Continue reading
NYPD refuses to charge taxi drivers
January 12, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV has been the recipient of several assaults by TLC-licensed livery cab drivers over the last several years, as we successfully cleaned up the residential streets that had been serving as parking zones … Continue reading
Young boy killed by taxi in front of father
January 11, 2014- The Post is reporting that a 9-year-old boy was struck and killed by a yellow taxi as the father watched in horror. The two were crossing a residential street on the Upper West Side. This same type … Continue reading
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Gang with knives beat, rob two people Downtown
January 10, 2014- DNAinfo reports, “A trio of armed robbers struck Lower Manhattan in back-to-back attacks last week, threatening a man with a knife near Pace University and then beating a woman to the ground in TriBeCa shortly afterward, police … Continue reading
Judge denies FiDi lawsuit to block a criminal court on John Street
January 8, 2014- The judge has declined to sign the OTC Temporary Restraining Order, citing that the case is unlikely to win on merits. Therefore, the community will have to spend considerable time and money to fight this in a … Continue reading
FDNY, NYPD retirees ‘fake 9/11 illnesses’ as part of Social Security disability scam
January 7, 2014- The Post reports on what is the lowest form of crime: exploiting those who died on 9/11/2001, “More than 100 suspects – many of them retired city cops and firefighters falsely claiming they were traumatized on 9/11 … Continue reading
Activist blogger sued by slumlords
January 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD When I read this in the WSJ, I immediately thought of the similarities to what I am trying to achieve locally with BatteryPark.TV. The blogger being sued will likely prevail, by the … Continue reading
Patron robbed while inside The Dead Rabbit
January 6, 2014- A patron was robbed while drinking inside the Dead Rabbit on Water Street, according to a local police blotter. Recall, in our review of this establishment, we warned of the safety hazards. Review: The Dead Rabbit cocktail … Continue reading
Bikes stolen, PEP don’t notice
December 13, 2013- This bike used to be chained along with a matching bike of a different color, on Rector Place and South End Avenue. Someone cut the lock and stole the seconds bike. The PEP did not take it, … Continue reading
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Cops make arrest in ‘knockout’ spree
January 4, 2014- The Post reports, “The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force busted a Brooklyn man for at least seven “knockout” assaults, cops said Friday. Barry Baldwin, 35, punched out the victims between Nov. 9 and Christmas Eve in Canarsie … Continue reading
Another City Parks employee arrested
December 30, 2013- If the NYPD use the motto “City’s Finest”, then the Parks Department should be branded “City’s Worst”. Yet another park officer was arrested for a crime. The Post reports, (more…)
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New state laws to curb motorcycle gangs
December 23, 2013- The Post reports new laws are planned to stiffen penalties against motorcycle gangs, in the wake of the roadside beating last vvv, “Sen. Adriano Espaillat, whose district includes Washington Heights, where the violence took place, and Assemblywoman … Continue reading
Armed robbery of jewelry store in Tribeca
December 18, 2013- WABC reports, “There is chilling surveillance video of a jewelry heist in Manhattan. The video shows two men forcing their way into the back of a jewelry store on Nassau Street in TriBeCa on Saturday. A worker … Continue reading
TriBecans win, prevent city from moving criminal court to W. Broadway and Thomas
Update December 12, 2013- The owners of Odeon prevailed in their lawsuit to prevent to criminal court from relocating next to their restaurant. The NY Times reports, “With neighborhood backing, the Odeon’s owner, Lynn Wagenknecht, sued, claiming that the city … Continue reading
City official guilty of corruption
December 9, 2013- This has nothing to do with New York, but we can sure dream of a day that we see some of our own local crooks hauled off to jail. “Angela Spaccia, the former second in command in … Continue reading
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WSJ explains how cotton and other commodities are often counterfeit
December 9, 2013- Perhaps inspired by our stories, our friends at the WSJ have an article today explaining how “cotton” and other commodities are often of poor quality, or counterfeit. “Jesse Curlee is on a mission to stamp out textile … Continue reading
New crime map rolled out by the city
December 8, 2013- The city and NYPD rolled out the court-mandated new website that details all of the crime reports, by location, on an interactive map. In Downtown, note that the dangerous assaults took place in FiDi near the Staten … Continue reading
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NYPD no longer releasing crime data to reporters
December 7, 2013- DNAinfo reports, “The NYPD has ordered the city’s 77 police precincts to stop giving out any information to the media about crimes taking place in their neighborhoods…according to a terse NYPD edict transmitted citywide, precinct commanders were … Continue reading
Drunk businessman provokes homeless man in Teardrop Park, gets stabbed
November 12, 2013- The recent reporting of a stabbing in front of Asphalt Green (212 North End Avenue) was not all that it seemed. BatteryPark.TV has exclusively learned that the 50-year-old homeless man, who stabbed another 33-year-old man from Staten … Continue reading
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Bombshell: a real criminal court is coming to 66 John Street
October 22, 2013- At the CB1 meeting, more than 150 people showed up to protest the planned relocation of a criminal court to 71 Thomas Street, which is in Tribeca by the Odeon restaurant. After what seemed to be trickery, … Continue reading
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