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NYPD sex crimes division is still understaffed, council member says
Helen Rosenthal on what’s lacking within the unit where change is needed.
Education
NYC is moving almost 5000 school safety agents out of the NYPD. Will that help calm fears about policing in schools?
The city is working on completing the transition by June 2022, leaving the school safety agents under the oversight of the Department of Education.
Opinion
Editor’s note: A jarring subway attack
Sending more police officers underground may help straphangers feel safer to return to their routines.
Budget
Police funding returns as issue in NYC budget
The mayor doesn’t propose more cuts to the NYPD, but police reform activists still want them.
Police Brutality
Could crime tip the scales of the mayoral race?
Voters have responded positively to Eric Adams and Andrew Yang, who both oppose defunding the police.
NYPD
How does the Civilian Complaint Review Board work?
Investigating police misconduct.
Criminal justice
The police are watching you, and some lawmakers aren’t happy about it
Concerns about police surveillance hardly begin and end with “digidog.”
NYPD
Should cops have to live in NYC?
It could improve community relations, but unions object and even some reform advocates are unenthused.
NYPD
Why New York City hasn’t gotten police overtime under control
The NYPD has blown past its nominal cap for years without consequence.
Opinion
Don’t let de Blasio’s policing reform plan weaken accountability monitors
Don’t merge the CCRB, NYPD inspector general and the Commission to Combat Police Corruption.
Opinion
The police reform that wasn’t
After George Floyd was killed, New York City only pretended to change policing.
NYPD
NYC pols want to change NYPD’s role at polling sites
The proposal follows cops’ forceful presence during the election.
NYPD
What is the Defund the Police movement about?
Is it a viable criminal justice solution?
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NYPD
How New York City settles lawsuits with protesters who sue cops over aggressive tactics
The city has a history of settling lawsuits filed by protesters alleging unjust treatment at the hands of the NYPD, but for some a settlement isn’t enough.
NYPD
Civil rights activists question NYPD preparation for protests
Progressives at non-violent protests get arrested while conservative protests have broken the law with impunity.
NYPD
The NYPD has a surveillance problem
The department is facing multiple lawsuits over the use and disclosure of its digital surveillance practices.
NYPD
NYPD allows Borough Park protesters to break law with impunity
Heavy-handed tactics against Black Lives Matter protests were absent Tuesday night.
Coronavirus
The MTA’s doomsday scenario and NYC reexamines chokehold law
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Opinion
Bring back Bill Bratton to fight crime and police brutality
The turnaround artist could be a bridge to a NYPD commissioner of color.
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