Police: Man Stole Purse From 70-Year-Old Woman In The Bronx
The incident happened last Friday around 1:40 p.m. near East 183rd Street in the Belmont section of the borough.
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The incident happened last Friday around 1:40 p.m. near East 183rd Street in the Belmont section of the borough.
Bloomberg said he has no intention of announcing who he's backing, leaving the door open to possibly change his mind before November.
The accident happened at around 6:30 p.m. on the express tracks. Service was disrupted on the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines in Manhattan due to the police investigation.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is expanding a program in which the interrogations of felony suspects are recorded after their arrests.
City Council Speaker and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn announced last week that city lawmakers had reached a deal to install an inspector general to monitor the department.
The station house was built in 1871 for use as a horse stable and storage facility before the New York City Police Department took over the building in 1936.
The incident took place took place just after midnight Monday morning, and was caught on tape.
The victim was identified Monday as 35-year-old James Minor of Poughkeepsie.
Joseph Brown has been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the Friday afternoon shootings, police said.
Speaking on his weekly radio program, Bloomberg responded to a question about the possible domestic use of drones by the NYPD or another entity, calling it "scary."
Friday's clash of the two political titans came as the mayor is furiously trying to derail a council bill to have an inspector general monitor one the of the Police Department's signature crime fighting tools: stop and frisk.
There was a show of frustration outside federal court on Friday as the city defended its practice of stopping and frisking potential suspects in high-crime areas.
A 14-year-old boy at Richmond Hill High School has been charged as a juvenile for allegedly threatening to shoot a school dean who had suspended him.
Authorities said a Brooklyn couple set out to open a babysitting business where they would drug and molest the children in their care.
A New York City police officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault.
"The bill being considered by the City Council would undermine the accountability that has been essential to the department's success and make our city less safe," Bloomberg said Wednesday.
Officer Adhyl Polanco secretly recorded precinct roll calls at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx in 2009.
Responding officers found the 47-year-old victim unconscious and unresponsive with blunt force trauma to the upper torso and head, police said.
Nakita Briggs, 20, is wanted for custodial interference after police said she took her 1-year-old nephew from his foster home without permission.
The proposal has been championed by civil liberties advocates and others troubled by some of the department's practices, including stop and frisk.
The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of some of the stops, with lawyers arguing the policy unfairly targets minorities.
There's a renewed push for New York City to follow most other major cities and set up an inspector general's office to oversee police policies like stop-and-frisk. But, election year politics could play a big role, WCBS 880's Alex Silverman reported.
A civil case has begun in Manhattan to determine whether the tactic unlawfully targets people on the basis of race.
The fire broke out inside the fourth floor of a brownstone at 977 Grant Avenue. The call came in around 3:10 Sunday morning. It took 60 firefighters about a half an hour to bring the fire under control.
The NYPD "stop and frisk" policy is set to face its biggest legal challenge this week, with a federal civil rights trial on whether the tactic unfairly targets minorities.
