Rep. King Rips Gov. Christie For Criticizing NYPD Muslim Surveillance
Peter King said Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie is letting his personal feelings get in the way of protecting New Jersey residents from terrorism.
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Peter King said Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie is letting his personal feelings get in the way of protecting New Jersey residents from terrorism.
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street movement are now calling Union Square their new home base after a dramatic and sometimes violent face-off between police and protesters stretched into the early morning hours.
The NYPD stresses there is no specific threat against New York City, but has added extra patrols at 50 locations in response to the seemingly religiously motivated murders in Toulouse, France.
It was St. Patrick's Day and NYPD Sgt. Robert Critelli was checking bags at Grand Central when someone ran up yelling about a man on the subway tracks.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said that while there is no specific threat against New York City, authorities are still increasing security as a precaution.
Some New York City Council members contend the NYPD used excessive force in its handling of the weekend protests, but Bloomberg refuted the notion, saying the police know how to handle a crowd.
Police spokesman Paul Browne confirmed Sunday that the department was seeking a subpoena to identify the person.
When the victim threatened to call 911, police said one the suspects took out a star shaped badge and said he was cop while the second suspect said he was an immigration officer.
Recounting in vivid detail the alleged attack, the 25-year-old victim -- with tears in her eyes and a look of utter contempt -- pointed to Officer Michael Pena to identify him in court as the man she says raped her last summer in Inwood.
New York City's top cop was grilled Thursday during a City Council committee hearing over the NYPD's controversial surveillance of Muslim communities and stop and frisks.
Official say on Feb. 27, Luis Martinez opened fire when officers Thomas Richards and Thomas Dunne approached him on Columbia Street near the Bernard M. Baruch Houses.
Officers in Queens used an iPhone app Wednesday to track down a city worker who allegedly ran off with his 1-year-old daughter after assaulting his wife, police said.
The woman alleges the incident occurred at 3:50 a.m. Sunday, police said. He has not been charged.
The preliminary plan for the site calls for barricades and four checkpoints for cabs, delivery trucks and private cars.
The NYPD released surveillance video of a man suspected of robbing vendors eight times in the last two weeks, mostly in Elmhurst, Queens.
The disclosure of the NYPD's expanded surveillance of Muslims prompted criticism for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Some politicians and law enforcement officials critiqued the program.
Moira Ann Smith was one of 23 NYPD officers killed on September 11th. She evacuated hundreds of people out of Tower Two on that fateful day.
The New York Police Department's surveillance of muslims has garnered intense scrutiny and prompted a backlash, and now the Occupy movement is apparently upset about expanded surveillance as well.
Police say the shooting happened near 174th Street and Bronx River Ave.
The reports indicate cops collected information on businesses owned by second and third generation Americans, specifically because they were Muslims, and ignored members of other religions in the same ethnic communities.
The New York Police Department and FBI are increasing their efforts to nab one of the city's most-wanted bank robbers responsible for at least six armed heists over the past seven months.
Police are currently looking for a suspect that they believe committed five burglaries throughout Queens, all of which took place between Jan.15 and Feb. 22.
Police say two men, one dressed as a woman, tried to rob a pharmacy on Saint Pauls Place just before 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The attorney general made the remarks at a Senate hearing when asked by Sen. Frank Lautenberg how a law enforcement agency could spy on another state's residents without notifying authorities.
Topping the list is the Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County, where there have been 15 deadly accidents involving pedestrians from 2008 to 2010.
