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NYC subway hack bested MTA's new gates, but stopping fare-beating is still vital
After the MTA spent $700,000 to install new entry gates at an NYC station to combat turnstile jumping, a subway hack proved that the design is more vulnerable to fare-beaters...
3 suffering moms whose kids were killed by guns beg NYC Council not to override Adams' veto of cop reporting bill
Three heartbroken moms of kids who died from gun violence begged the city council not to override Mayor Adams' veto of a controversial NYPD bill that Hizzoner has said would...
Ex-NYPD commish says Adams' foes on 'foolish' cop-stops bill just want to 'weaken mayor' for next election
"Possibly the [speaker] of the City Council, Miss Adams, has the idea that if they can kneecap the mayor, well — who knows? — maybe they can be considered for...
Bill Bratton's right, Mayor Adams: Don't surrender to pro-Hamas 'protester' goons
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is right: The city needs to start treating unruly pro-Hamas “protesters” as the goons they are.
Unruly pro-Palestinian protesters must face charges to 'screw them up' if they keep getting busted, ex-commish says
Anti-Israel protests have been an ongoing trend in the city as Israel continues its relentless military campaign in Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on the Jewish nation.
NYPD, pols trash City Council push for cops to record ALL encounters with public — even if they just ask for directions
The City Council is preparing to pass a measure that would force the NYPD to file millions of reports on even the most minor or low-level encounters with New Yorkers,...
Hamas 'day of jihad' brings fight to NYPD: Pray the peace holds
As the city prepares for massive demonstrations in Times Square and elsewhere, don’t dismiss the barbarity of Hamas because the terror group is based halfway around the world. Its members...
How to halt New York's ubiquitous illegal pot blight
There have now been a reported more than 8,000 unlicensed “dispensaries” that are now currently operating in the Big Apple.
Ex-top cop slams NYC's vending machine for drug addicts: 'The world has turned upside down'
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday ripped the city for installing a street vending machine that caters to drug addicts by offering such items as crack pipes, lip balm...
Yes: This IS the most lawless Gotham's ever been
Visionaries, like former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, helped mayors from all political backgrounds establish order in this way. We can do it again.
Ex-NYPD Commish Bill Bratton backs George Grasso for Queens DA
Grasso, an ex-Queens Supreme Court justice, has announced he's challenging sitting District Attorney Melinda Katz for the job in this year's Democratic Party primary.
How farebeating 'tears the social fabric'
MTA chief Janno Lieber is entirely right: Farebeating "tears at the social fabric," wreaking damage far beyond the mere theft.
Want a weapons-free subway? Enforce farebeating
Another weekend, another spate of subway stabbings, almost unheard-of in the quarter-century before 2020.
You've got to find new answers on crime, Mayor Adams
Mayor Eric Adams needs to look at what he can do to slow the city's crime surge if lawmakers refuse to roll back bail reform.
Adams must heed Bratton's warning over the NYPD exodus blues
Kudos to Mayor Eric Adams for his unequivocal defense of NYPD officers involved in two shootings over the weekend.
Bratton warns NYPD will suffer 'crisis'-level shortage of ranks
Bill Bratton is warning that the city will face a "crisis"-level shortage of Finest over the next few years due to the spate of departures among frustrated ranks and the...
'Almost deja vu' Adams patrols subways with NYPD cops amid surge in transit crime
Adams says that when he was a transit cop on patrol, he was always on the lookout for potential victims -- and freely admits having profiled people.
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on how to fix crime in NYC
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton discussed the city's crime surge and what he would do to reverse the dangerous trend.
Albany has undermined the supervised-release program, making the city more dangerous
As police commissioner, Bill Bratton had fully supported a citywide Supervised Release program – until Albany dismantled its usefulness by tearing down courts.
Straphanger threatened by knife-wielding maniac was former top NYPD official
The subway rider menaced by a knife-wielding man hissing, “I’ll take your head off your f--king neck!” was a former top NYPD official, according to ex-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.