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Eric Garner suit won't feature testimony from de Blasio, top NYPD officials
A spokesman for the city Law Department said in an e-mail to The Post on Friday that the de Blasio administration is "pleased" with the court's ruling.
Ex-NYPD top cop James O'Neill to be coronavirus supplies point person
The city’s new coronavirus senior adviser hit the ground running Thursday, saying his first mission from the mayor is getting critical supplies to the hospitals that need them the most....
Former NYPD top cop James O'Neill returning to fight coronavirus
Former NYPD commissioner James O'Neill has been tapped as Mayor Bill de Blasio's coronavirus senior advisor, City Hall announced Wednesday afternoon. “How could you not want to help this great...
'How safe do you feel?' NYPD to spend $4.1M to survey residents on cellphones
The NYPD has awarded a $4.1 million contract to a Brooklyn tech start-up to ask residents: “How safe do you feel in your neighborhood?” After paying the company Elucd Inc.,...
Cop says NYPD orchestrated revenge for arrest of 'well-connected drunk'
It started as just another police DWI stop on Manhattan’s Lower East Side — a gold, two-seater Audi with three people crammed inside, including a driver who reeked of booze....
Lawyers accuse NYC of withholding evidence in lawsuit over racist arrest quotas
Lawyers for an NYPD sergeant suing over allegedly racist arrest quotas claim city lawyers are doing all they can to stonewall his discrimination lawsuit -- including withholding evidence and trying...
NYPD welcomes Dermot Shea as its new top cop
The nation's largest police force has a new leader. Dermot Shea became the 44th Police Commissioner of the NYPD Sunday — taking the reins from James O'Neill after a three-year...
O'Neill defends stop-and-frisk after Bloomberg apology
"It helps us get weapons off the street, it helps keep the city safe," the commissioner said in an interview with 1010 WINS's Juliet Papa. "But it has to be...
NYPD can claim subway crime is down because it only focuses on felony stats
The NYPD is able to claim that crime is down in the subways because it only focuses on stats tied to serious felonies — which ignores thousands of offenses including...
NYPD's second-in-command 'disappointed' he wasn't made police commissioner
"What do you think? Of course you're disappointed," First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker said to laughter at a press conference on crime statistics, also attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
James O'Neill's private-sector gig revealed
Police Commissioner James O'Neill will head Visa's physical security when he leaves the NYPD next month, the credit card company said in a statement Tuesday. O'Neill, who announced his retirement...
Goodwin: NYC needs a true reformer to be the next mayor
New York is a city of some 8.6 million souls. But is there a single reformer in the house who wants to be the next mayor? The question is an...
Incoming NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea worried about bail-reform law
Outgoing NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill is not the only person who lies awake at night mulling criminal justice reform. His newly appointed successor, Dermot Shea, said Tuesday that he and...
De Blasio blasted for hiring 'another white guy' to run the NYPD
A Queens assemblywoman says she has a big problem with Mayor de Blasio’s decision to name NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea as the department’s next top cop – because...
With O'Neill's resignation, who's going to clean up de Blasio's mess now?
You picked a fine time to leave him, O’Neill. The mayor, that is. NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill’s dramatic departure from the department, announced with virtually no notice Monday afternoon, caps...
Meet new NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea
Incoming NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea is part new-school thinker, part throwback. Shea, 50, who has spent more than half of his life with the department, is widely known as a...
O’Neill fumed about criminal justice reforms before resigning
Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced his resignation Monday amid record-low New York City crime rates — while privately warning that extreme criminal-justice reform could unravel the hard-won gains. “It’s only...
NYC’s new police commish takes over as job’s becoming even more brutal
Commissioner of the New York Police Department is a brutal job these days, so it’s a credit to James O’Neill that he made it three years. Cross your fingers that...
James O'Neill leaving post as NYPD commissioner for private-sector gig
James O’Neill formally stepped down as NYPD commissioner in a City Hall press briefing on Monday afternoon, leaving after three years in the post for a private-sector gig. “I came...
NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea to be named next commissioner
NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea will be named the department’s next Commissioner when outgoing top cop James O’Neill steps down on Monday afternoon, City Hall announced. Shea will assume...