Arrests of panhandlers and subway performers has risen by 271% since police commissioner Bill Bratton has taken over, Business Insider reports. Bratton thinks that getting rid of illegal performers is somehow linked to crime prevention, but the young UK filmmaker Scott Carthy disagrees. Watch his short documentary above. As they practice on a Brooklyn rooftop, their dancing […]
Waiting for a delayed train is one of the small agonies of New York City life. As the minutes stretch on, it becomes less and less certain that a train is ever coming, and people begin to worry they’ll be trapped there forever. The MTA doesn’t offer any solace. Even if there is an announcement, […]
Saturday marked the fourth day of continuous protests in New York City for Eric Garner and more are expected on Sunday. The royals arrive from the UK this afternoon and the NYPD is beefing up security to make sure no one bothers them. Meanwhile, at a demonstration against police violence in Berkeley, police responded with […]
Two years after Hurricane Sandy hit, there’s still work to be done on subway tunnels that were flooded. A Masshole shot himself by mistake, in the leg, at Port Authority. Kenyans run tings at the NYC marathon. There’s a weird cult in Murray Hill. The NYPD doesn’t look too happy about this Halloween costume. Giant […]
With more protests held in Brooklyn on Sunday, the public is questioning “broken windows” theory more than ever. Written in 1982, the theory dictates that punishing smaller crimes to maintain social order deters bigger crimes, although no scientific proof qualifies this opinion. Currently, the theory is under fire over recent recorded acts of police brutality during minor crime policing, such as the death of […]
