This morning at 1 Police Plaza, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly announced a new citywide campaign to combat domestic violence. Beginning today, advertisements will be displayed on bus shelters, phone kiosks, and newsstands across the five boroughs in English, Spanish, and Russian. The objective of these ads, not unlike the familiar "If You See Something, Say Something" posters found throughout the subway system, is to encourage New Yorkers to speak up if they suspect a family member, friend, coworker or neighbor is the victim of domestic violence. “Silence is an accomplice of domestic violence,” said the police commissioner. “That’s why people should heed the message of this campaign, ‘Don’t mind your own business.’” more ›

A week ago, several hundred protesters ran through Lower Manhattan on a "Wildcat march" that was coordinated around other May Day protests. Some black bloc tactics were used, but most of the violence was directed towards photojournalists, as several fought with protesters who were attempting to damage their cameras or prevent them from covering the march. A thread on Anarchist News calls the photographers "vultures" and notes, "journalists are fucking enemies." But how many protesters actually believe this? And what does it say that a faction of anarchists seem to be taking a page from the NYPD in limiting what press can and cannot cover? more ›

NYPDRob, AKA The Reddit Cop returned to the online forum yesterday to answer more questions about his job and the department, and he doesn't disappoint in dropping eye-opening, "man we wish more cops would speak their minds" knowledge. The officer defends stop-and-frisk, as "an excellent tool," writing, "If someone gives me a good description, chances are in a city of 8 million people there are going to be a handful of people who are innocent but still fit that description." more ›

Last week we learned that the NYPD and the FBI attempted to glean information on the May Day protests by executing bench warrants on people they believed were involved with planning Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and interrogating them. One of those people, who goes by the pseudonym Shawn Carrié, spoke to WNYC about how he was detained by the NYPD on May Day for over 13 hours on a warrant for a public urination charge that didn't belong to him. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, two police officers arrested two farebeaters at a Brooklyn subway station...and discovered one of them had a loaded gun. more ›

Either somebody is really into selling scrap metal these days, or an incredible art show is coming to Bushwick soon. Just after we were left giggling over somebody robbing more than 30 NYC manholes of their covers comes word that somebody else (or maybe the same somebody?) went and stole a slew of iron tree guards from Times Square's Restaurant Row. And unlike ConEd, the Times Square Alliance is offering a reward for anyone who can help them catch the culprit. more ›

The Bronx DA's office previously announced that the police officers who beat 19-year-old Bronx resident Jateik Reed in January weren't being investigated for committing a crime, despite the fact that authorities dropped the drug-related charges against Reed. That may change now that NY1 has obtained a surveillance tape that shows that police likely did not have reasonable suspicion to stop Reed, contradicting sworn police statements that Reed had bags of drugs that he threw on the ground. more ›

Two off-duty police officers were involved in a shootout with a 19-year-old in the Bronx last night. According to the NYPD the officers, who have not been identified, were off-duty and heading home after their tours around 8 p.m. when they say they noticed a young man firing a gun into St. James Park in the Bronx. When they approached him, he fled. Then, he reportedly turned around and fired at the officers. more ›

Emergency services in Manhattan responded to three different "jumper down" calls this morning—one at a very tony address. Police are now investigating all three cases. more ›

A 77-year-old Holocaust survivor is claiming in a federal lawsuit that an NYPD officer punched him in the face during a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway. In the court documents obtained by the Post, Miklos Muller admits that in November he ran a red light on Woodhaven Boulevard and was pulled over moments later on the LIE. “They flashed their lights and I pulled over to the side . . . One cop started screaming at me, ‘You almost killed me,’ and punched me through the open window," Muller says. more ›

Police are currently looking for a fortysomething man who allegedly attacked his bus driver yesterday morning in East Harlem. For unknown reasons the man apparently punched the driver, a 58-year-old woman, in the face before jumping off the bus and making a run for it. more ›

iPhone-related thefts are up 44 percent this year, but that doesn't really seem to bother Mayor Bloomberg. At his budget announcement yesterday Hizzoner was asked about the spike in crime and replied nonchalantly that, "If the worst problem we have is iPhone stealing..." Then he turned to the police commissioner added, "Ray, you’d better get on this iPhone right away. This is serious!" Somehow we suspect the parents of the chef killed for his iPhone, or the teen stabbed in the face for his, or the 81-year-old pushed in the subway tracks for his, wouldn't appreciate the mayor's tone. more ›

The NYPD is looking for the public's help in finding a man suspected of punching then robbing someone near Central Park on Wednesday. The weapon of choice? An ice pick! more ›

The driver of a privately operated garbage truck struck and killed a pedestrian in Hell's Kitchen earlier this morning at 3 a.m. The victim has not yet been identified pending notification of his family, but the NYPD press office says he was 23 years old. According to a preliminary investigation, the man was crossing 10th Avenue at 45th Street when he was fatally struck by the truck, which was heading northbound. more ›

Shortly after yesterday's May Day rally in Union Square, we witnessed what we could only assume were three plainclothes NYPD officers detain a woman and search her bag, before leading her through the crowd and into police custody. Several times the officers are asked to identify themselves, and refuse. According to the NYCLU's Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn, plainclothes officers must identify themselves by name, rank, and shield number upon request, per the department's patrol guide. more ›

Cameraphones, the best tool going to prevent subway touching? The NYPD is actively seeking not one but two alleged subway perverts caught on camera by their victims. Both are said to have recently behaved inappropriately towards women on the subway. more ›

Over 50 protesters [Ed: as of 2 p.m. today the count is 97] were arrested yesterday during a series of demonstrations organized by Occupy Wall Street to commemorate May Day. Prematurely dubbed a "dud" by Reuters, the long series of events that spanned many hours and much of the city itself culminated in tens of thousands of union members, students, and other demonstrators marching at a snail's pace down Broadway. Later that night, several thousand protesters massed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza in Lower Manhattan before the police forced them to disperse or face arrest. more ›

Did you read the story of the alleged father-son pimp team working a livery-based "brothel on wheels" and think 'eh, needs more celebrity?' Well, you asked for it. Let's throw a little Mary Kate Olsen and Heath Ledger into the mix. more ›

At least six people were arrested after hundreds of protesters streamed through the streets of Chinatown, SoHo, and eventually the West Village in a march that began with several violent arrests at Sarah Roosevelt Park and ended at Washington Square Park. For much of the march, the NYPD kept its distance as the demonstrators, many clad in black with their faces covered, overturned trash cans and newspaper boxes, and dragged NYPD barricades out into the street. more ›

Yesterday, envelopes containing a suspicious white powder were sent to seven Manhattan locations: Five were Wells Fargo branches; one was the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase; and another was the mail sorting room for Mayor Bloomberg. Hazmat teams were dispatched to the various locations, but ultimately the police found the substance to be corn starch. However, some of the envelopes did contain a note, with the words, "Happy May Day," and "This is a reminder that you are not in control. Just in case you needed some incentive to stop working. We have a little surprise for you. Think fast." more ›

The big lawsuit filed by City Council members and Occupy Wall Street protesters wasn't the only civil lawsuit filed against the NYPD in federal court today! Another lawsuit, specifically concerning the NYPD's barricading of protesters at a demonstration last November, was filed today, seeking unspecified damages and an injunction stopping the NYPD from engaging in such tactics. more ›

Four New York City Councilmembers and a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters announced the filing of a big federal civil rights lawsuit (read it in full below) against the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg. Councilmembers Letitia James, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumaane Williams appeared at a press conference at City Hall this morning to announce their lawsuit, which accuses the NYPD of routinely violating First Amendment rights and using excessive force to suppress dissent. Their lawsuit calls for the creation of an "outside monitor" to police the police. more ›

Seven people are dead after a car plunged over 100 feet off the Bronx River Parkway and landed in a ravine early this afternoon. According to an NYPD spokesperson, the car was carrying four adults and three children and was traveling southbound on the Bronx River Parkway when it hit the median, swerved across all lanes of traffic and went over the railing, landing in a ravine just south of the Bronx Zoo. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] An NYCLU legal observer was arrested during an OWS march in front of an MTA building in Lower Manhattan yesterday. This reporter was standing 20 yards north of the incident and didn't witness the arrest, but videographer Tim Pool captured Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona speaking forcefully to the legal observer, then pulling her into the street by her arm to be arrested. Cardona is best known for punching protester Felix Rivera-Pitre in the face for seemingly no reason at a demonstration on October 14 of last year. more ›

The police are looking for the public's help in identifying and finding a man accused of punching a MTA subway conductor last week. And the NYPD has also provided a rather vivid sketch of the suspect. more ›

Tyre Davis, the 17-year-old Bronx teen who last year was allegedly beaten in an an alley by two NYPD officers, has filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD. The suit is in addition to assault charges he filed last summer against officers Joseph Murphy and Jose Ocasio. Davis is seeking unspecified damages for having his civil rights violated. more ›