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Police Looking for Meat Cleaver-Wielding Mugger

Police Looking for Meat Cleaver-Wielding Mugger

The NYPD released a photograph of a man who attacked a woman with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn two weeks ago. Yes, a meat cleaver! more ›

Man Suspected of Three Subway Robbery Attacks

Man Suspected of Three Subway Robbery Attacks

  • September 10, 3PM, at Broadway and 40th Street entrance of the Times Square station: The man grabbed a 37-year-old woman on the stairs, pushed her to the ground and took her purse. The victim needed stitches.The suspect is described as a black man between 30-40 years old and around 6'3". If anyone has information, call Crimestoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
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  • MTA Looks at Remote Safety Devices for Track Workers

    MTA Looks at Remote Safety Devices for Track Workers

    The ProTran1 ProTracker Personal Pocket Device (PPD) Is a handheld R.F. transceiver designed to automatically send and receive digital commands to/from the ProTran1 ProTracker Train Unit. This unit will alert the user by an audible/vibrating alarm to an approaching train.ProTran1 co-developer Peter Bartek told the Post he started work on the Pro-Tracker "after a friend was killed while working on Boston's subway tracks." more ›

    Kalikow Makes Things Happen in His Backyard

    Kalikow Makes Things Happen in His Backyard

    This could also be titled "Kalikow Doesn't Care As Much About Non-Hamptons People." After receiving a complaint about the Montauk LIRR station, MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow took care of the matter immediately. Corcoran agent and Montauk resident Deanna Banks wrote a letter to Hamptons.com saying that after leaving a message with Kalikow's secretary, the secretary called to say, "Mr. Kalikow said he would make efforts to fix the parking lot." Potholes were filled nine day later, ugly railroad ties are being removed, and a new shelter is being built. more ›

    7th Avenue Subway Station Robberies Mean Racial Profiling?

    7th Avenue Subway Station Robberies Mean Racial Profiling?

    A series of robberies at the 7th Avenue F train subway station in Park Slope has allegedly prompted the NYPD Transit captain to order officers to "stop all black male teens" there, according to the NY Post. Cops are apparently supposed to stop and question teens, while filling out "250 forms." This, of course, has set off a frenzy from different unions and organizations. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Assication's Patrick Lynch said, "Ordering police officers to stop every black male teenager is against the department's racial-profiling prohibition and creates more trouble for the officers than it will solve," while 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care head Eric Adams said, "We're going to go to the Seventh Avenue station and do observations," given the NYPD's past abuse using 250 forms. more ›

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