In June, disgraced community affairs cop Wilfredo Rosario was convicted of sexually assaulting two immigrant mothers whom he'd offered to "help" with after-school program paperwork for their kids. But Rosario was defiant to the end at his sentencing yesterday, telling the judge, "I never once tarnished my shield. The truth will come out." To which Judge Daniel FitzGerald replied, "Mr. Rosario, the truth did come out. You've stained the reputation of every decent, hardworking police officer on the force. You've made every officer's job that much more difficult by driving a wedge of mistrust between him and every citizen he needs to deal with." more ›

EVENT: Berlin takes over New York this month with the Berlin in Lights Festival. Through the 18th you can soak up the German city through film, music, art, architecture and more. This evening you can check out a couple of Berlin-esque events. First up is the "Urban Design and Memorials" dialogue. A panel discussion which will touch on the "challenges of integrating memorials into the urban fabric, and how Berlin and New York address issues... more ›

Last month, Representative Anthony Weiner released a report showing that 85% of registered sex offenders live within 5 blocks of NYC schools (here's a PDF of the report). Included in the report was a map illustrating this point; the report says, "Cartographers at the Library of Congress have plotted the location of every school and every sex offender in New York City on a map. Every sex offender is represented by a red dot, every school is a blue building on the following page." more ›