There's a lot of things that stink in Hunts Point, but the NYPD has been making a concentrated effort over the last months to clean it up by bringing down one of the largest gangs in the area, the "Satan's Bloods." Over 32 members and associates of the drug syndicate were arrested in morning-raids yesterday, or already in custody. "This is in the top-10 bad places I've ever lived - and I've lived in some bad places. It's the slum of slums, but maybe they did some good out here today," resident Thomas Gibson told the News. more ›

Following yesterday's alert about an increase in gang activity last night and tonight, one reader writes in saying that "the faces of three Brooklyn women have been slashed ... The Bloods are out all day and tonight working on their initiations. Supposedly they have to slice 31 people to get initiated into the gang?" And another reader writes, "I have a friend at a hospital uptown, and she said word is that a few victims are currently being treated." more ›