#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 14, 2021” COVID cleanseIt doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the transit system was and is a possible spreader of COVID (“Fight over scrubways,” Feb. 11). But City Council members and transit advocates know better. Really? I didn’t know they were infectious-disease experts. They should have…

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#Cop who posted racist remarks online suspended from NYPD

#Cop who posted racist remarks online suspended from NYPD

“#Cop who posted racist remarks online suspended from NYPD” A high-ranking NYPD cop who had reassigned after accusations he posted hundreds of vile, racist remarks online has now been suspended without pay, The Post has learned. James Francis Kobel — a 30-year-veteran and the former commanding officer of the NYPD’s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity…

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#‘Sopranos’ star Steve Schirripa takes on campaign role in Brooklyn race

#‘Sopranos’ star Steve Schirripa takes on campaign role in Brooklyn race

“#‘Sopranos’ star Steve Schirripa takes on campaign role in Brooklyn race” This “Sopranos” star is offering Brooklyn voters a candidate they can’t refuse. Brooklyn-born-and-bred actor Steve Schirripa, best known as toy train-loving mobster Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri on the hit show, has taken on a new role as a political operative. Schirripa, 63, has quietly begun…

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#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development

#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development

“#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development” Council Speaker Corey Johnson rolled out a long-shot and long-range plan Wednesday aimed at breaking what he sees a New York City housing development logjam — a plan that would mandate development goals for each of the city’s 59 community districts and then let their individual boards…

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#How NYC’s DNA database helps solve crime — and prevent it

#How NYC’s DNA database helps solve crime — and prevent it

“#How NYC’s DNA database helps solve crime — and prevent it” In October, the City Council introduced a bill to limit the NYPD’s collection of DNA samples. Co-sponsors Diana Ayala and Donovan Richards seek to prevent gathering samples from minors without their knowledge or parental consent. But if anything, new research suggests we should not…

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