#Self-defense Tasers and stun guns surge in popularity

#Self-defense Tasers and stun guns surge in popularity

“#Self-defense Tasers and stun guns surge in popularity” Manhattan developer Daniel Neiditch has equipped 15 of his employees with New York City’s latest must-have accessory: stun guns and Tasers. “Crime is out of control in the city and everyone’s scared,” Neiditch told the Post. “It’s gotten so bad since the pandemic. I’ve watched apartments and…

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#Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, dead at 81

#Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, dead at 81

“#Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, dead at 81” Mobster Peter Gotti, the one-time Gambino crime boss and successor to brother John “Dapper Don” Gotti, died in North Carolina where he was serving time in federal prison. He was 81. Gotti, who had been sentenced to 25 years in jail after being convicted in 2003…

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#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops

#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops

“#NYC subway is safe, but needs more cops” The MTA insisted Saturday that it’s safe to take the subway after a string of assaults that left two homeless riders dead last week and countless others shaken.  Still, officials are again calling for more cops and mental health services to deal with the violent mentally ill…

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#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave

#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave

“#NYC subway rider describes deterioration of system amid crime wave” Like many other straphangers, Pamela Dayton feels increasingly anxious about taking the subway. The 62-year-old actress, who lives in Hudson Heights, rides the A train and relies on the 181st Street station in Manhattan, where a crazed Rigoberto Lopez allegedly stabbed two straphangers last weekend. Authorities…

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#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform

“#Elderly NYC man mugged on Brooklyn subway platform” A 68-year-old man was mugged on a Bay Ridge subway platform, cops said Friday. The victim was walking on the platform for the southbound R train at Fourth and Bay Ridge avenues around 3:30 p.m. Thursday when an unknown man with an accomplice clocked him in the…

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