#Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022” What Blas owesCouncil Members Joann Ariola and Robert Holden are 100% correct (“DeBt collection plan,” May 8).Former Mayor Bill de Blasio should have his pension docked until all the money is paid back for his misuse of city services.If he needed that security while running for president…

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#Rikers Island sees surge of stabbings and slashings

#Rikers Island sees surge of stabbings and slashings

“Rikers Island sees surge of stabbings and slashings” It’s a bloodbath on Rikers Island.  In 2021, the complex saw 419 total slashings and stabbings of inmates and corrections officers — a 1,097 percent increase from 2011 — according to figures shared during a public Department of Corrections meeting earlier this week. In that same time,…

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#NYPD cops shoot, kill armed suspect in the Bronx

#NYPD cops shoot, kill armed suspect in the Bronx

“NYPD cops shoot, kill armed suspect in the Bronx” Police shot and killed an armed man in the Bronx on Friday night after he fired at two plainclothes detectives, sources and authorities said.  The shooting unfolded after the cops, members of the narcotics division, came upon a dispute between at least two people at Seneca…

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#Man refuses to back down after being shot in NYC

#Man refuses to back down after being shot in NYC

“Man refuses to back down after being shot in NYC” A tough-as-nails gunshot victim refused to back down during an argument in the Bronx — even after taking a bullet to the foot, newly released video shows. The surveillance clip shows the two men arguing outside 140 West Fordham Road in University Heights just before…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 14, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 14, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 14, 2022” The Issue: A man who injured an officer in a shootout while he was out on bail for another crime. Mayor Adams correctly fumed over the shootout death of Rameek Smith that occurred while he was released on bail and participating in the Brooklyn Mental Health Court…

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