#Police in riot gear enforce Washington Square Park curfew

#Police in riot gear enforce Washington Square Park curfew

“#Police in riot gear enforce Washington Square Park curfew” Chaos erupted in Washington Square Park on Saturday as NYPD officers tried to enforce a newly-instated 10 p.m. curfew. Police in riot gear clashed with scores of parkgoers who stayed in the Greenwich Village space past deadline. At least 22 people were arrested for unlawful assembly…

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#10-year-old boy killed in NYC shooting

#10-year-old boy killed in NYC shooting

“#10-year-old boy killed in NYC shooting” A 10-year-old boy was killed and a man was wounded during a drive-by shooting in Queens on Saturday, police and sources said. The child and a 29-year-old man were walking into a building at 342 Beach 45th St. in Far Rockaway around 9:30 p.m. when gunfire broke out, according…

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#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless

“#We know how to handle NYC’s homeless” Subway shovings, sucker punches and slashings by raving homeless madmen have rightly grabbed headlines and put New Yorkers on edge. What’s most infuriating is that it’s all largely preventable: City government used to know how to protect the public; we should be doing better now — including for…

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#Man slashed during argument on NYC train

#Man slashed during argument on NYC train

“#Man slashed during argument on NYC train” A straphanger was slashed on his head and hand during a fight with a man and woman on a Bronx train late Friday night, police said. The argument began on the uptown No. 2 train and escalated at the Freeman Street station in East Morrisania around 11:50 p.m.,…

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