Central Brooklyn
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A recent bribery scandal involving the NYPD and members of the Shomrim, an all-volunteer Jewish security patrol, has drawn a glaring media spotlight on how the two organizations function together—and occasionally clash—while enforcing neighborhood justice. Today’s New York Times article [http:
Central Brooklyn
Still image of Alex Lichtenstein as seen on CBS News/New York.The de Blasio administration has frozen two City Council grants intended for an Orthodox Jewish security patrol in Borough Park. Mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton announced this week that $35,000 intended for the Borough Park Shomrim would not
Central Brooklyn
A member of Borough Park’s Jewish community safety patrol is the latest to be implicated in the massive NYPD bribery scandal that recently snagged several South Brooklyn top cops. Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein, 44, was arrested and slapped with bribery and conspiracy charges in connection with his efforts to pay
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)Kensington’s Pakistani community [/photos/thousands-of-people-celebrate-pakistans-independence-day-at-brooklyn-mela-on-coney-island-avenue/#.VrO7yDYrJ8c] is taking a leading role in keeping the area safe. A civilian patrol, created last summer to protect the Little Pakistan commercial district along Coney Island Avenue following a series of armed robberies in 2014, reports that
Central Brooklyn
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A series of car vandalisms have been plaguing 20th Avenue and 21st Avenue in Borough Park, and now the NYPD is issuing a warning for drivers in the area. “Be sure to park your cars in well-lit areas and don’t leave anything of
Bensonhurst
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A series of car vandalisms have been plaguing 20th Avenue and 21st Avenue in Borough Park, and now the NYPD is issuing a warning for drivers in the area. “Be sure to park your cars in well-lit areas and don’t leave anything of
5822 16th Avenue
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/David-Greenfield-66th-Precinct-rally.jpg]Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield’s office Following the horrific murder of Police Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/nyregion/officers-deaths-acutely-felt-in-brooklyn.html] in Bed-Stuyvesant on Saturday, more than 150 community members joined Councilman David Greenfield [http://council.
Borough Park Shomrim
A woman is accused of snatching two young children from the backyard of a Borough Park home, setting off a two-hour search and rekindling memories of the tragic Leiby Kletzky abduction and murder [http://nypost.com/2014/04/27/woman-abducts-two-children-from-brooklyn-yard/]. Jewish Politics and News Updates [http://jpupdates.com/2014/04/
Borough Park Shomrim
David Flores, the man acquitted of attempted murder after shooting four Borough Park Shomrim members, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for possessing an illegal firearm on Friday. Flores was arrested in 2010 after he fired his illegally obtained weapon on a group of Shomrim members [/masturbating-man-claims-gun-was-only-used-to-protect-himself-from-angry-mob/]. Members of
Borough Park
UPDATE (11:23 a.m.): The sentencing of David Flores has been postponed to January 17 because the pre-sentencing report was not ready. Councilman Greenfield, via Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYCGreenfield/status/420224757439942656], notes that Flores pleaded guilty to an additional charge at today’s hearing, this time for scamming
Borough Park Shomrim
Councilman David Greenfield’s [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] fourth annual Greenfield Classic softball game brought residents from across the district last night to watch our 66th Precinct defeat the Borough Park Shomrim 24-9 to tie the all-time series at two games apiece. Attendees enjoyed complimentary