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(Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are searching for a mugger who allegedly attacked and robbed a 47-year-old woman walking home from a bodega on July 4. The suspect trailed his victim down Avenue S after she left a store on Coney Island Avenue around 10:30pm, according to the
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A teenage bicyclist was killed Sunday night during a head-on collision with a drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach, police say. Sean Ryan, 17, was riding his bicycle north in the median on Gerritsen Avenue around 9pm
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An NYPD boat sailing near Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park. (Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/9418909587/in/photolist-fmjnET-asdAtn-fmjmdD-97dEAQ-97ayvg-eDtzCA-eDtzWN-eDnsDv-eDtAcJ-eDtA1u-eDtzUq-eDnsLD-a3QHK5-fmjszk-fmyvHm-fmyCyQ-fmjomF-aXhedF-8CiWDU-97dFbq-bEoEam-rxqET4-rzbHEf-h5aRv7-eDnsPP-eDtA3b-eDtzWU-eDtzBJ-eDnsH6-eDnsEz-eDtA1J-eDtA2Y-eDtzYo-eDnsQi-eDnsBD-eDtzZy-eDtzXU-eDnsKX-eDnsF2-eDtzAw-eDnsHi-eDtA1m-eDnsM8-eDnsDt-eDnsKa-eDtA4E-fmjpYt-fmyzKU-fmyAFu-eDtzAJ
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The chicken burrito at Pequeña. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation Thursday, requiring police to report use of force as well as officers’ civil infractions in order to increase transparency of the NYPD. The bills — Intro. 606, Intro. 539, and Intro. 0824 — require the NYPD to issue quarterly
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation Thursday, requiring police to report use of force as well as officers’ civil infractions in order to increase transparency of the NYPD. The bills — Intro. 606 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2103615&GUID=
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The City Council passed a package of legislation Thursday requiring police to report use of force as well as officers’ civil infractions in order to increase transparency of the NYPD. The bills — Intro. 606 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2103615&GUID=
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A victim outside a Brooklyn mosque was harassed and cursed at by two men Wednesday night. (Courtesy: Islamic Society of Bay Ridge / Facebook)By Elizabeth Elizalde Two men allegedly shouted an anti-Arab slur at a man outside a Brooklyn mosque, and police are investigating the altercation as a possible hate
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A victim outside a Brooklyn mosque was harassed and cursed at by two men Wednesday night. (Courtesy: Islamic Society of Bay Ridge / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/IslamicSocietyBayRidge/photos])Two men allegedly shouted an anti-Arab slur at a man outside a Brooklyn mosque, and police are investigating the altercation as
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A scene from Victoria Nicodemus’ vigil. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.)Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today that the driver charged with killing Victoria Nicodemus [/?s=nicodemus] was arraigned and has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and more. 39-year-old Marlon Sewell of Brownsville
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Anti police violence activists on Flatbush Avenue, June 13, 2016 (Photo by Erik McGregor [https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcito/albums])On the one year anniversary of Sandra Bland, a Texas woman killed in police custody, nearly 1,000 activists took to the streets of Flatbush Wednesday night to demand
Police & Fire
New York City streets have seen fewer robberies, shootings, and car thefts during the first half of the year, police officers announced Monday at One Police Plaza. There were 445 recorded shooting incidents citywide over a six-month period compared to a total of 555 in 2015, according to crime statistics