#ZeroVision: Deputy Inspector Lance @NYPDnews is accused of repeatedly striking bicyclist Kedwin Payamps as he pedaled past a George Floyd protest in Clinton Hill on June 4, 2020. “What did I do? What did I do?” Payamps screamed to Lance as he struck him https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-nypd-inspector-departmental-trial-striking-baton-20230216-kkcmytm5drg7lmtdrcj2e6nq54-story.html
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Not surprised Rikers is named after slaveowners responsible for enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act; members of original #TeamSendThemBack—the "Kidnapping Club"—a police conspiracy to grab Black New Yorkers without habeus corpus and send them into slavery https://hellgatenyc.com/van-wyck-just-sounds-evil
It's outrageous that Rikers Island leadership @CorrectionNYC is violating with impunity internal rules and City law banning immigration detainers and cooperation with #ICE for nonviolent offenders. #TeamSendThemBack needs to become #TeamGoingToJail https://gothamist.com/news/teamsendthemback-private-emails-reveal-cozy-relationship-cooperation-between-nyc-correction-officers-and-ice
'#teamsendthemback': Private emails reveal cozy relationship, cooperation between NYC correction officers and ICE
Department of Correction officers scheduled release times to facilitate ICE pickups and shared unsolicited information that could be used to expedite removals, according to the emails.
Aaron Carr @housingrightsUS: “Let this decision send a clear message to all of real estate if you are illegally discriminating against low-income families, elderly and disabled, the question of whether you will be caught is not a matter of if, but when” https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-real-estate-firms-accused-of-housing-discrimination-face-sweeping-lawsuit
NY Focus: The horse racing industry received $200 million a year in tax breaks and other subsidies since 2008, totaling over $2.9 billion, despite consistently losing money. Governor Hochul and her lieutenants received over $180,000 in donations since 2021 https://www.nysfocus.com/2023/02/07/hochul-horse-racing-subsidy-belmont/
The resignation of @NYCDSSCommr @NYCHRA @NYCDHS comes amid an investigation into whether a whistleblower was fired after resisting efforts by Gary Jenkins to conceal crowded conditions in City shelters as well as illegally house families in intake offices https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/nyc-social-services-commissioner-gary-jenkins-to-resign-sources/4091242/
#DeathCampDiaries: 65-year-old Marvin Pines was the first New Yorker to die @CorrectionNYC Rikers Island in 2023. He joins 22 other New Yorkers who died in 2022 while in custody at (or shortly after release from) Rikers Island pretrial detention facility https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/02/04/rikers-inmate-dies-marking-2023-first-city-jails-related-death
John Kaehny @ReinventAlbany advised the City Council to discipline @CMJulieWon: “Council leadership should send a written reprimand to the Council member reminding her of the conflict of interest rules and ask her to consult with @NYCCOIB for a refresher.” https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-nyc-julie-won-husband-tells-ex-staff-extreme-steps-vote-20230203-uo6bqzc4rvd5legxrcbjx4xune-story.html
Lawsuits against @NYPDnews cost taxpayers $121 million in 2022, double what was spent to settle police misconduct 2 years ago. “The city is not taking NYPD misconduct and accountability for that misconduct seriously enough,” says Jennvine Wong @LegalAidNYC https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-spent-121m-on-lawsuit-payouts-for-claims-of-police-misconduct-in-2022
Researchers found no correlation between cannabis use and social disorders: “We didn’t really see changes in how much people were drinking or using tobacco. No large personality or workplace or IQ differences or anything like that,” says Stephanie Zellers https://coloradosun.com/2023/01/31/marijuana-cannabis-legalization-drug-problems/