Tag: NYPD

A new deal for Roosevelt Avenue: What the NYPD is doing to stop prostitution on Queens strip

NYPD commissioner talks Roosevelt Avenue prostitution crackdown

Oct. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Top NYPD brass and Mayor Eric Adams announced an action plan Tuesday night to clean up seedy parts of Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue that have been plagued with prostitution activity in recent years. “Operation Restore Roosevelt” brings together multiple city agencies to combat prostitution, illegal brothels and unlicensed vendors…

Sleeping man at Jamaica subway station beaten, slashed and robbed last week: NYPD

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Oct. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for two young men who beat, slashed and robbed a 42-year-old man on Hillside Avenue in broad daylight last week. The victim’s ordeal began when he was sleeping on a bench inside the Sutphin…

NYC crime: NYPD reports another drop in major felonies in September, though shootings spiked

Mayor Eric Adams and interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon speak about September 2024 crime stats at an NYPD press briefing on Oct. 8, 2024.

Oct. 8, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Major NYC crime dropped for the ninth consecutive month, NYPD officials reported Tuesday — crediting the department’s “laser focus” on gun crime for making the city’s streets safer. Interim Commissioner Tom Donlon provided his first monthly crime data report alongside Mayor Eric Adams, who appointed…