Tag: Criminal Justice


NYPD Towers May Defuse Cop, Community Friction

By Malik Singleton
The police department has deployed two of its SkyWatch observation towers in the borough, and residents say they’re affecting more than the incidence of crime.


Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill

By Lauren Raheja
About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.


When Your Dad's Behind Bars

By Patrick Egan
To one boy in Bed-Stuy, a program for children of the incarcerated makes a difference.
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