Before Michael Bloomberg went to testify in Washington at Pete King’s Committee on Homeland Security, some Democratic congressional staffers we spoke to complained about the mayor’s remarks to president Bush that he “appreciated (the President’s) focus on distributing money…..based on threat and threat alone,” and the he was “disappointed that Congress hasn’t done that.” Read More
Really, there’s nothing wrong with this. And this formula for news-related press releases is hardly Hillary’s alone:
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the death of NYPD Det. James Zadroga“The saddening news that Detective James Zadroga’s death was directly caused by his exposure to toxic fumes and dust at Ground Zero reminds Read More
Assemblyman Dov Hikind and City Council member Simcha Felder might have broken bread with New York Police Department Chief Joseph Esposito in an effort to quell tensions after last Tuesday’s riots between black-hatted yeshiva bochers and blue-uniformed police officers.
But the controversy is far from dead, as this video that has been making the Read More
Ben Smith points us to a sober, matronly moral accounting of the whole affair at Orthomom.
Here’s my question: When did the Orthodox and Hasid world of Borough Park get on the wrong side of the law? When, and how (politically) did these people who were so well-in in the Giuliani administration become targets Read More
In the pantheon of trash passed off as filmmaking today, Bruce Willis movies are no better than the rest—and most of the time, a great deal worse. At least one, the legendarily abominable Hudson Hawk, remains one of top 10 lousiest flicks ever made, and he has another one coming up called Lucky Number Slevin Read More
The high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance.
The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked from some Read More
The high-end auction-house business is considered among the more genteel of professions. But apparently it has its perils—and not just for those who bid over their heads. On Dec. 5, the NYPD was summoned to Sotheby’s after three employees were exposed to a toxic substance.
The substance in question wasn’t formaldehyde that leaked Read More
The New York Press a couple of weeks ago had a brief story about a new counter-terror strategy: taking down all the street signs. An NYPD spokesman was quoted saying, “Street-sign removal is an effective security option with a proven track record. It’s the same thing the English did in London during the Blitz. Read More
While we’re not in the business of coaching crooks on how to become smarter criminals, it would seem obvious that if you offered a cop a bribe—as a shoplifter who got arrested at Barneys, 660 Madison Avenue, did on Nov. 13—and he doesn’t go for it immediately, you’d best withdraw the offer.
The reason why Read More
While we’re not in the business of coaching crooks on how to become smarter criminals, it would seem obvious that if you offered a cop a bribe—as a shoplifter who got arrested at Barneys, 660 Madison Avenue, did on Nov. 13—and he doesn’t go for it immediately, you’d best withdraw the offer.
The reason Read More
