NYPD Pressure Cooker Time
Cop morale low after string of NYPD scandals puts department under fire(NYDN)
A ticket-fixing scandal has hung over the department like a black cloud for the past two years. But the negative press has intensified in recent months with the emergence of several new scandals. A spate of false drug busts - known as "flaking," cop talk for planting cocaine on innocent victims - led to the arrests of eight cops and a sweeping NYPD shakeup. Earlier this month, NYPD Officer Michael Daragjati was hit with federal civil rights charges for falsely arresting a black man on Staten Island because of his race. And a series of apparently strongarm police tactics in dealing with the Occupy Wall Street protesters - most notably, NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna's use of pepper spray on two women - has left the department with a very public black eye. Pressure by black leaders to end their stop and frisk policy in the minority community. * Shootings way up in two weeks
The number of people shot surged 154 percent two weeks ago. 22 people had been hit through Friday, including the three victims gunned down outside a Brooklyn school Friday. * NYPD officer turns tables on would-be robbers(WABC) 
Mom of killed pregnant hero struck with grief The anguished mother of the Brooklyn pregnant woman killed by a stray bullet while protecting several kids made a teary trip to the morgue Saturday to see her daughter's lifeless body.(NYDN) * Hero mom shot down in Brooklyn is latest tragedy for ill-fated family(NYP) * Brownsville a gangland battle zone(NYP) * Search For Suspects Continues In Fatal Shooting Of Brooklyn Mother(NY1) * Manhunt continues in death of woman shielding kids(WABC) * Community Rallies As Investigation Into Fatal Brooklyn Shooting Continues (NY1)
Joe Lhota has his work cut out for him as new head of the MTA
Governor Cuomo’s Choices We hope Governor Cuomo is finally taking interest in the challenges facing the M.T.A. and the Port Authority. (NYT Ed) It is too soon to know whether these two political veterans will be as expert as the administrators they replace — Jay Walder at the M.T.A. and Christopher Ward at the Port Authority. They do start off with a clear advantage: Unlike their predecessors, they should be able to get the governor to return their calls.* Pal Rudy: MTA boss Lhota ready to roll(NYP) * Joe Lhota has his work cut out for him as new head of the MTA(NYDN ED)
NYP Exposes More John Liu's CFB Money Games
One Liu-Liu of a campaign-finance probe due(NYP) Liu reported that a meager $25,100 came in through intermediaries, people who solicit or round up donations for their candidates. Yassky reported more than 10 times as much from intermediaries, $283,775. Liu raised $1Million more than Yassky. Liu's lawyer claims that the comptroller raised most of his money by dropping by events held for other purposes. If there’s a Chinese business group having their annual meeting and John goes by there and says, ‘Hi,’ the host might say, ‘Let’s all get behind him,’ ” said Connor. “If before he leaves they all get out and give him checks, there is no intermediary.” Similarly, Connor said, if Liu’s campaign invited people to a fund-raiser that produced multiple donations, no intermediary would have to be identified... At least one of Liu’s opponents in 2009 raised one of the questions that currently surround the 2013 contributions, namely: How could factory workers, secretaries and others of seemingly modest means afford to hand over four-figure checks to Liu’s campaign?
Sock Puppet Not Running for Mayor
DAVID WEPRIN WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR OF NYC IN 2013(Video)
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A Mystery Mayoral Candidate Seems to Have A Lot of Strings
Union prez laid down for Mike: lawsuit(NYP) Greg Floyd A labor leader who now has his eye on the city’s top political office sacrificed his rank and file to curry favor with Mayor Bloomberg as the mogul fought for a third term, according to a lawsuit.
What's With the Water Bill Meeks?
Meeks H2Owes (NYP) Rep. Gregory Meeks is soaking the city, racking up an $11,489.22 water bill for his Queens home.
Staten Island Commuters Paying the Price
Staten Island commuters paying the price for Port Authority money-losing real estate ventures(SI Advance)
NY1's Ms. Mayor NY1 gal’s ‘pol’ turn (NYP) Fired NY1 reporter Adele Sammarco, who lost her federal sexual-harassment suit against the Time Warner cable company last year, is back in the news -- this time as a political candidate.
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads(Huff Post)
$1 trillion in student loan debt sparks furor(NYP) Three years after the housing-market meltdown, a college education may be the next part of the American Dream to turn into a nightmare.
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The NYP is Lying When They Claim That Putting Haggerty in Jail Will Clean Up NY's Corrupt Election System
Winners in the Haggerty Lock Up
The NYP Wrote:
"Bloomberg was 1,000 percent right to fret about voter fraud. New York’s entire political system is essentially corrupt -- from the rigged way candidates get on ballots to what has gone on at polling places.Fix that system and you just might put the John Haggertys of the world out of business."
Bloomberg was worried about a high black voter turn out when he approved his ballot security operation. The mayor testified that he had no recollection of contributions of hundreds of thousands of dollars that he had made to political parties. The GOP and other miner party lines is NYC is about selling their citywide party lines for cash. How does the NYP think that by putting Haggerty in jail this is going to stop? Bloomberg has the power to fix the BOE and yet he has done nothing out of fear of offending party leaders like Vito Lopez and those in the GOP which supported his 2009 reelection.
The real winner in Haggerty going to jail is party leaders Phil Ragusa and his operatives Vincent J. Tabone, ESQ and Robert Hornak who were in a close battle for control of the Queens GOP
Stealing from the "1%" is still a crime?
The jury determined that although Mr. Bloomberg had lost legal control of the money, the party was technically acting as the mayor’s agent, authorized to spend the money on his behalf, one juror, Mr. Conroy, said. So it was the party that was duped, Mr. Conroy said, because its leaders gave money to Mr. Haggerty that he said he would use for ballot security, but did not.
The jury determined that although Mr. Bloomberg had lost legal control of the money, the party was technically acting as the mayor’s agent, authorized to spend the money on his behalf, one juror, Mr. Conroy, said. So it was the party that was duped, Mr. Conroy said, because its leaders gave money to Mr. Haggerty that he said he would use for ballot security, but did not.
What about the 100,000 the party kept for acting as the bag men in the Haggerty payoff? What about the money the party was paid by bloomberg to fund his efforts to end term limit. When asked Friday whether the Independence party would return the money it received from the mayor now that a jury determined it was stolen, party Chairman Frank MacKay said, "My lawyers and the district attorney will discuss that."
The Independence Party was technically acting as the mayor’s agent, authorized to spend the money on his behalf, one juror. The mayor "followed the laws," Mr. Conroy said. “That’s startling to me because there is absolutely nothing in the record which would indicate that the Independence Party was an agent,” Mr. Vacco said. Vacco added that is the party was acting as an agent the entire transaction would be illegal Jury Convicts Consultant of Stealing Campaign Money From Bloomberg(NYT) * Political Operative Faces Prison Term(WSJ) * Beyond Haggerty’s fraud (NYP) * Consultant found guilty of stealing $1.1 MILLION from Bloomberg(NYDN) * Haggerty Convicted of Stealing from Mayor As Jurors Opine on Money in Politics(WNYC) * Jurors get political education at NYC trial (CBS) * Haggerty Conviction Seen As Victory For Manhattan DA(NY1) * Occupy Melbourne Protesters Arrested, Dragged By Police (VIDEO)* John Haggerty & Alan Hevesi… Prison Cell Mates?(Queens Politics)
Pete Seeger Marches With OWS
Pete Seeger and pals attend NYC protest action(WSJ) * Pete Seeger to March With Wall Street Protesters (NBC)
Neighbors 'not surprised' 'hippie' left family to join Wall Street protesters(NYP) *For Locals, Protest Brings Barricades and Sidewalk Bathrooms(WSJ) * Cries of Anti-Semitism, but Not at Zuccotti Park(NYT) * Occupying Boston and Beyond, With Tent Libraries for All(NYT) * Medical Triage at Encampment(WSJ) * Bloomberg to crack down on Occupy Wall St. protesters(NYDN) * Health expert condemns park rats(NYP)
100 Arrested at Occupy Chicago(The Daily Beast) * Occupy Wall Street Protesters Plan Union Square Rally After Police Arrest 35 In Late Night March(NY1) * 'World Of Opera' Dumped By NPR Because Host Participated In Occupy DC Protest(Huff Post) * Occupy Wall Street's Medical Volunteers Fill Healthcare Gaps (DNA Info) * Occupy Wall Street campground becoming spot for vagrants, ex-cons & 'takers' to call home(NYDN) * Star power: Katy Perry, Russell Brand show up at Occupy Wall Street protest(NYDN) * Occupy Wall Street secedes from the union as a state of mind over matter (NYDN Ed) * They want $lice of the occu-pie(NYP) * Occupy Wall Street Encampment Becomes Manhattan Tourist Attraction(NY1) * Goldman Sachs pulls out of fundraiser(NYDN)* You Say You Want a Revolution Andrew Sullivan on how he learned to love the ‘goddam hippies’—and why their protests aren’t going to end.(Newsweek) * "Occupy" arrests in Ill., Ohio, Calif., Pa (CBS)
Bill Moyers on 'Democratic Decency Defined Downward'(The Nation)
Rebirth of Democracy?(Soho Journal)
One Country, Two Revolutions
NY1 Exclusive: Teachers Union Says NYPD Keeping Close Watch Following Support Of Protests
Bill Maher’s New Rule: Republicans Have To Stop Calling OWS Protestors ‘Hippies’
Albany Finally Dips Into Social Media The rules are a tentative step toward giving state workers limited permission to use social media as part of their government jobs. (WSJ)
Protesters of Police Stop-and-Frisk Practice Are Arrested(NYT) * Cornel West among arrested during protest of NYPD's stop and frisk tactics(NYDN)
Sunday Law and Order Update
Hero mom shot down in Brooklyn is latest tragedy for ill-fated family(NYP)
Law and Order
- BRRR! Thieves put 7-Eleven clerk in freezer while they steal store's cash(NYDN) * Kid swiped from Harlem still 'loves' kidnapper who stole her from hospital(NYDN) * MTA employee busted for drunk driving, but told cops he didn't drink 'enough'(NYDN) * Cops trade cash for guns dropped at churches in anti-violence buyback deal(NYDN) * Sex attacks inspire volunteer escort program to get women home safe(NYDN) * Police Arrest Queens Stabbing Spree Suspect(NY1) * Queens Mother Arrested For Allegedly Abandoning Baby * Driver Charged In Deadly Staten Island Expressway Crash (NY1)
Sex-thug attacks(NYP) * Queens Sex Assault Suspect Caught On Surveillance Video(WCBS)
NYPD Releases Surveillance Footage Of Suspect In Fatal Brooklyn Shooting(WCBS)
Saturday
Pregnant mom shot dead while shielding kids from gunfire(NYP) * Woman Trying to Shield Children Is Killed by Gunman(NYT) * Pregnant mom dies shielding kids from gunman on rampage(NYDN) * Slain mom had won kid custody(NYP) * Sources: Brooklyn Woman Killed In Shooting Was Pregnant Mother Of 13(NY1) * Search For Suspects Continues In Fatal Shooting Of Brooklyn Mother(NY1)
Breaking Officials Confirm Fatally Shot Brooklyn Mother Was Not Pregnant(NY1)
Mickey D's cashier claims self-defense after vicious attack on female customers(NYDN)
Correction Officers Plead Guilty in Rikers Assaults(WSJ) * Correction Officers Plead Guilty in Assault Case(NYT) * Parent Shot Dead Outside a School(WSJ) * Ex-cop Mom puts gun in backpack of daughter - who takes it out at school(NYDN) * A brush with the law: Mob rat turns to painting while in jail for murder(NYDN) * ‘Fight Club’ jailers fired(NYP) * ‘$40M’ scam gal guilty(NYP) *NYPD clerk busted in Fla. slay(NYP) * Porn perv: Give it back!(NYP) * NYPD Holds Gun Buyback Events In Harlem (NY1) * Dozens Arrested in LeFrak City Drug Bust(NBC)
Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow And Touré Point And Laugh At Herman Cain Candidacy
Brooklyn is the Coolest City on the Planet: An Eater's Guide (GQ Mag)
The Last Typewriter Shops in New York City (WNYC)
