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3 N.Y.P.D. Commanders Are Arrested on Corruption Charges:
Three New York Police Department commanders, including a deputy chief, were arrested early Monday, along with a Brooklyn businessman, on federal corruption charges stemming from one of several continuing investigations into Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fund-raising, according to court papers.
The arrests, of a deputy chief, a deputy inspector and a sergeant, were one of the most significant roundups of police supervisors in the recent history of the department. In striking the top ranks, the case is a particular blow to the storied — and sometimes sullied — reputation of the nation's largest municipal police force.
The court papers in the case detail lavish gifts the two senior police officials are accused of receiving in exchange for taking official action, including expensive meals, free overseas and domestic trips, and the referral of business to a security company associated with one of the officials. The deputy inspector was also accused of receiving a trip on a private jet to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl weekend in 2013, and was said to be accompanied by a prostitute.
Also at Reuters, NY Daily News, and DNAinfo.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 21 2016, @02:41PM
Remember the NYC ticket blitz under Bloomberg? A pregnant woman sitting on the stairs of the subway station because no seats were available was ticketed. A man sitting on a milk crate outside a bodega was ticketed for improper use of a milk crate. They dug up every stupid frivolous law they could find and enforced them. The media and public went ape shit and the PBA took out full page ads in the papers fighting the claims and pointed the finger right at city hall and brass who colluded and ordered the blitz. The city needed money and they decided the best way was to fuck it out of everyone.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday June 21 2016, @05:18PM
You might also remember the parking ticket scandal of the mid-70's. Random vehicle registrations were picked and sent a notice of an overdue parking ticket/warrant/blah blah blah. Many people paid up out of fear of fighting the system. My mother received one (we lived in central NJ) despite never having driven in NY (the very thought!). She became irate and called them, they said it was a "computer error" and cancelled the ticket without an argument. Tried to find a specific link, but it appears there were many parking scandals. Pretty sure it was during the Beame Administration anyway, or possibly the Koch Administration. Corruption in New York City is old news and probably dates back to Peter Stuyvesant.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 21 2016, @05:26PM
Dont remeber that one. Then again, I wasn't born for a few more years ;-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2016, @06:31PM
I don't remember that one, but that feels like it would have been giuliani more than bloomberg. He pulled stuff like that all the time.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 21 2016, @07:44PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/nyregion/to-embattled-mayor-tickets-are-the-hottest-issue-in-town.html [nytimes.com]