The Indo-Asian News Service is justly proud of Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance in this Sept. 5 account. New York City is fast becoming a laboratory for the new surveillance state, and the heroic taxi drivers… Read moreNYC: taxi drivers resist Big Brother
After last month’s deadly Con Ed blast, another eerie sense of deja vu for jittery New Yorkers—this one cutting even closer to home. From AP via Newsday, Aug. 20: Investigators probe cause in fire that killed 2 NYC firefighters NEW… Read moreNYC: new health threat at Ground Zero
The carcinogen asbestos has been found in dust and debris hurled into midtown Manhattan by an evening rush-hour Con Edison steam pipe explosion July 18. The blast at 41st Street and Lexington Ave. opened a 25-foot car-swallowing crater in the… Read moreCon Ed brings terror to NYC —again
This reminds us of an old R. Cobb cartoon. From the New York Times, July 9: New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown By the end of this year, police officials say, more than 100 cameras will have begun monitoring… Read moreNYC: “surveillance veil” for Lower Manhattan
From the New York Times, June 21: WASHINGTON, June 20 — Federal environmental officials misled Lower Manhattan residents about the extent of contamination in their condominiums and apartments after the collapse of the World Trade Center, according to a preliminary… Read moreGAO report: EPA misled public on Ground Zero health risks
Calling a nuclear or radiological strike against New York “the ultimate nightmare scenario,” New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, speaking at a DC conference on nuclear terrorism June 13, called upon Congress to pay the full $40 million price… Read moreNYC: nuclear paranoia advances, civil rights retreat
New details are emerging surrounding the 208 arrests at the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan. According to the New York Times June 13, the police still claim that people were arrested for “specific illegal behavior,” like blocking… Read moreNYC: confusion surrounds police sweeps at Puerto Rican parade
Intolerance and stupidity, it seems, are equal-opportunity employers. Since 9-11, Sikhs in the US have faced violent attacks from Ugly American types who are too dumb to know that they aren’t Muslims. Now a Sikh student has been attacked by… Read moreNYC: another Sikh attacked in Queens
From the New York City environmental group Time’s Up, June 4: NYPD Cuts Locks, Confiscates Bicycles and Arrests Bystanders in Bike Raid on East 6th Street NEW YORK — On Thursday night, May 31st, the NYPD seized approximately 15 bikes… Read moreNYPD escalates bicycle crackdown
New York City Council member Charles Barron is demanding an investigation following death threats made against him on a website frequented by police officers. The site contains a message board called “NYPD Rant” in which two posts called for Barron… Read moreDeath threats in NYC City Council
Security forces in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago worked closely with US authorities to hunt down the men behind a supposed plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City. The arrest of three suspects was announced June… Read moreLatest NYC terror scare linked to attempted coup in Trinidad
From the New York City environmental group Time’s Up, May 29: NYPD Issues “Parading Without a Permit” Summons on City-Advertised Critical Mass Ride Ride was listed on Bike Month Calendar financed by Department of Transportation Last Friday, May 25th, NYPD… Read moreNYPD shut down Critical Mass —again!
