From The New Standard, Aug. 24: Responding to last month’s bombings in the London subway system, transit officials in New York City decided to hand one of the nation’s largest defense contractors $212 million to dramatically increase surveillance efforts throughout… Read moreLockheed gets subway surveillance contract
Aug. 24 commentary in MarketWatch takes Goldman Sachs to task for exploiting the chaos—as well as government largesse—over the Ground Zero redevelopment effort in New York City: For a Wall Street bank, Goldman Sachs plays the Main Street game of… Read moreGoldman Sachs exploits 9-11 redevelopment chaos —and public bonds
The bio-chemical warfare tests in New York City, initially scheduled for two days ago, went ahead today. New York’s ABC News reports Aug. 8 that scientists in midtown Manhattan used perfluorocarbon, “a harmless gas,” which was tracked with electronic monitors…. Read moreNYC: Bio-chem warfare tests held
NYC activist Robert Lederman offers the following commentary on the below Aug. 5 AP story on plans to conduct simulated bio-chemical warfare attacks in the city: I don’t want to be an alarmist but isn’t this the exact pattern of… Read moreBio-chem warfare tests in NYC
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has filed suit against the city to keep police from searching the bags of passengers entering the subway. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, claims the two-week old policy violates… Read more(Some) New Yorkers resist Big Brother
From AP, Aug. 3: 2 NY Officials Back Terror Check Profiling Middle Easterners should be targeted for searches on city subways, two elected officials said, contending that police have been wasting time with random checks in efforts to prevent terrorism… Read moreDov Hikind: freedom hater
How depressing. The lead op-ed piece in today’s New York Times (picked up by several papers around the country, such as the Houston Chronicle) is an open and abject call—not only for surrendering our privacy rights in the name of… Read moreNY Times op-ed page case for racial profiling on subways
US Indymedia has posted a short story on the July 22 vigil held at New York City’s federal building to mark the one-year anniversary of the passing of Farouk Abdel-Muhti. That was the same spot where Farouk’s friends and supporters… Read moreFriends remember Farouk Abdel-Muhti
Freedom’s on the march. That’s why a South Asian man gets detained by the police for taking photos on the streets of New York. Gotta love the irony. Thanks to the Independent Press Association’s Voices That Must Be Heard, “the… Read moreAward-winning Indian film-maker harassed by NYPD
The New York Police Department is requesting funds to install hundreds more video cameras throughout the city to help fight crime and combat terrorism. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly wants to put up some 400 surveillance cameras on high-crime and high-traffic… Read moreNYC: Big Brother to get bigger
WW4 REPORT readers are aware that the monthly Critical Mass bicycle ride in New York City has been facing a severe police crackdown for the past several months, with hundreds arrested, bicycles confiscated, and now a threatened injunction against the… Read moreFree speech rally for NYC Critical Mass
CNN reports May 5: New York – Two “improvised explosive devices” made from “novelty-type grenades” have exploded in front of the building that houses the British Consulate in New York City, police and officials said. The early Thursday morning blasts… Read moreNYC: “improvised grenades” go off at UK consulate; activists face scrutiny
