An unsettling article by Pam Martens in Counterpunch describes the city's Paid Detail Unit, which allows the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street corporations to order up platoons of NYPD cops to protect their private property.
What is the relationship between the Paid Detail Unit and the uniformed members of the NYPD who pepper spray or beat protestors in the Occupy Wall Street marches?
The corporations pay the city an average of $37 an hour (no medical, no pension benefit, no overtime pay) for a member of the NYPD, with gun, handcuffs and the ability to arrest, says Martens. Taxpayers pay the rest -- and assume liability if the mercenaries break the law.
Read the rest of this story at Counterpunch.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Worrisome: Wall Street Has NYC Mercenary Cops On Their Payroll
Friday, October 7, 2011
More Top NYC Officials Arrested for Corruption; Brooklyn Bacon Takedown; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Yesterday the FBI arrested the top official in charge of the city's new affordable housing, along with six developers, on charges including federal racketeering and bribery. The dirty money would often be delivered in coffee cups. Gothamist
- Pencils, crayons and condoms: Parents group objects to city's new sex-ed classes, wants a "Plan B." Brooklyn Eagle
- Go get it: Brooklyn residents, both current and former, have over $40 million sitting in New York State's Office of Unclaimed Funds. About.com
- Tony’s Famous Pizza, the Fulton Mall biz that moved out to make way for Shake Shack, signed a lease for space at 32 Court Street. Brownstoner
- The third annual Brooklyn Bacon Takedown is coming to town next weekend, in all its artery-clogging glory. Gothamist
- A teenaged girl who stabbed her cousin over 30 times says her guilty verdict should be set aside because of the extreme emotional disturbance she suffered as a child. Brooklyn Eagle
- Some Occupy Wall Street protesters think Bushwick and Williamsburg should come to Wall Street. The Brooklyn Ink
- Breaking: Shit going down at Occupy Sesame Street! Nerve Media via Gothamist
- Almost $2 million coming to Brooklyn for FEMA claims. Brooklyn Eagle
- Apple stores across New York City turn into shrines to Steve Jobs. NY Magazine
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Fireworks Over NYC/ Brooklyn Tonight Celebrated Statue of Liberty (Oct. 6, 2011)
According to NYC 3-1-1, the fireworks were sponsored by the National Parks Conservation Association in honor of the 125th anniversary of the State of Liberty. (NewYorkology agrees.)
To mark the 125th Anniversary, The National Park Service has been tweeting "125 tweets in 125 days." Since June 26th they've tweeted about notable events since the Statue's dedication in 1886. This will go on until October 28th -- when there will be more fireworks! (between 8 - 9:15 p.m.)
Follow Statue of Liberty tweets here.
Seems like we've had a lot of fireworks lately. Expect more Saturday, October 8 at 9:30 p.m. near Liberty Island. Saturday's sponsors are the Metro Yacht Charters of New York.
Photo courtesy of National Parks Service
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Keeping DUMBO Clean, One Horse At a Time
Photo by MK Metz
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Helicopter Ban; Beer Bash; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- Bino Restaurant on Smith Street was shut down for failure to pay taxes. South Brooklyn Post
- Again, calls for a helicopter ban. Brooklyn Eagle
- The Village Voice will be throwing a big craft beer bash in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 15th at the Williamsburg Savings Bank. Gothamist
- The Bloomberg administration spent a million dollars of taxpayer money to cook up a study telling poor New Yorkers they don't deserve a living wage. Huff Post and Gothamist
- Brooklyn cop accused of pepper-spraying, unlawfully detaining man. CBSlocal
- Now deer are swimming to Brooklyn. NY Times
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Arrests, Pepper Spray As Wall Street Protests Wind Down for Wednesday Night
How Are the Protests Coming?
A couple of dozen arrests have been reported along with pepper spraying and beatings after protesters tried to knock down some barricades around the Wall Street area tonight.
Twitter posters are reporting (at 10 p.m.) that many protesters are returning to "Camp Liberty." They are also warning each other to watch out for "planted provocateurs."
According to the NY Daily News, the mass demonstrators against Wall Street greed, which may have drawn up to 20,000 including thousand of union sympathizers, were peaceful all day.
Live Feed here.
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Livestream: NYC Occupy Wall Street March -- Wed., Oct. 5
Watch here for today's 4:30 p.m. march in Downtown Manhattan.
Global Revolution livestream.
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Providence Hogan; Dissing Women in Williamsburg; and More Brooklyn Briefs
- The lawyer for Providence Hogan, the former treasurer of the P.S. 29 PTA accused of embezzling more than $82,000, says he's not going to ditch his client. Brooklyn Eagle
- Yiddish signs order women in Williamsburg to step aside when men pass. Gothamist
- Want to buy a hospital? You can get St. Mary's Hospital in Bed-Stuy for $18 million. Brooklyn Eagle
- PPW bike lane opponents knew their lawsuit was bogus. Streetsblog
- L Magazine confuses several other neighborhoods with Boerum Hill. Brooklyn Eagle
- Need MTA information? Call the new 5-1-1. Carroll Gardens Patch
- Wall Street protesters arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge sue the city for violating their constitutional rights. Business Week
- Make your own Brooklyn-themed costume for Halloween. About.com
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