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#nyc-policing

Reifschneider said he tries to think about a moment when he helped someone, even if it's something mundane like pulling up behind a driver who ran out of gas. He's encouraged his fellow police officers to also reflect on a good deed.

When was the last time you heard of somebody in New York state being convicted of a killing and getting three to nine years?

Megan Whiting, 27, was reported to be striking another resident with a fire extinguisher and smashing objects when police arrived on the scene.

The violent incident on April 3 started as an argument in front of 1585 Flatbush Ave. just before 2:30 a.m.

Linda Scott was attacked by a woman outside her President St. home near Troy Ave. in Crown Heights around 9 a.m. Monday, cops said. Video obtained by the Daily News shows the victim arguing with a woman, whose two unleashed dogs run freely on the sidewalk nearby, when another woman wearing a red sweatshirt storms up and starts swinging.

Amuri Greene, 21, told police he was seeking revenge for a prior shooting when he opened fire, resulting in the tragic death of 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore.

When Zohran Mamdani was a New York state assembly member, he sponsored the Stop Fakes Act, which would have prohibited law enforcement from creating fake electronic communication service accounts and collecting users' account information. Digital dragnet surveillance is widespread and dangerous, yet it continues to go unregulated, Mamdani co-wrote in a 2023 City & State op-ed. Although the NYPD claimed in a Department of Justice report to keep detailed records of its undercover accounts, the department refuses to provide any documentation

Federal prosecutors accused Taylor of soliciting bribes in two schemes, including one in which a Florida businessman paid him tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts in an effort to secure a multimillion-dollar contract to put panic buttons in city schools. The sprawling contract was never awarded, but Taylor was able to secure the company a much smaller pilot program with the city through a noncompetitive purchase of $19,830, according to the indictment.