The Bronx district attorney’s office has assembled a team of prosecutors to review claims alleging that Rikers Island jail staff sexually assaulted detainees, in response to a Gothamist investigation

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Today:
- NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell on public safety
- Megan Cassella on Friday's jobs report, & more economy news,
- karen zraick on the Census's new 'Middle East/North Africa' designations,
- @radiolab's Molly Webster on today's eclipse

Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or WNYC 🎙.org

NEW: NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell is joining us on The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast at 10am.

They’ll talk crime rates, subway safety — and, of course — name calling journalists on social media.

Live on 93.9FM / AM820 / WNYC 🎙.org

Almost every New Yorker I’ve interviewed today about the earthquake — even if they were 30 stories up in an office building — has said, “I thought it was the train.”

Katz out of the bag! It’s an inconceivable truth that Matt Katz made a podcast about searching the world for his father. Listen to it.

In Q3 of 2023 the number of reported injuries to 'subjects' in encounters with NYPD officers reached its highest level among available data

Eric Adams pledged to be the first bike mayor— gothamist.com/news/nyc-about… — but Bloomberg’s attempt to take the subway to work everyday might be a good idea in this moment. (Maybe lose the SUV.) nytimes.com/2007/08/01/nyr…

Today management suddenly and unceremoniously fired our senior editor of audience engagement, our politics editor, a photo editor and some advertising staff for “financial reasons”.

Subway conductors pick from a touch-screen menu to play “NYPD On Platform,” “Anti-Surfing,” “Anti-Surfing (Spanish)” and other recorded messages.

Scoop -- The CEO of Evolv, the firm showcased at Mayor Adams subway safety announcement, said earlier this month that subways weren't 'a good use-case' for the tech.

New from Michael Gartland and me in the New York Daily News

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'Adams displayed scanners manufactured by Evolv, a Massachusetts-based weapons detection company that is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & the Fed Trade Commission for allegedly overstating its technology's capabilities.'
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Police shot and nearly killed Raul de la Cruz during a mental health crisis. 1 year later he’s suing.

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Police shot and nearly killed Raul de la Cruz during a mental health crisis. 1 year later, as another man in crisis was shot by police, he’s suing. Bahar Ostadan has been covering this story for a year and has the latest. gothamist.com/news/police-sh… via @gothamist

A string of NYC assaults on women has sparked a flood of online conspiracy theories gothamist.com/news/a-string-… via @gothamist Giulia Heyward Bahar Ostadan

You’ve probably already heard about multiple women getting punched in broad daylight in NYC. Well, the conspiracy theories are already spreading — and the NYPD hasn’t said whether any of the attacks were connected or not. w/ ⁦⁦Bahar Ostadan⁩ gothamist.com/news/a-string-…

Santo de la Cruz called 311 to get medical care for his son who has schizophrenia.

Instead, he watched 2 NYPD officers arrive and shoot at Raul 7 times.

1 year later, Raul is suing the city, NYPD leadership and the officers who shot him. gothamist.com/news/police-sh…