
Vehicle theft up 178% so far in 2022, police tell community council
Vehicle theft in the 40th police precinct, which covers Port Morris, Mott Haven and Melrose,
Vehicle theft in the 40th police precinct, which covers Port Morris, Mott Haven and Melrose,
Charmaine John looked worried as she gazed out over Spofford Avenue in Hunts Point on
Unlike protesters locally and nationwide who believe the police cannot be reformed and should be
Officials say the building will be completed in the spring of 2021 at a cost of $68 million.
It was business as usual last Wednesday as Crime Prevention Officer Reina Marrero walked past the 40th Precinct’s holding cells. One was occupied. But on Halloween, these cells will be filled with a crop of unearthly inmates.
While Mayor de Blasio proudly touts record-low violent crime statistics across the city, many Mott Haven residents say they’re seeing a darker picture.
A new NYPD program that kicked off in mid-January is taking aim both at rising crime rates and at strained relations between the 40th Precinct and Mott Haven residents.
The police officer who was shot in the right ankle after responding to a massive