Celebrating Community
Approximately 15 residents met with local leaders and officers of the 76th Precinct at 191 Union St., where they voiced their frustration over a lack of parking spaces–especially regarding the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Carshare program—and what they considered to be the reckless use of Tesla cars. Locals meet the police the first Wednesday of every month at the Community […]
At a time when community policing is taking off throughout the city and Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCO’s) have been making themselves available throughout the Red Hook Community, the Red Hook Initiative (RHI) has issued a report condemning local police for being a root cause of violence in Red Hook. RHI’S Real Rite Anti-Violence Research Group, a group that includes Tyneisha […]
Approximately 15 local residents met with local leaders and officers of the 76th Precinct at 191 Union St., where they voiced their frustration over a lack of parking spaces–especially regarding the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Carshare program—and what they considered to be the reckless use of Tesla cars. Locals meet the police the first Wednesday of every month at the […]
The Red Hook Civic Association held their monthly meeting on March 28 at the PS 15. A teacher from BASIS, Robert Barrios, NCO Jonathan Rueda and assistant police captain Ramos and Annette Amendola were some of the people at the meeting. The Thor Equities site on Beard Street was brought up again. John McGettrick, president of the Civic Association, said that there […]
The 76th Precinct’s monthly community meeting took place Wednesday, January 3. Eleven police officers and eight community members attended the meeting at the Union Street police station despite the impending polar bomb weather advisory. Commanding Officer Megan O’Malley reported on the continuing downward cycle of crime in the neighborhood – down in basically every major index crime category with the exception […]
The 76th Precinct Community Council meeting was held on Tuesday, January 5th featuring Port Authority representatives discussing counter-terrorism and security around the Red Hook container port and The Civilian Complaint Review Board was on hand to give a presentation on citizens’ rights. Captain Elliot Colon took the podium first, starting with the monthly crime statistics report. The latest report showed […]
The first time I heard about “Night Out Against Crime,” back in the 1980’s I didn’t take it seriously at all. I really didn’t know what it was about, I thought it was some kind of feelgood event that did nothing to cut down on the rampant crime that was plaguing America’s cities. I left tonight’s celebration at Coffey Park […]