Gay bar vandal caught on camera in Hell's Kitchen, police say >HELL'S KITCHEN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The NYPD has released new, clear surveillance video of an alleged serial vandal who has been targeting a gay bar in Hell's Kitchen amid a rise in hate crimes across New York City and the nation.

>The video shows the man who police say threw a rock through the window of Vers on 9th Avenue Saturday night >Investigators say the same man vandalized the club three times in the last week alone. >Police are asking anyone who recognizes the suspect or has information about any of the incidents to contact them.

>A hate-spewing trio called a man an “Asian pig” and kicked and punched him on a Midtown train after demanding that he and a female companion give up their seats, cops said Sunday.

>The three suspects, a man and two women, approached their 42-year-old victim and his 41-year-old female companion, who are both Asian, on the shuttle train from Grand Central Station to Times Square around 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.

>The suspects ordered the victims to give up their seats, cops said. When that apparently didn’t happen, the suspects punched and kicked the male victim, leaving him with a small cut on his head, according to cops.

>The suspects then fled the train at Times Square.

>The victim refused medical attention, cops said.

>MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Two men were robbed aboard a Manhattan train Friday night, police said.

>The victims, ages 21 and 25, were riding the E train when two men threatened them as the subway was approaching the Canal Street stop at around 8:45 p.m., police said. The suspects allegedly pushed the 21-year-old man to the ground and kicked him in the head before taking his wallet, police said.

>The robbers then stole cellphones from both victims and fled when the train stopped at Canal Street, police said.

>The 21-year-old victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention at the scene. The second victim was not injured, police said.

>The NYPD released photos of the suspects but no descriptions were provided.

Man with weapons, Nazi armband arrested at Penn Station for making threats to NYC synagogues

>An unhinged 22-year-old man has been arrested for making threats to Big Apple synagogues, sources said.

>The suspect, Christopher Brown, was collared at the Long Island Rail Road platform at Penn Station late Friday night, carrying weapons and a Nazi armband recovered in his bag, the sources added.

>The twisted suspect was wearing a T-shirt that said, “I have a gun and I’m schizophrenic,” according to the sources. The phrase on the shirt was written in reverse.

>The FBI/NYPD Joint Task force had been on the trail of Brown, a “diagnosed schizophrenic” who recently made overtures to family that he was interested in going to New York and buying a gun, the sources said.

>Brown, of Aquebogue, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. and charged with making terroristic threats, aggravated harassment and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said.

>When Brown was arrested he had the arm band, a ski mask and a large hunting knife, sources said.

>The threats — which escalated on Friday — were allegedly made on Twitter, sources said. Cops also recovered a Glock 17 with an extended magazine, the sources said. The weapon was found in a backpack in the Upper West Side home of 22-year-old Matthew Mahrer, the sources added. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, the sources said. Brown and Mahrer are believed to have been traveling together, the sources added.

>NEW YORK (PIX11) — Four bills meant to tackle New York City’s historic rat problem were signed by Mayor Eric Adams on Friday.

>The mayor’s “Get Stuff Clean” initiative, along with the newly signed legislation, is all part of a concerted effort to create a cleaner New York.

>“This legislation doubles down on our efforts and is another important step to put a dent in our rodent population. Rat-free streets are vital to vibrant neighborhoods and our city’s economic recovery, and I thank the City Council for their partnership in keeping our city squeaky clean” said Adams.

>Intros. 414-4 and 459-A detail rules for so-called rat mitigation zones. The Department of Health and Mental Services must issue an annual report on the success of clearing out rats in these zones. The DOHMH has until April 1, 2023, to identify and declare the zones. Intro. 459-A also allows the Department of Sanitation to issue restrictions on what time of day the buildings in these zones can set out trash and recycling for collection.

>Another bill, Intro 442-A, aims to reduce the presence of rats in construction areas by requiring proof that an exterminator was hired before construction work can begin.

>The last bill, Intro 460-A, requires buildings that have two or more rodent housing or health code violations to use “rodent-resistant containers” for at least two years.

Shootout with police leaves 1 dead, 1 in custody; narcotics operation in Manhattan: sources >INWOOD, Manhattan (WABC) -- One person is dead and another is in police custody after a narcotics operation in Manhattan ended in a shootout with law enforcement.

>Officials say the incident happened around 8:40 p.m. in the Inwood section.

>An undercover joint narcotics operation between federal partners and the NYPD turned fatal when law enforcement tried to arrest a suspect.

>Sources say two suspects fired at police as they were moving the investigation into the first floor of an apartment building.

>Gunshots were exchanged between both law enforcement and the two suspects.

>One suspect was killed as the second suspect tried to barricade himself inside the apartment.

>No members of law enforcement were injured during this incident and the second suspect was eventually taken into custody.

>Two guns, one belonging to each of the suspects, was recovered at the scene. Charges against the suspect in police custody are pending.

Attempted Rape in Riverside Park Thwarted by Witnesses; Suspect Arrested

>A woman was the victim of an attempted rape Tuesday at around 5:15pm in Riverside Park near West 87th Street. Members of the public witnessed the attack and called 911, resulting in the arrest of a suspect.

>Three women were found stabbed to death in a Queens home Friday, police said.

>The women, ages 26, 46 and 57, were discovered in a Springfield Gardens residence on 182nd Street near 146th Drive by a home health aide around 10:40 a.m., according to police and law enforcement sources.

>One of the women was bedridden, the sources said.

>The victims were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

>Cops are searching for a relative of at least one of the victims, who is believed to have fled the location around 5 a.m. and is considered a suspect in connection with the slayings, sources said.  

You are defending the violent assault and robbery of a 12 year old girl. How progressive of you.

Brooklyn food vendor attacked after denying assaulter free food: NYPD >A 59-year-old food vendor in Brooklyn was assaulted after refusing an assailant’s demand for free food last Wednesday, police said.

>The food vendor was punched multiple times in the face on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Plaza Street West, according to the NYPD. The suspect then damaged a window to the food cart and stole a tip jar from the victim, police said.

Former high school basketball player killed in Bronx drive-by shooting >To his family and friends, Jayden Goodridge could always be counted on to flash his big smile and even bigger personality.

>But the 21-year-old tragically became the latest victim of a senseless act of gun violence in a drive-by shooting across the street from the basketball courts at St. Mary’s Park in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.

>Someone riding an electric bike fired off several shots at around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, hitting Goodridge and his friend as they both walked down the street, police said.

>The friend, who is also 21 years old, survived his injuries. But Goodridge was hit in the stomach and later died at a hospital.

>Goodridge had no criminal record, and add there is no reason to believe he was the intended target, police said. The suspect is still on the loose.

Bronx businesses targeted by racist, antisemitic letters; police investigating

NYPD Arrests Men Who Shot Brooklyn Jews with Gel Gun

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> This guy never met a pocket he didn’t want to pick,” a disgusted law enforcement source said.

> The sticky-fingered suspect has lodged 66 arrests in all and currently has three open cases tied to a slew of Manhattan pickpocket busts — in which he was released without bail each time.

> In two of his most recent cases, even Manhattan prosecutors from soft-on-crime District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that Mickens be held on cash bail as high as $75,000 because of his repeat arrests, citing a tweak to the state’s heavily criticized bail-reform laws that supposedly allows the move.

> Mickens had been charged in each case with fourth-degree grand larceny, a non-violent felony that is not eligible for bail under the controversial criminal reform statutes. The 2019 state bail-reform measures, viewed as excessively lenient by critics, changed the landscape of the criminal-justice system in the Empire State.

> The measure eliminated bail for misdemeanors and many felony changes, stripping judges of discretion to order defendants held, including repeat offenders.

> In two of his most recent cases, even Manhattan prosecutors from soft-on-crime District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued that Mickens be held on cash bail as high as $75,000 because of his repeat arrests, citing a tweak to the state’s heavily criticized bail-reform laws that supposedly allows the move.

> Mickens had been charged in each case with fourth-degree grand larceny, a non-violent felony that is not eligible for bail under the controversial criminal reform statutes.

> The “harm on harm” statute is one of the few tools prosecutors still have to argue for bail in cases involving non-bail-eligible offenses — but it’s a remedy not typically granted.

>A career criminal was repeatedly busted and released again in Manhattan in the past month — allegedly committing one of his crimes right behind the courthouse less than an hour after being freed, records show.

> Darin Mickens, 55, is so prolific at his illicit pickpocketing craft that he was once featured in the NYPD’s “Nifty 50” deck of cards of the Big Apple’s biggest subway-crime recidivists, police sources said.

In this case they were mutiple times https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/nycs-brazen-nifty-50-pickpocket-suspect-still-free/

> The city is using an $18.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency with funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to purchase 51 electric school buses.