Strippers Needed, Sleaze Booms in the Big Easy
New York Press, November 21, 2005
By all accounts, nightlife in New Orleans is dead. Large swaths of the city remain uninhabitable, only a handful of locals have returned, the tourists are elsewhere and to top it off, there's a 2 a.m. curfew on the City of Sin. But for the few strip clubs that have reopened in the French Quarter, business is booming. >>
Elmhurst Landlord Gets 44 Yrs. For Ordering Hit On Tenants
Queens Chronicle, February 03, 2005
In a case that shocked even the most jaded New Yorkers, a landlord in Elmhurst was sentenced last Wednesday to 44 years to life in prison for hiring hitmen to kill two of his tenants so he could get more money for their rent-controlled apartment. >>
Subway Security Scrutinized In Wake Of London Terror Attacks
Queens Chronicle, July 14, 2005
fter four bomb attacks rocked London’s subway and bus lines last week, New York commuters apprehensively boarded buses and trains while lawmakers put the security of the city’s public transportation, especially subways, under the microscope. >>
NYPD Anti-Corruption Chair Quits; Blames Lack Of Subpoena Power
Queens Chronicle, April 28, 2005
Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission to Combat Police Corruption, Mark Pomerantz resigned last Tuesday, one day after a City Council Public Safety Committee hearing where he testified that his commission has faced “lack of cooperation by the Police Department” in fulfilling its mission.
Pomerantz, who will step down on June 1st, said that his resignation had been tendered a month before the hearing on April 18th. But the timing was, in any event, a culmination of criticism that the NYPD has been facing for months. >>
Queensbridge “Dream Team” Nightmare Is Over For Residents
Queens Chronicle, February 24, 2005
An 11-month sting operation, involving local and federal law enforcement officers, culminated in the arrest of 37 suspected drug dealers operating out of Queensbridge Houses, with warrants out for the arrest of 18 others. Officials said in a press conference on Thursday that leaders of the drug ring, who called themselves the Dream Team, turned the streets and courtyards of the city’s largest housing project into an open-air drug market. >>
Subway Station Rape: Workers Call For Help But Don’t Intervene
Queens Chronicle, June 09, 2005
Two transit workers did not attempt to stop the rape of a 21-year-old woman on the platform of the G train at the mostly deserted 21st Street station in Long Island City early Tuesday morning. The attacker, who had an apparent foot fetish, assaulted the woman on the train and then followed her into the station just before 3 a.m. >>