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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile JFK Airport and Penn station look horrific and the homeless run the streets and trash fans overflow because sanitation runs on a shoestring budget. NyCHA is a disaster nobody dares to fix and the MTA and city Dept ot Education is full of mismanagement

You must be too young to remember what nyc was like 30 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:“At least 11 police vehicles were vandalized while parked at a precinct in Queens on Monday night.”

https://abc7ny.com/post/least-11-nypd-vehicles-vandalized-outside-police-precinct-laurelton-queens/18143814/

The battle for Gotham has begun.

Christian Genwright, 22, of Valley Stream, New York, was arrested in Queens on Tuesday night in connection with the vandalized vehicles, the NYPD said.

Not sure what the point is. This guy has almost nothing to do with NYC. He’s from LI

Adding nothing except Valley Stream is literally on the border between Nassau and Queens. Meaning he could be living a block or two away from Queens. I just checked the map (because I don't recall a precinct being so close by) and the precinct is literally 0.5 miles from Green Acres, which is a mall in Valley Stream that used to attract people from all over that area. People who don't know sh!t about New York need to stop chiming in and spreading misinformation.

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Anonymous wrote:And why do you think recruitment is down??

Millions of entitled NYC liberals with YouTube University law degrees that turn even the simplest interaction into a Supreme Court case?

Recruiting is significantly down in every city. Reasons:
1) declining public respect for an support for cops. Blacks in particular get a lot of crap from relatives and friends for joining the force and since the force has historically drawn from working class families, that’s a problem.
2) most young people don’t want a job where they need to show up in person at 7 am
3) it seems increasingly dangerous given our total lack of gun control and the fact that criminals are armed with paramilitary weapons, plus the mental health issues that cops are supposed to deal with (which do very often result in assaults on officers)
4) risk of prosecution if you make a mistake (see those cops in dc prosecuted for chasing a guy who got hit by a car)
5) the pension used to be the huge drawn but young people today don’t think about pensions or understand the value or trust they wil be there
6) lots of young people can’t pass the background checks and don’t want to commit to never smoking pot and having to take drug tests
I think those are roughly in order of importance but the pit thing maybe should be higher on the list.

Now pour gas on that fire with an anti-cop mayor that’s on the record saying police are corrupt, racist homophobes.

Mamdani will need to nail some NYPD pelts to his office wall to appease the Democratic Socialist Party.

Please. You think cops haven’t heard criticism before? Mamdani’s election will not move the needle, and anyone saying that is peddling in fake news

I’m a progressive that also knows a fair number of cops. I think it will move the needle on the margins. Unfortunately, I think it’s often the good cops who leave because they are the ones that care what people think about them and didn’t join the force to feel like an a-hole. The bad cops actually relish this stuff because they joined not to serve their community but because they wanted a badge and a gun and they enjoy playing the axxhole. I think the only real answer is culture shift within the department where the good cops feel empowered to speak out about the bad ones. In my experience, the good cops HATE working with the bad ones — both because they are jerks but also because they know that those are the guys most likely to create a situation where they end up on trial. But with staffing and recruiting so low, it’s increasingly hard to weed out the bad apples. I’ve had a number of cops tell me that the new recruits coming in are much worse than they were 15-20 years ago but they can’t bounce them all in training — they’d end up with no one.
It’s also my experience that the good cops are nervous when they feel they don’t have administration support because they are all worried about a DA wanting to make a name for themselves going after cops. If you recall the Baltimore indictments relating to the guy who died after he wasn’t belted into the van—some cops told me that it’s common not to belt arrested people who are belligerent because if you lean over them to belt them in, they are likely to either headbutt you or bite you in the face or neck. They really are in a tough position dealing with some of the very violent and crazy or strung out people. I have heard from some cops that they’ve been pleasantly surprised by some of the civilian review boards because once actual citizens hear the facts, they are often sympathetic — unlike some DAs that are just looking to make a name.
Anyway I think this stuff is all tremendously complicated and the polarization and demonization of both sides really doesn’t serve the interests of the community.

Cops are not leaving because the work is hard. There’s less crime in Ny now than 30 years ago. They’re leaving because they’re barely making any more then a cab driver or UPS driver

They can lateral to surrounding departments and immediately make more money while also shedding the specter of Democratic Socialism.

Sure, some can. But there aren’t the same number of jobs in those areas, and you might guess that many NYPD love NYC and have family and ties here. They’d prefer to be in NYC but the robber barons who control politics make it hard on everyone, screaming about a limited rent freeze and affordable housing as they live like absolute kings. You have no idea of the money in NYC among these people. Why do you think these super rich people care so much about these issues? Do you think they won’t be able to live or pay their housing costs if there is a 2% tax increase? Or if there is one single subsidized grocery store per borough (among millions of people)? Steven Cohen, hedge fund billionaire and owner of the Mets, ran the harshest attack ads against Mamdani with vile racist insults and accusing Mamdani of trying to wreck Public schools? Do you think Cohen’s children ever stepped foot in a NYC public school?

Cops don’t hate Mamdani like the people on this chain say they do. As someone pointed out above, many are roughly his age and many are POC.

The billionaires that run our government and take welfare don’t even like people. They think money for AI and going to space is a more pressing matter than human issues like universal health insurance, affordable college, childcare, rent, food, and prescription medication. Billionaires deserve more than senior citizens, veterans, children, college students, parents.

More Americans than ever before are working two full time jobs even in two income households. More Americans than ever can’t afford a personal emergency or have enough sick days or any retirement to retire with dignity. We are In very dark times

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Anonymous wrote:And why do you think recruitment is down??

Millions of entitled NYC liberals with YouTube University law degrees that turn even the simplest interaction into a Supreme Court case?

Recruiting is significantly down in every city. Reasons:
1) declining public respect for an support for cops. Blacks in particular get a lot of crap from relatives and friends for joining the force and since the force has historically drawn from working class families, that’s a problem.
2) most young people don’t want a job where they need to show up in person at 7 am
3) it seems increasingly dangerous given our total lack of gun control and the fact that criminals are armed with paramilitary weapons, plus the mental health issues that cops are supposed to deal with (which do very often result in assaults on officers)
4) risk of prosecution if you make a mistake (see those cops in dc prosecuted for chasing a guy who got hit by a car)
5) the pension used to be the huge drawn but young people today don’t think about pensions or understand the value or trust they wil be there
6) lots of young people can’t pass the background checks and don’t want to commit to never smoking pot and having to take drug tests
I think those are roughly in order of importance but the pit thing maybe should be higher on the list.

Now pour gas on that fire with an anti-cop mayor that’s on the record saying police are corrupt, racist homophobes.

Mamdani will need to nail some NYPD pelts to his office wall to appease the Democratic Socialist Party.

Please. You think cops haven’t heard criticism before? Mamdani’s election will not move the needle, and anyone saying that is peddling in fake news

I’m a progressive that also knows a fair number of cops. I think it will move the needle on the margins. Unfortunately, I think it’s often the good cops who leave because they are the ones that care what people think about them and didn’t join the force to feel like an a-hole. The bad cops actually relish this stuff because they joined not to serve their community but because they wanted a badge and a gun and they enjoy playing the axxhole. I think the only real answer is culture shift within the department where the good cops feel empowered to speak out about the bad ones. In my experience, the good cops HATE working with the bad ones — both because they are jerks but also because they know that those are the guys most likely to create a situation where they end up on trial. But with staffing and recruiting so low, it’s increasingly hard to weed out the bad apples. I’ve had a number of cops tell me that the new recruits coming in are much worse than they were 15-20 years ago but they can’t bounce them all in training — they’d end up with no one.
It’s also my experience that the good cops are nervous when they feel they don’t have administration support because they are all worried about a DA wanting to make a name for themselves going after cops. If you recall the Baltimore indictments relating to the guy who died after he wasn’t belted into the van—some cops told me that it’s common not to belt arrested people who are belligerent because if you lean over them to belt them in, they are likely to either headbutt you or bite you in the face or neck. They really are in a tough position dealing with some of the very violent and crazy or strung out people. I have heard from some cops that they’ve been pleasantly surprised by some of the civilian review boards because once actual citizens hear the facts, they are often sympathetic — unlike some DAs that are just looking to make a name.
Anyway I think this stuff is all tremendously complicated and the polarization and demonization of both sides really doesn’t serve the interests of the community.

Cops are not leaving because the work is hard. There’s less crime in Ny now than 30 years ago. They’re leaving because they’re barely making any more then a cab driver or UPS driver

They can lateral to surrounding departments and immediately make more money while also shedding the specter of Democratic Socialism.

Sure, some can. But there aren’t the same number of jobs in those areas, and you might guess that many NYPD love NYC and have family and ties here. They’d prefer to be in NYC but the robber barons who control politics make it hard on everyone, screaming about a limited rent freeze and affordable housing as they live like absolute kings. You have no idea of the money in NYC among these people. Why do you think these super rich people care so much about these issues? Do you think they won’t be able to live or pay their housing costs if there is a 2% tax increase? Or if there is one single subsidized grocery store per borough (among millions of people)? Steven Cohen, hedge fund billionaire and owner of the Mets, ran the harshest attack ads against Mamdani with vile racist insults and accusing Mamdani of trying to wreck Public schools? Do you think Cohen’s children ever stepped foot in a NYC public school?

Cops don’t hate Mamdani like the people on this chain say they do. As someone pointed out above, many are roughly his age and many are POC.

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Anonymous wrote:New York spends billions on useless big business subsidies. They pretty much did the same to lure Amazon giving Bezos close to a billion or more in subsidies. Taking the wealth from the poor and giving it to the top 1% is not anything but socialism and welfare for the rich

Give the money to the poor! They need more drugs & tattoos!!

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Anonymous wrote:“At least 11 police vehicles were vandalized while parked at a precinct in Queens on Monday night.”

https://abc7ny.com/post/least-11-nypd-vehicles-vandalized-outside-police-precinct-laurelton-queens/18143814/

The battle for Gotham has begun.

Christian Genwright, 22, of Valley Stream, New York, was arrested in Queens on Tuesday night in connection with the vandalized vehicles, the NYPD said.

Not sure what the point is. This guy has almost nothing to do with NYC. He’s from LI

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile JFK Airport and Penn station look horrific and the homeless run the streets and trash fans overflow because sanitation runs on a shoestring budget. NyCHA is a disaster nobody dares to fix and the MTA and city Dept ot Education is full of mismanagement

You must be too young to remember what nyc was like 30 years ago.

Anonymous wrote:NYPD and DAs should spend more time prosecuting guys like this

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/realestate/sanford-solny-home-deeds-sentencing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.pILj.Z32ekCGBoJFC&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile JFK Airport and Penn station look horrific and the homeless run the streets and trash fans overflow because sanitation runs on a shoestring budget. NyCHA is a disaster nobody dares to fix and the MTA and city Dept ot Education is full of mismanagement

So you can’t answer the question? I live in NYC unlike you

Do you know how obvious it is that you don’t know anything about NYC?

They probably know more about New York than Mamdani knows about being mayor.

Well, at least it’s clear he’s stepped foot in nyc in 20 years. You clearly haven’t. Posting from a troll farm in Estonia?

That you think a “troll farm” cares about the Urban Housewives of D.C. is so cute.

If you’re not a troll, then please explain why you post frequently about a city you have little to no connection to and know next to nothing about.

How do we know you’re not a paid troll for the Democratic Socialist Party?

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Anonymous wrote:“At least 11 police vehicles were vandalized while parked at a precinct in Queens on Monday night.”

https://abc7ny.com/post/least-11-nypd-vehicles-vandalized-outside-police-precinct-laurelton-queens/18143814/

The battle for Gotham has begun.

Christian Genwright, 22, of Valley Stream, New York, was arrested in Queens on Tuesday night in connection with the vandalized vehicles, the NYPD said.