SHAREThe top NYPD cop who oversaw mass arrests in The Bronx on Thursday, which started with officers beating protesters with batons, was cited by the Civilian Complaint Review Board for heavy-handed tactics in a mass arrest during the 2004 GOP convention.Then-Deputy Chief Terence Monahan was in charge on Aug. 31, 2004, when demonstrators were rounded up in Lower Manhattan — even after they’d been told they could march, an examination by THE CITY found.Monahan, now the NYPD’s chief of department, initiated the arrests after deciding demonstrators weren’t properly following police...…SHAREThe top NYPD cop who oversaw mass arrests in The Bronx on Thursday, which started with officers beating protesters with batons, was cited by the Civilian Complaint Review Board for heavy-handed tactics in a mass arrest during the 2004 GOP convention.Then-Deputy Chief Terence Monahan was in charge on Aug. 31, 2004, when demonstrators were rounded up in Lower Manhattan — even after they’d been told they could march, an examination by THE CITY found.Monahan, now the NYPD’s chief of department, initiated the arrests after deciding demonstrators weren’t properly following police...WW…

Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is co-published with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Cops in an unmarked van allegedly stop a driver and invasively search him in the middle of a Staten Island street.Officers, guns drawn, ransack a Brooklyn apartment —...…Investigating America’s Largest Police ForceProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This story is co-published with THE CITY.ProPublica is working with , / and to report on how allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers in New York are investigated and to examine and analyze police disciplinary records that have recently been made public.Cops in an unmarked van allegedly stop a driver and invasively search him in the middle of a Staten Island street.Officers, guns drawn, ransack a Brooklyn apartment —...WW…

SHARESHARELast spring, frontline medical workers scrambled in vain to find proper surgical masks as the coronavirus swept through hospitals across the city. Doctors, nurses and medical technicians were forced to reuse the same mask over and over — a dangerously ineffective method to stem infection from a virus that’s now taken the lives of more than 24,000 New Yorkers.City officials jumped into action, signing more than $1 billion in emergency no-bid contracts with seemingly anybody who claimed they could produce high-quality masks and other crucial COVID gear — including...…SHARESHARELast spring, frontline medical workers scrambled in vain to find proper surgical masks as the coronavirus swept through hospitals across the city. Doctors, nurses and medical technicians were forced to reuse the same mask over and over — a dangerously ineffective method to stem infection from a virus that’s now taken the lives of more than 24,000 New Yorkers.City officials jumped into action, signing more than $1 billion in emergency no-bid contracts with seemingly anybody who claimed they could produce high-quality masks and other crucial COVID gear — including...WW…

Filed under:The upstate firm responsible for sending mislabeled absentee ballot envelopes to thousands of Brooklyn voters notched a $4.6 million, no-bid contract after promising it would get the job done using a system dubbed “Electrack,” records show.“Electrack” apparently went off the rails with a computer glitch that shifted data — spurring a massive wave of complaints from voters who got return envelopes with the . Now the city Board of Elections is scrambling to resend ballots to 100,000 Brooklyn voters in time for the Nov. 3 presidential election.The company responsible, Phoenix...…Filed under:The upstate firm responsible for sending mislabeled absentee ballot envelopes to thousands of Brooklyn voters notched a $4.6 million, no-bid contract after promising it would get the job done using a system dubbed “Electrack,” records show.“Electrack” apparently went off the rails with a computer glitch that shifted data — spurring a massive wave of complaints from voters who got return envelopes with the . Now the city Board of Elections is scrambling to resend ballots to 100,000 Brooklyn voters in time for the Nov. 3 presidential election.The company responsible, Phoenix...WW…

Additional Reporting by Rachel Holliday SmithSHARESHARENYCHA’s longstanding plan to tackle mold infestations by bringing fresher air to thousands of poorly ventilated public housing apartments could also help tamp down a potential second wave of COVID-19.But there’s a big problem: A major roof-fan replacement project is way behind schedule — and an internal Department of Investigation examination has found the main vendor hired to do the job has a history of alleged safety and financial issues, THE CITY has learned.Housing Authority officials have promised to replace 10,000 roof fans by...…Additional Reporting by Rachel Holliday SmithSHARESHARENYCHA’s longstanding plan to tackle mold infestations by bringing fresher air to thousands of poorly ventilated public housing apartments could also help tamp down a potential second wave of COVID-19.But there’s a big problem: A major roof-fan replacement project is way behind schedule — and an internal Department of Investigation examination has found the main vendor hired to do the job has a history of alleged safety and financial issues, THE CITY has learned.Housing Authority officials have promised to replace 10,000 roof fans by...WW…

SHAREThe top NYPD cop who oversaw mass arrests in The Bronx on Thursday, which started with officers beating protesters with batons, was cited by the Civilian Complaint Review Board for heavy-handed tactics in a mass arrest during the 2004 GOP convention.Then-Deputy Chief Terence Monahan was in charge on Aug. 31, 2004, when demonstrators were rounded up in Lower Manhattan — even after they’d been told they could march, an examination by THE CITY found.Monahan, now the NYPD’s chief of department, initiated the arrests after deciding demonstrators weren’t properly following police...…SHAREThe top NYPD cop who oversaw mass arrests in The Bronx on Thursday, which started with officers beating protesters with batons, was cited by the Civilian Complaint Review Board for heavy-handed tactics in a mass arrest during the 2004 GOP convention.Then-Deputy Chief Terence Monahan was in charge on Aug. 31, 2004, when demonstrators were rounded up in Lower Manhattan — even after they’d been told they could march, an examination by THE CITY found.Monahan, now the NYPD’s chief of department, initiated the arrests after deciding demonstrators weren’t properly following police...WW…