On Secret Tape, City Police Press A Tickets Quota
Secret recording made in Brooklyn police station offers persuasive evidence of existence of quotas in New York Police Department; hourlong recording, made by police supervisor during April 1 meeting of supervisors from 81st Precinct, makes clear that precinct leaders are focused on raising number of summonses issued, even as Police Department had already begun inquiry into whether crime statistics in that precinct were being manipulated; police Capt Alex Perez is heard on tape warning his top c... query.nytimes.com |
Hinckley: The more 'Wives,' the marry-er
ABC'S New sitcom "Better With You" has a running gag in which one character keeps calling her decision not to marry her longtime boyfriend "a valid life choice." That phrase becomes more interesting in "Sister Wives," a reality show about a family that practices "plural marriage," that is, polygamy. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Sundance Institute Announces Foreign Venture
Ten films will be shown at American embassies and other sites overseas. feeds.nytimes.com |
'The Situation' and his pecs eliminated from 'DWTS'
It feels a little ridiculous watching this while the Chilean miners are getting rescued. ABC seems to think the same thing as they waste no time naming the first contestants to be saved. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Desserts, Literary Women and Broadway Babies
This weekend, walk your way through New York City’s desserts and the haunts of some of literature’s most lauded women. feeds.nytimes.com |