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    Summer Shooter's Gun Found in Recent Search
    Briana Warsing
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    Summer Shooter's Gun Found in Recent Search

    On Tuesday January 8, the 114th Precinct posted a photo on their Facebook page of a gun, bullets, bags of marijuana and cash. These items...
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    Man Robbed at Gunpoint in Roosevelt Landings Hallway
    Briana Warsing
    • Oct 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    Man Robbed at Gunpoint in Roosevelt Landings Hallway

    A 32-year old man was robbed of his wallet and money by four unidentified males at gunpoint early this morning in a 540 Main Street,...
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    Precinct Commander Holds Community Meeting After Shooting
    Briana Warsing
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 4 min

    Precinct Commander Holds Community Meeting After Shooting

    The 114th Precinct's Osvaldo Nuñez holds informational meeting Manhattan Park’s Theatre Club On Monday evening, the New York Police...
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    Islander Turns Himself in, Admits to Being Shooter
    Briana Warsing
    • Aug 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    Islander Turns Himself in, Admits to Being Shooter

    The man suspected of taking aim at a luxury Upper East Side apartment building from across the East River on Roosevelt Island turned...
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    PSD Releases Video to Community, Asks for Help
    Briana Warsing
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    PSD Releases Video to Community, Asks for Help

    The Public Safety Department is asking for Islanders' help in identifying a male and female walking southbound on the western promenade...
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    Public Safety Director Jack McManus on the Challenge of Earning Trust
    Francine Elisaia and Mark Strong Shinozaki
    • May 16, 2018
    • 14 min

    Public Safety Director Jack McManus on the Challenge of Earning Trust

    In 2013, Jack McManus, a lifelong New Yorker and former executive officer at the NYPD, took over as director of the Roosevelt Island...
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    Facts Don’t Support Accusation of PSD Cover-up
    Erin Feely-Nahem
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Facts Don’t Support Accusation of PSD Cover-up

    On Sunday, February 18, RIRA member Joyce Short held a public protest with about 10 people. The small action alleged a Public Safety Departm
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    Stand with Island Parents for Better Gun Laws
    Sarah Lenzi
    • Mar 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    Stand with Island Parents for Better Gun Laws

    Next week is the #Enough walkout. On March 14 at 10:00 a.m., across the country, students and parents and, where possible, teachers and admi
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    Race to Fight Public Lewdness
    briana644
    • Feb 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    Race to Fight Public Lewdness

    Everyone who believes “sex crimes in progress” should ignite an immediate, swift response from Public Safety (PSD), mark this event on your
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    Parishioners Outraged as DA Drops Investigation of Former Island Priest
    Linda Heimer
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 5 min

    Parishioners Outraged as DA Drops Investigation of Former Island Priest

    The Bronx District Attorney’s office has announced [read the press release] that it is closing its investigation into Father Peter...
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    Suspect Arrested in Recent Burglaries
    Briana Warsing
    • Nov 11, 2017
    • 2 min

    Suspect Arrested in Recent Burglaries

    The New York Police Department’s 114th Precinct has apprehended a suspect they believe was responsible for three recent burglaries in...
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    Kudos to Public Safety
    briana644
    • Oct 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Kudos to Public Safety

    When someone stole her son's bike, an Islander found a needed ally in the RIOC Public Safety Department.
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    After Public Exposure Incident, Islander Questions PSD Numbers
    Briana Warsing
    • Oct 13, 2017
    • 6 min

    After Public Exposure Incident, Islander Questions PSD Numbers

    When a terrified call reporting an act of public lewdness somehow got translated into a request for an escort, one Roosevelt Landings reside
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    Public Exposure Must Be Taken Seriously
    briana644
    • Oct 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    Public Exposure Must Be Taken Seriously

    An act of public lewdness exposes deep problems in the Public Safety Department and raises the question of who is providing oversight.
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    RISA on Defensive after Former Director Pleads Guilty
    Briana Warsing
    • Aug 26, 2017
    • 8 min

    RISA on Defensive after Former Director Pleads Guilty

    The board of the Roosevelt Island Senior Association (RISA) has found itself on the defensive following a guilty plea to larceny charges by
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    Contempt for Anti-Smoking Signs is Misplaced
    briana644
    • Jul 31, 2017
    • 3 min

    Contempt for Anti-Smoking Signs is Misplaced

    RIRA's anti-smoking signs were part of a well-intentioned education campaign to keep youth out of trouble, not an attack on Black Lives.
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    Signs Don't Stop Drug Use
    briana644
    • Jul 31, 2017
    • 2 min

    Signs Don't Stop Drug Use

    Anyone could have told RIRA that signs with pot leaves wouldn't stop drug use. Instead of giving them something to mock, make them want
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    Crime Rate, Transportation Headline Town Hall Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • Jun 25, 2017
    • 3 min

    Crime Rate, Transportation Headline Town Hall Meeting

    Thursday evening’s Town Hall Meeting was hosted by the Island’s elected representatives, and was billed as an opportunity for Islanders...
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    Opinion: Island’s War on Drugs Is Part of a Long History
    Khadijah Abdurahman
    • Jun 24, 2017
    • 3 min

    Opinion: Island’s War on Drugs Is Part of a Long History

    Calls to step up policing are just another way of saying "Get Out."
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    Anti-Pot Campaign off to a Rocky Start
    Briana Warsing
    • Jun 24, 2017
    • 2 min

    Anti-Pot Campaign off to a Rocky Start

    In response to community complaints about the open use of marijuana on the Island, and in the wake of a January 12 assault by an...
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