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Thursday, January 25, 2007

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By Bret Nolan Collazzi
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Woodhaven block group hears good crime news

“During 2006, overall crime has been down in the 102nd Precinct by 1.5 percent,” Marmara said.

However, homicides have been up, totaling eight over the last year. Graffiti vandalism, along with burglaries, have risen slightly, he said
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Holding fire

This incident underscores the dangers that police face in even the most routine operation. When a police officer approaches a car, he never knows what is going through the driver’s mind, whether there’s a warrant out for the driver or whether
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A voice in Albany

Since the last election, much has been said about state government being asleep at the wheel. Now with a Democrat governor, it will be interesting to see if the senator can bring home the bacon. Topping the list should be an overhaul of the system for fun
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Deadly delay

The report documents that LIRR officials have been aware of this danger for more than 30 years and failed to act. For three decades, these officials knew that there gaps so large that a child or even a small adult, such as Smead, could fall through and th
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Why the wait?

But we can’t help but wonder why he waited until he was governor to launch this ethics drive. Surely he could have accomplished some of this as the state’s attorney general. During that time then-Brooklyn Democratic Leader Clarence Norman was
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Accountability

The report and local elected officials have been careful to make it clear that they are not pointing a finger at the hundreds of Con Ed laborers who worked around the clock to get the lights back on. Instead, the report singles out the incompetence of Con

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