David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Most-Complained-About NYPD Cop Retires, Avoiding Penalties
An NYPD lieutenant who had been facing discipline for 52 substantiated allegations of misconduct is retiring instead — avoiding penalties in three cases and getting docked 64 vacation days in five others, THE CITY has learned. The Civilian Complaint Review…
Cop Who Bragged About Ripping Down Mask to Pepper Spray Protester Escapes Discipline for Use of Force
The NYPD officer who ripped down the face mask of a Brooklyn protester and pepper sprayed him in the face in the early days of the George Floyd protests in New York City — and who later bragged to colleagues…
Why Is NYC’s Economy Still Struggling? Take a Close Look at Construction, Entertainment and Retail
In the summer of 2019, with the city’s economy booming and with tourists arriving in such numbers that a record 67 million would visit New York by the end of the year, leisure and hospitality jobs hit a record 474,000….
Shame on Mayor Adams, the MTA and NYPD – Subways Unmasked
So, you thought Bill de Blasio was goofy? With more bluster and little or no actual affect, Mayor Eric Adams may soon pass de Blasio’s worst. How can he keep crime out of the subways if his NYPD troops can’t…
New Yorkers Who Answered Mayor’s Call to Catch Cops on Phones Got No Replies
New Yorkers who answered Mayor Eric Adams’s call to snap photos of inattentive police officers on cell phones in subway stations say the campaign is more image than action. Shantel Destra and Jose Martinez, The City Republished: The Roosevelt Island…
Bad Cops Not Getting Punishment They Deserve, Says Corruption Commission
The NYPD let 21 cops who should have been terminated for serious misconduct in recent years remain on the job — including a veteran detective who inappropriately contacted several women who’d called a Crime Stoppers hotline, according to an oversight…
Why Won’t New York City Officials Protect Us Against COVID?
With COVID infection rates steady at just under 8%, there’s big talk from Mayor Eric Adams and others about taking precautions and protecting ourselves as well as others. But it’s all just political happy talk as lax enforcement of simple…
No NYC Subway Riders Got Fined for Defying Mask Mandate in August
Jose Martinez and Christopher Alvarez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Sep 6 at 8:05pm EDTby THE CITY /Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. As COVID cases in the city hit their highest…
A police raid on Roosevelt Island: a sawed-off rifle, crossbow, samurai sword and ammunition
A police raid at 425 Main Street, yesterday morning, yielded a sawed-off rifle, crossbow, samurai sword and ammunition. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News On Thursday, August 12th, NYPD raided an apartment at 425 Main Street as part…
All Cops Should Submit DNA Samples to Avoid Crime-Scene Confusion: Federal Report
Reuven Blau, THE CITY This article was originally published on Jul 15 at 8:39pm EDT by THE CITY When 22-year-old German police officer Michele Kiesewetter was fatally shot in the head while sitting in her patrol car, DNA evidence captured…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor