Captain David Miller, the executive officer at the 7th Precinct, was recently promoted and is moving on from his post as second in command of the Lower East Side station. We're told he starts tomorrow as the new commanding...
Officers from the 7th Precinct visited 151 Bar on Rivington Street last night to deliver a restraining order to owner Francine Marchese. The city has filed a civil suit accusing the divey nightlife spot of selling liquor to underage...
It was a busy night for the NYPD on the Lower East Side. As we already reported, the 7th Precinct delivered a restraining order to Lolita, the bar at 266 Broome Street. The business now faces a civil lawsuit...
Valentine's Day was not sweet for at least one Lower East Side nightlife establishment. The 7th Precinct paid a visit to Lolita Bar at 266 Broome Street last night. You can see the results; a restraining order notice was...
Community activists, politicos and local residents came to the Vladeck Houses on Henry Street last night for National Night Out, an event intended to improve relationships with neighborhood police precincts. 7th Precinct Commanding Officer Peter Venice and Captain David...
Temple of Ankh, the hookah bar at 58 Clinton Street, is dealing with more legal troubles this week. Back in January, the NYPD closed the establishment after state regulators accused owner Wahed Shenouda of violating workers' compensation laws. Those...
Yesterday the NYPD released end-of-year statistics showing crime was up slightly overall in New York City in 2011 (0.2% through December 18). There have been 490 homicides, down 5.6% from 2010.
WNYC noted that the crime picture varies greatly precinct...
The NYPD's monthly "community council meetings" are in all honestly not generally the most newsworthy events in the world. But last week's 7th Precinct gathering was actually pretty informative, although the most relevant details about crime in the neighborhood...
The 7th Precinct Community Council met for the first time Wednesday night since Captain Peter Venice took over as commanding officer. He's succeeds Deputy Inspector Nancy Barry, who was reassigned.
Venice, formerly of the 70th Precinct in Flatbush, said he's...
Tomorrow night is your first chance to (formally) meet Peter Venice, the new commander of the 7th Precinct. It's the first Community Council meeting since he took over for Deputy Inspector Nancy Barry, who was reassigned uptown.
The meeting takes...
