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NYPD Warns About 'Wanted' Posters Targeting Finance Executives, And Crossed-Out UnitedHealthcare CEO (UPDATED)
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 8:32am | 712Editor’s Note: The story has been updated with additional bank executives in paragraph 5 The New York Police Department has issued a warning about escalating threats to healthcare executives, according to a report on Wednesday. This follows the murder of UnitedHealth Group Inc‘s (NYSE:...
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Burglary Call Leads NYPD To $5M Illegal Cannabis Operation Bust In Queens
Monday, August 12, 2024 - 8:53am | 570In a late-night operation on Thursday, the NYPD and the New York City Sheriff's Office uncovered millions of dollars worth of illegal cannabis products in a Queens warehouse. This major find marks one of the largest busts in the city’s intensified crackdown on unregulated cannabis suppliers....
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NYC Cops Raid Two Bronx Cannabis Operations, One Was Like 'The Cesar's Palace Of Illegal Marijuana'
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - 7:20pm | 518The facilities, reportedly functioning as fronts for the distribution of cannabis other substances were shut down early Wednesday in what officials describe as one of the largest busts seen by New York Police Dept. (NYPD) and Sheriff’s Office recently. The raid comes as part of city-wide...
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NYC Landlords Face $10 Grand In Fines If They Rent To Illicit Weed Shops, Law Goes Into Effect
Monday, August 14, 2023 - 10:41pm | 377Landlords in the Big Apple who rent store space to illegal weed or tobacco sellers now face $10,000 fines under a new law that seeks to crack down on the estimated 2000 unlicensed smoke shops that keep popping up all over the city. Owners of commercial spaces will be fined...
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NYC's Eric Adams Seeks Help From State Officials To Crack Down On Big Apple's 1500 Illicit Weed Shops
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 10:40am | 542Mayor Eric Adams is on the warpath against the Big Apples’ hundreds of illicit weed shops and he's pressing state officials for help to shut them down. “We have to zero in on this cannabis stuff,” Adams told reporters Tuesday at NYC’s City Hall. “This cannabis...
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New York Mayor Eric Adam Orders NYPD To Crack Down On Illegal Cannabis Vendors
Thursday, August 18, 2022 - 11:35pm | 507New York's Mayor Eric Adams is not happy about the Big Apple’s prolific illicit cannabis sales taking place around town. He’s so hot under the collar that he vowed to put more cops on the street and increase enforcement. The NYPD started by towing ...
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New York Fire Dept. Won't Be Testing For Cannabis, Guidelines To Be Released Within Weeks
Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 1:47pm | 299The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is considering a change to its cannabis testing policy. Following the recent news that the New York Police (NYPD) would stop drug testing officers for marijuana, which the department reversed several hours later, an FDNY union rep is...
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NYPD Could Purchase 250 Tesla Cars For Police Force: What Investors Should Know
Friday, December 17, 2021 - 3:34pm | 420The nation’s largest police forces could soon be driving electric vehicles from Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), according to a Bloomberg report. What Happened: The New York Police Department is considering purchasing 250 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles, valued at $12,360,000. The...
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Digital Ally, Axon See Unusual Movement On NYPD Body Cam News
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 5:34pm | 381The New York Police Department announced Tuesday the “next phase of the body-worn camera deployment” — a phase that doesn’t directly involve Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ: AAXN) or Digital Ally, Inc. (NASDAQ: DGLY), but nonetheless triggered their rises. What Happened Axon...
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Taser Stands To Benefit As Police Departments Using Competitor Report Equipment Failures
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 1:29pm | 618Police departments from across the country are having apprehensions about body camera manufacturer and TASER International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR) competitor VieVu. A report from DNA Info on Friday, both Ohio's Chillicothe Police Department and the Phoenix Police Department have decided to...
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Bargain Hunting? Taser Protests After Losing Body Cam Contract To NYPD
Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 5:25pm | 729The New York Police Department recently struck a deal to supply its officers with body cameras for $6.4 million, about 70 percent less than what TASER International Inc (NASDAQ: TASR), widely considered to have been a shoe-in to win the contract, has been awarded in similar arrangements. The...
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4 Suppliers The NYPD Could Choose For Its Long-Delayed Body-Cam Pilot Program
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 9:14am | 406The New York Police Department has been pushing off a body camera pilot program since it was ordered to do so by a Manhattan federal court judge in August 2013. According to a report by NY Daily News, the police department hasn't yet found a partner that could supply the large-scale project...
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McDonald's Risky New Social Campaign And 3 Times Hashtags Backfired
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 10:17am | 970McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the biggest and perhaps most famous fast food chain in the world. For as many people who enjoy McDonald's, there are theoretically an equal number who raise a skeptical eyebrow at the red, white and yellow donned clown called Ronald. What exactly...
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Four Apple Stories From Monday You May Have Missed
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 9:54am | 584The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) news cycle, normally full of activity, has been largely quiet in 2014 but some smaller, yet significant stories, are still worth noting. Here are four from Monday that you might have missed. Foxconn Ships 1.5 Million iPhone 5S units to China The Wall Street Journal...
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Macy's Faces Another Discrimination Lawsuit
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 2:53pm | 486In a discrimination lawsuit filed Friday, an African-American shopper said Macy’s (NYSE: M) security personnel stopped him after he bought a $2,400 Louis Vuitton bag and an alarm went off as he tried to exit the store. According to club promoter, Halim Sharif, he was detained and his bag...