Bahar Ostadan covers the NYPD and public safety. Got a tip? Email bostadan@nypublicradio.org or message Bahar on Signal at 646-740-7335.
Bahar Ostadan appears in the following:
Nassau County's gun-toting citizen 'militia' spurs uproar
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Amid fear about a supplemental police force convened by the Nassau County executive, experts say the confluence of armed members without intensive training is particularly concerning.
Food Stamp Scammers Target New Yorkers
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers have had their SNAP benefits stolen.
NYPD sergeant pleads not guilty to killing fleeing Bronx man
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran faces charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault.
A serial litterer once again casts porn, Bible pages and mail onto a Greenpoint street
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Someone is routinely discarding pages of vintage porn, Bibles and erotic novels on the sidewalks of Huron Street in Greenpoint, residents say.
New boss named for troubled Rikers Island jails as possible federal takeover looms
Monday, December 11, 2023
An eight-year veteran of the Department of Correction who cites having a “healthy moral compass” as a personal virtue will lead New York City's jails.
FBI agents raid home of NYC Mayor Adams' key fundraiser
Thursday, November 02, 2023
The FBI has not confirmed the target of the raid.
What to know about the 2nd in command at NYC jails
Wednesday, October 04, 2023
What New Yorkers should know about Charles Daniels, who has been appointed to the No. 2 job in the city jails department for a second time.
New York and New Jersey declare a state of emergency amid floods
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Heavy rain flooding roadways and snarled travel in New York and New Jersey, causing governors of both states to declare states of emergency.
NYPD officers are making 84% more drug arrests per month since Mayor Adams took office
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The NYPD is making nearly twice as many narcotics arrests per month since Mayor Eric Adams took office — a strategy police say is key to reducing community violence.
The Latest on the Police Killing of Eric Duprey
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Last Wednesday, Eric Duprey was killed when a plain clothes NYPD officer knocked him off a motorbike by throwing a picnic cooler at his head.
A 'teen council' at the Brooklyn Public Library combats book bans nationwide
Thursday, August 03, 2023
A teen from New Mexico recently had an urgent message for his peers in New York City: “You always think it can’t happen to you until it does.”
Brooklyn mystery solved: serial litterer was NYPD sergeant
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
The NYPD docked Sgt. John Trzcinski just one vacation day for the bizarre, years-long littering on one block of Noble Street in Greenpoint.
Mother of victim slain in 2019 Brownsville Old Timers' Day shooting awaits sentencing of gunman
Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Bernice Perez said the shooting that killed her son and wounded 11 others has left a hole in her heart. Kyle Williams, 24, faces up to life in prison at the Wednesday sentencing.
Classrooms serve as cells at NYC’s troubled juvenile detention centers
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The Administration for Children’s Services acknowledged that classrooms are among the spaces used at the detention centers when teens and young adults need to be separated from rivals.
Video of NYPD officer pushing father with toddler raises questions about police use-of-force when a child is in harm’s way
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
After being arrested when police responded to a noise complaint, John Guerra was charged with child endangerment and says he lost custody of his 20-month-old son.
Listen: Mayor Adams fights rat ticket in NYC administrative court
Thursday, March 30, 2023
The mayor blamed his neighbor for a rat problem at the building he owns in Brooklyn.
NYPD officers shot man in Bronx after his father called 311 for help with mental health crisis
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Raul de la Cruz, 42, was hospitalized in critical condition on Monday after he was shot by police in the Bronx. His father said doctors gave him a slim chance of survival.
Drugs, cash and razor blades flow into NYC juvenile centers through staff smuggling network
Thursday, March 16, 2023
"You name it, they’ll bring it,” a current New York City juvenile detention center employee said, referring to staffers.
State investigation of baby’s death at Mount Sinai NICU underway
Thursday, March 02, 2023
The distraught parents of 4-month-old Noah Morton say they felt left in the dark as their son died in the neonatal intensive care unit on Jan. 11.
What New Yorkers need to know as thousands of NYC nurses begin strike
Monday, January 09, 2023
Roughly 7,100 nurses are poised to walk off the job Monday.
