BY SAL GRECOThere is a difference between journalism and rooting for a team.At SalGreco.com, we have criticized Mayor Zohran Mamdani when we believed he deserved criticism. We have questioned his priorities, challenged his policies and called attention to decisions we believed were disconnected from the everyday problems facing New Yorkers.But journalism cannot simply become an endless exercise in …
Trump’s Secret Service Takes a Page From Tisch’s NYPD: Hunt the Leaks
BY SAL GRECOThree officials inside the United States Secret Service have been placed on administrative leave amid an internal investigation into potential misconduct, including the agency’s own chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi.But the developing story raises a question that extends well beyond three employees or one federal agency:Is the Trump administration becoming more concerned with …
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NYPD Suicides Renew Scrutiny of Troubled Hiring System
BY SAL GRECOThe New York City Police Department is confronting another painful reminder of the extraordinary mental and emotional strain carried by the men and women who wear the uniform.Over the past several weeks, the NYPD has suffered the deaths by suicide of two uniformed members of service and one civilian member of the department, according to an internal message sent Tuesday morning by Police …
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How Many Lawsuits Before NYPD Confronts Its Culture?
BY SAL GRECODelinda Giraldo’s lawsuit echoes what SalGreco.com and The Sal Greco Show have repeatedly highlighted: allegations of harassment, retaliation, tribalism and failures of internal accountability that ultimately leave New York City taxpayers holding the bill.Another lawsuit. Another NYPD employee alleging harassment. Another accusation that resisting inappropriate conduct was followed not by …
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Questions After Omar Habib Conviction: Did the PBA and Prosecutors Tell the Whole Story?
BY SAL GRECOThe conviction of NYPD Police Officer Omar Habib has already become a landmark case in New York City. On August 13, a Bronx jury convicted Habib of second-degree strangulation, third-degree assault and unlawful methods of restraint, making him the first NYPD officer prosecuted and convicted under New York City’s post-George Floyd chokehold law.But now there are serious questions surrounding one …
The 46th Precinct Gets New Leadership—But Why Does NYPD Captain Gabrielle Walls Keep Getting Passed Over?
BY SAL GRECOAs the NYPD attempts to turn the page on one of its most troubled commands, the selection of new leadership raises another uncomfortable question: Why does Captain Gabrielle Walls—an experienced captain who has already alleged retaliation and discrimination in a lawsuit that survived a major dismissal attempt—remain without a command?The leadership revolving door at the NYPD’s troubled 46th …