New York Headlines

• NYC nabes hiring off-duty cops and private security amid crime surge

  (by Dean Balsamini, Matthew Sedacca for The New York Post 18 minutes ago)
  Howard Beach is poised to join a growing number of battered Big Apple neighborhoods to hire their own security.
  
  

• Migrants sell $2 candy bars in subway to scrape by

  (by Georgia Worrell, Melissa Klein for The New York Post 25 minutes ago)
  South American migrants are selling candy bars in the subway to get by.
  
  

• 93% of NYC subway stations have fewer riders than before the pandemic

  (by Rich Calder, Georgia Worrell for The New York Post 25 minutes ago)
  Among the most impacted stations was the Canarsie-Rockaway station in Brooklyn on the L line where ridership last month was a mere 14.6% of what it was in 2019.
  
  
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• Video Details Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police Officers

  (by Rick Rojas for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Video footage of the fatal encounter included critical moments in which police officers kicked, punched and pepper-sprayed Mr. Nichols, 29, while he screamed.
  
  

• Tyre Nichols Beating: Police Experts See ‘Definition of Excessive Force’

  (by Neelam Bohra for The New York Times an hour ago)
  “This person was not treated as a human being,” one expert said.
  
  

• How an ‘Avatar’ Villain Spends His Sundays

  (by Tammy La Gorce for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  The actor Stephen Lang is known for his tough-guy roles, but he keeps it wholesome off screen, with walks in the park, yoga, naps and family dinners.
  
  

• How a Russian Oligarch May Have Recruited the F.B.I. Agent Who Investigated Him

  (by Rebecca Davis O’Brien for The New York Times 8 hours ago)
  The bureau tried to court Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate, as an informant. Instead, one of its own top agents may have ended up working for him.
  
  

• Who Was Tyre Nichols? From Sacramento to Memphis, He Cut His Own Path

  (by Richard Fausset for The New York Times 12 hours ago)
  Social media posts show that Mr. Nichols harbored a mistrust of prevailing government and economic systems, yet, a friend says, he also considered trying to change policing from the inside.
  
  

• In Affordable Housing v. Parking Lot, a Judge Chooses the Lot

  (by Ginia Bellafante for The New York Times 1 day, 6 hours ago)
  A recent court ruling put a stop on a high-rise planned for the South Street Seaport, pitting preservation against housing needs — again.