Sam Antar

Sex, Lies, and Overtime: Inside the NYPD’s Financial Black Box

/ 4 minutes of reading

The NYPD’s overtime system operates like a financial shell game, where millions of dollars can disappear into bureaucratic black holes with almost no accountability. This systemic dysfunction came into sharp focus with a recent scandal involving NYPD Lieutenant Quathisha Epps, who accused Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey of demanding sexual favors in exchange for overtime […]

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NYPD Overtime Scandal: Failure of Legislative Oversight Laid Bare

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The explosive allegations of sex-for-overtime rocking the NYPD have exposed not one scandal, but two. The first involves alleged sexual coercion for overtime pay. The second – perhaps even more disturbing – is how City Council leadership failed to spot glaring red flags in their own budget documents that suggested systemic overtime abuse. Under Speaker

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Exposed: NYPD’s 2024 Crime Statistics Manipulation

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New York City faces its worst violent crime rate in over two decades, with 48,098 violent crimes reported in 2024 – levels not seen since 2002. Yet on January 6, 2025, NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch presented a different story, touting “a nearly 3% reduction in overall index crime” and claiming 3,662 fewer incidents meant

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NYC Mental Health Crisis Unfolds at Kips Bay Starbucks: A Homeless Couple’s Story

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Today at Kips Bay, Manhattan Starbucks, I witnessed a scene that revealed the heartbreaking complexity of love, mental illness, and our city’s broken support system. It began when a homeless man knocked over a table, disrupting the calm of the coffee shop. The employee, maintaining remarkable composure, politely asked him to leave. Instead, he curled

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Letitia James and Working Families Party: Luxury Travel and Creative Accounting

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When politicians need to conduct “urgent business,” campaign finance records suggest they have an uncanny knack for finding it in premium vacation destinations. New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Working Families Party both discovered such pressing matters requiring their presence at peak-season Martha’s Vineyard in August and Puerto Rico’s pristine shores during November’s

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NYC Cultural Affairs: The Art of Making Public Money Disappear

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Leather-clad violinists and sex educator clowns might have grabbed the headlines, but they’re just the sideshow. The real spectacle at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is happening behind the scenes, where nearly a million dollars in taxpayer money performs a remarkable vanishing act. Our investigation of transactions from January 2021 through December

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A Christmas Eve in Brooklyn: When Life Turned on a Dime

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On Christmas Eve 1990, life’s precarious nature revealed itself to me in ways I never expected. As the former CFO of Crazy Eddie who had recently agreed to cooperate with federal authorities, I was already living through a period of profound change. Yet nothing could have prepared me for how events would unfold that evening

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EXPOSED: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s Crime Data Cover-Up

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In a December 18th social media post, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg showcased what appeared to be a triumph of public safety: five categories of crime, all trending downward. Yet beneath this carefully curated presentation lies a masterclass in statistical manipulation that obscures a troubling surge in violent crime. The First Deception: A Vanishing Year

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Tish James: Luxury Campaign Spending With Creative Accounting

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When New York Attorney General Letitia James travels on campaign business, receipts suggest she has expensive tastes — and a remarkably creative way of accounting for them. While most New Yorkers hunt for economy flights and Expedia deals, James’s campaign credit card tells a tale of private jets, luxury suites, and airlines. The campaign shows

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The Michael Gianaris Pipeline: Campaign Wealth Redistributed

/ 7 minutes of reading

From the streets of Astoria to the halls of Albany, Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris has mastered the art of political wealth redistribution — though perhaps not in the way his progressive supporters might expect. With a consistently safe Democratic seat where he won his 2024 election with 67.6% of the vote, Gianaris has built

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