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:
A Historical Take On The NYPD, And Today's Police Headlines
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
A new podcast dives into the history of the New York Police Department. Peabody Award-winning journalist Chenjerai Kumanyika joins us to discuss hosting, Empire City: The Untold Origi...
This Week in Politics: Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigns
Saturday, September 14, 2024
This week, things came to a head with the federal investigations swirling around the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD. Police Commissioner Edward Caban re...
The NYPD's combative culture comes under scrutiny as a federal investigation looms
Thursday, September 12, 2024
A federal investigation has brought attention to a police department that law enforcement experts say has become increasingly combative and erratic.
Has policing changed since Eric Garner was killed? Here's what a decade of data shows.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Here are seven takeaways that show how police misconduct and accountability have evolved since Garner’s death.
Video of Eric Garner's death shook NYC. 10 years later, when is it OK to film the NYPD?
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Video of Eric Garner's death shook NYC. 10 years later, when is it OK to film the NYPD?
NYC slammed with 250 lawsuits over claims of child sexual abuse in juvenile jails
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Nijere Stewart is still haunted by the five months he spent at a Brooklyn juvenile jail at age 15.
NYC slammed with 250 lawsuits over claims of child sexual abuse in juvenile jails
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Nijere Stewart is still haunted by the five months he spent at a Brooklyn juvenile jail at age 15.
Incarcerated New Yorkers staged a Broadway show in prison
Friday, May 24, 2024
The nonprofit Rehabilitation Through the Arts runs theater, dance and visual arts programs in eight prisons across New York.
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.
