Bill Bratton: ‘We Are Not Being Overrun’ By Squeegee Men

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Jillian Jorgensen

The New York Post has loudly declared that squeegee men are back — and “terrorizing” New York City’s streets — but Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said this morning the city is beyond the bad old days.

“Today’s New York Post, you think we were being overrun by squeegee pests,” Mr. Bratton said during an interview on CBS This Morning. “They’ve documented three people who they’ve seen acting as squeegee pests. We’re not being overrun. Those will be taken care of very, very quickly.”

The cover of the right-leaning tabloid featured a picture of a man wiping down a car windshield with the headline: “Bad Old Days.” An online headline read “Squeegee men are back and terrorizing city streets.” The story documents one “glassy-eyed man” with “filthy, cracked fingers” using a copy of A.M. NY as a rag in Manhattan, and two others working on the Queens side of the Queensboro Bridge, though it notes drivers have seen squeegee men elsewhere.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/08/bill-bratton-we-are-not-being-overrun-by-squeegee-men/#ixzz39oF0BFBK

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1. No slowdown despite union warnings, says NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton

JENNIFER FERMINO

Despite some fiery rhetoric from union leadership, there has been no evidence of an NYPD slowdown among the rank-and-file, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday.

"I fully expect all of our personnel to do the right thing and they are doing the right thing," Bratton told reporters after a closed door afternoon meeting with Mayor de Blasio.

On Tuesday, the head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association Ed Mullins, outraged over a medical examiner report that said Eric Garner died in police custody because of a prohibited chokehold, said cops should "follow the rule book the way it's written."

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/slowdown-union-warnings-nypd-commissioner-william-bratton-blog-entry-1.1895559