Dr. Zuki

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  3. Posted

    Those buildings on Riverdale may end up converted to market rate( or even higher) priced housing when their state financed mortgages are paid off very, very soon. This has already occured in NYC with several structures under the Mitchell Lama program. The ones are Riverdale were built under the state Section 278 program with the same state financed mortgages.

    Any old timers remember the Ed Agramonte gun store that was formerly located on Riverdale at the site of those projects??

    Seems like yesterday!!!

    Congratulations to Truck 4 on his promotion, remember to swing through 101 sector please.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  4. Posted

    As we continue to grow, we have started an Administrative Division of EMTBravo to deal with all the administive tasks that keep this forum running. Additionally, I'm trying to shed some of the work off of me so that I can focus more on doing what I need to do.

    Truck4, currently Deputy Adminstrator of EMTBravo Forums, has been appointed to Director Of Operations of our newest division, EMTBravo Forums, which encompasses all the EMTBravo Forums sites.

    Truck4 has been with the forum since the begining, and he invented the "Incident Alert" concept which fueled this forum's growth. He also continues to be the "Incident Guru", posting an average of 4 IA's a day.

    As EMTBravo expands, their are more roles to fill. Truck4 has been very reliable in assisting me with the administration of this forum, he's my "check and balance", and he also has filled in for me several times while I've been sick or traveling.

    Thanks for all your help, Truck4, and congrats on the newly added stress!

    (PLEASE NOTE: All EMTBravo staff work hours upon hours to bring this site to you. They don't get compensated at all-they work for free. I really thank them for making these sites what they are, and they are a tremendous resource for me. If it wasn't for them, I don't think I could handle running the sites)

  5. Posted

    If you are on the east side of town with a handy camera, check out the two prop Boston PD RMP's parked opposite Shop Rite on Tuckahoe Road at the Yonkers Stages parking lot. Bunch of other vehicles too, including a NYC OCME van and the Bayonne Cleaners truck from "American Gangster". The two Boston cars are likely the same ones from "The Departed"

    Not sure which film or TV show all these will be used for, heard a Jack Nicholson film will soon shoot at this location.

    The trucks and campers nearby are for Bronx filming of feature film "Doubt" which partially shot in Yonkers on Kimball Ave @ McLean in a church weeks back. They were supposed to shoot in the city hall courtroom.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  6. Posted

    Well here is a good question and a timely one for the immigration debate:

    Why can't local law enfocement get access to the Fed's database of illegal

    immigrants for use during routine traffic stops and during other situations

    involving routine warrant checks???

    Sounds simple to me, but I guess the answer is complicated!!!

    Couldn't the federal DCJS or statewide NYSPIN systems somehow get linked into the Fed's database???

    Many thanks.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  7. Posted

    Great photos Truck 4!!!

    Where did the years go ???

    Where exactly on Riverdale Avenue was that old firehouse torn down during 1970's urban renewal???

    Since a smoke stack shows in the right side backround, I am guessing it was located on Riverdale Avenue where Shop Rite now stands??? Or just below Prospect Street where the Riverview monstrosity buildings stand???

    Thanks again for the nostalgia and I would like to see some old YPD radio cars if possible.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  8. Posted

    How often was their SWAT team actually activated???

    I spend time in Hoboken on weekends and overall in the last 20 years or so it has become basically an overpriced Yuppie community with some west side mid rise low income projects left over in the Jackson Street area. So is a SWAT team really needed in a community like this considering Jersey City can always send their own if needed???

    And does any municipality have a harbor unit for this end of the Hudson River???

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  12. Posted

    Many thanks to County PD Aviation last night for their deligent and valued help in searching for the lost elderly Alzheimer's patient on the east side of town.

    Hopefully, he will soon be located and found unharmed. This one really, really hits home as this member's dad passed away from that dreadful disease this week in 1992. Prayers to the family of this lost gentlemen.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  13. Posted

    Saw a brief news clip showing so called fire resistant foam being applied

    to the exterior of producer David Geffen's home.

    Supposedly it is fire resistant. Is this at all true and who is this so called

    fire prevention company that was installing it?

    How would it be safely removed?

    I would guess it is very toxic. How expensive a process is this?

    Thanks and stay dry. Too bad LA isn't getting our rain !!!

  14. Posted

    Saw a brand new YPD traffic car parked yesterday with a roof mounted license plate reader and was wondering how many more YPD cars have them mounted like this one?

    These license plate readers are fascinating to me and are an incredible technical breakthrough for law enforcement.

    Question: Will these readers work if used through glass? Asking as i wonder if they can somehow be mounted inside of undercover vehicles such as surveillance vans, etc.

    Thanks and happy weekend to all.

  17. Posted

    But during their public relations stints on Greenwich Avenue, professional burglars are having a field day in other parts of town and don't think they they are unaware of police resources during any given shift, including three cops assigned to crossing duty. NYC and others are successfully civilianized crossing guard duty. Not doing so is a silly waste of police resources needed elsewhere.

    Remember when I worked in Stamford during the 1980's there was a newspaper piece about a burglary team that used small boats ( not kidding) to commit Greenwich burglaries of homes with docks on the Long Island Sound. One guy was from southwest Yonkers. The professional NYC shoplifting teams have probably made their rounds here too.

    No disrespect is intended to both the Greenwich PD and local government. Just offering this as a constructive comment.

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  19. Posted

    Saw three Greenwich cops performing crossing guard duty on Greenwich Avenue the other day and thought months back this function was to be civilianized.... So what happened?

    Since the America's best professional burglars ( like the one caught in Belgium recently and featured several times on America's Most Wanted) actively work in Greenwich, why continue to waster precious police resources on cross guard duty? It can be effectively civilianized as done in NYC and many other communities.

    Thanks

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

  23. Posted

    Saw what's the story behind Breaking News Network?

    A Daily News photographer told me that everybody in the media uses it.

    Was it started by a buff?

    How accurate is it if he relys on volunteers to send in all notifications?

    Or does he have a few paid employees that monitor the serious channels like NYPD SOD, etc??

    Great business example of somebody turning a hobby into a business as with that old "Police Call" directory started by a buff in Califorrnia.

    Thanks

  25. Posted

    Is County PD Aviation now continually monitoring local police calls for possible assistance ???

    Will they respond without being called first by the local cops?

    Curious about this after hearing Aviation aiding in a Yonkers perp search last Friday night near 11PM in the area of the closed Mulford Gardens projects. Aviation had apparently spotted three possible suspects from an earlier mugging in nearby Grant Park. They were using some hight tech night vision gizmo. How high up and how close to the street level can they see with this technology?

    Weeks back there was a simliar search conducted late one afternoon in the vicinity of Bennigans on Executive Blvd, but I caught the tail end of it and don't know the nature of the call.

    Regardless, it's great knowing County PD Aviation is taking the initiative and responding on it's own to local police calls.

    Thanks and we welcome your ongoing presence !!

    Dr. Zuki

    Lawrence Hospital

    P.S.--As part of the ride along program, can a helicopter ride be arranged ????