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New Commanding Officer for East New York Precinct Comes From Around the Corner
NYPD Deputy Inspector Rohan Griffith. (Image: NYPD)
The New York Police Department has chosen a new leader for one of the borough’s most troubled precincts, months after announcing that his controversy-laden predecessor would be re-assigned.
Deputy Inspector Rohan Griffith is the new commanding officer for the 75th Precinct, which includes the East New York and Cypress Hills neighborhoods. The Department announced in March that Griffith’s predecessor, Inspector John Mastronardi, would be moved to the Chief of Detectives’ office after local activists campaigned against him for his handling of a fight between cops and civilians over mask rules last April, which was caught on video.
arrow Maya Wiley at the Harriet Tubman memorial in Harlem this week. Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist
Dressed in a fire-engine red dress, standing in the sweltering sun at the base of the Harriet Tubman statue in Harlem this week, Maya Wiley wasn’t shy about drawing a parallel between her campaign for New York City mayor and the iconic abolitionist towering behind her.
“Harriet Tubman said, ‘I made it across to freedom and there was no one there to meet me on the other side,’” Wiley noted. “Black women step up to say, ‘We’re not crossing the border, and not making sure that there are others on the other side.’ We come with plans, we come with plans that talk about people.”
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