Which nyc precinct do i live in

Silver points out that New York City cops mostly do live within city limits, but there's a sharp racial divide—almost 80 percent of black officers and 76 percent of Hispanic officers live in the city. Meanwhile, just 45 percent of white officers live in the five boroughs.

In , then-assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries proposed new residency requirements for officers after multiple officers made racially-charged comments about the West Indian Day Parade. The Policeman's Benevolent Association countered that the cost of living in the city is too high for officers but as we've pointed out before , the majority of the city's black and Latino officers make it work. Oct 22, PM. Facebook Twitter Reddit Email. According to the data: 58 percent of NYPD officers live in New York City 17 percent live in Queens 16 percent live in Brooklyn 11 percent live in the Bronx 10 percent live on Staten Island 26 percent live on Long Island Nassau or Suffolk Counties 13 percent live in approved Upstate counties Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, or Orange Counties Less than 1 percent live in specially-approved, non-standard counties Bell found that four percent of officers live and work in the same zip code, but an NYPD spokesperson clarified that doesn't mean officers are illegally working where they live since one zip code can include multiple precincts.

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Is social distancing possible behind bars? Using personnel data provided by the NYPD see below for details on how the data was obtained , I found the following:. In a post on a police forum the following was posted:. I suspect that the officers who are listed as living and working in the same zip code have false addresses listed, probably the address of the precinct where they work.

And of course, other officers may also have false addresses listed. You will also notice that quite a few of these vehicles have non-New York license plates and have notes on the dashboard with badge numbers or other NYPD identifiers. It was rejected see here.

Then I responded with an appeal see here This was rejected again. You might think that in rejecting your claim they would tell you which request they were rejecting.