Dear New Yorkers, Today we have a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how two NYPD chiefs quickly intervened in the case of a retired cop, Kruythoff Forrester, who was arrested for allegedly menacing three young people with a gun. Instead of facing charges, Forrester bantered and shook hands with one of the chiefs at a Brownsville station house before walking out a free man less than three hours after his arrest, hours of video footage obtained by THE CITY shows. The top cop who greeted him warmly was Jeffrey Maddrey, then the chief of community affairs, now the chief of the department — the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the NYPD. We combed through an enormous trove of footage — obtained by THE CITY through a public records request to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office and from a public school’s security cameras — to create a nearly eight-minute video investigation of what happened that day, on Thanksgiving Eve 2021. It shows Forrester’s frantic, seven-minute chase of the then-12, 13 and 14-year-olds across three blocks after one threw a basketball at a security camera hung outside Forrester’s family’s real estate office. It also shows, for the first time, how after being escorted to the 73rd Precinct station house, Forrester requested that Maddrey be called. And it records the top cop’s prompt arrival at the station — and then Forrester’s release less than 90 minutes afterwards. Read more, and watch the full video, here. Some other items of note: How do you get body-camera footage from the police? And what are your rights to film police activity? Here’s our guide on what to do if you seek to get a video record of an incident. We must know: Who called 311 to ask whether dogs can see in color? Or how to boil a live chicken? Or to report “a raccoon … eating lasagna on my porch.” Those are just some gems from 20 years’ worth of calls to 311, according to a new report marking that anniversary from the city agency that runs New York’s catch-all hotline. Big local economy news: New York City gained far more jobs last year than previously believed — and is within striking distance of finally matching its pre-pandemic total. That and more in THE CITY’s monthly economic recovery update. Leaders of the city’s public sector unions agreed on Thursday to approve a cost-saving Medicare Advantage retiree health care plan managed by Aetna, a move that is all but certain to face legal challenges by groups representing retired workers. Here are the details. Does your FYP need more local news? Follow THE CITY’s new account on TikTok and see our stories as you scroll. - For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing rates and more, check our coronavirus tracker.
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