NYPD corruption scandal shows that cops act as personal serv...

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Here's an interesting article that was recently published in The New York Post:

Video shows de Blasio donors allegedly delivering bribes to cops

(...) Rechnitz has already admitted to bribing cops and public officials, including some in City Hall.

He testified Tuesday against Reichberg, who’s on trial for bribing police officers.

Rechnitz said Reichberg had many city officials in his pocket and used those connections to charge pals who wanted to buy their way out of jury duty and land expedited building permits.

The ex-friend recalled taking advantage of Reichberg’s cozy connections soon after meeting him about a decade ago, realizing his new buddy might be able to help him get a special placard to park wherever he wanted, including in no-parking zones.

https://nypost.com/2018/11/20/video-shows-de-blasio-donors-allegedly-delivering-bribes-to-cops/

And here's a NYP article from 2016, about the same corruption scandal, which explicitly states that New York police officers "act like personal concierges" to the city's orthodox jews:

Orthodox community tangled in NYPD corruption scandal

[color="Red"]NYPD officials acted like personal concierges to members of the Orthodox Jewish community — doing favors from providing free parking at weddings to letting wife beaters off the hook, sources told The Post.

“I don’t give a s–t, you’re giving him DAT [desk appearance ticket] and that’s it,” one high-ranking deputy inspector raged after learning that a member of a powerful Hasidic group had been arrested on charges of third-degree assault for attacking his wife, according to a source.

In that case, the charges were downgraded to a desk appearance ticket, allowing the man to avoid arraignment court and more serious penalties, the source said.

“I still remember that as clear as day,” the source said. “That’s against protocol.”
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Jeremy Reichberg, a prominent Borough Park figure, and Jona Rechnitz, a real estate investor, were familiar faces around Brooklyn’s 72nd Precinct, where disgraced Deputy Inspector James Grant, who was placed on modified duty last week, would let them park in his private spot, according to sources.
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Commanding officers often assign cops to Orthodox wedding receptions, including ones at the Rose Castle in Williamsburg and the Ateres Chaya Hall in Borough Park, according to sources.

“It’s ridiculous,” a police source said of the practice. “They’ll say you have to assign X amount of cops for this reason.”

One community member said that two blocks were closed off around Ateres Chaya in January, when Reichberg’s daughter got married there.