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Early Addition: Is it too easy for NYPD officers to fake a career-ending disability and retire early?
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James Ramsay
Published Sep 16, 2026
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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where the stolen Park Slope bodega kitty has been safely returned.
Here’s what else is happening:
- To clarify: New York City public school students can not go on YouTube via school-issued devices.
- A new Department of Investigation probe claims that the medical review process for NYPD officers trying to retire early with a disability and still receive a pension is way too lax and enables serious fraud.
- An update on the flooded Paramus half marathon: Cops are now investigating whether the runners who went viral with their video of wading through water may have ignored a safer route.
- Former Mets star Pete Alonso, now a Baltimore Oriole, hit a home run at Citi Field last night and the home crowd, whose own team is last in their division, gave him a big cheer.
- "Annie" is returning to Broadway next fall.
- Caputo's Bake Shop's famed lard bread is returning next month at Park Slope's Caputo Bagels, which marks the next chapter for Brooklyn's first family of carbs.
- Carnegie Deli is also back.
And finally, incoming:
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