S3 E7: New York Zodiac Copycat: East New York, Then and Now

Break in the Case

New York Citiy Police Department

True Crime

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🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The 75th Precinct was a hotbed of crime in the early 90s. In this special episode, officers talk about what it was like to work in East New York back then. We also hear from a present-day Youth Coordination Officer who is trying to improve lives in East New York.

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0:00.0	The 75th precinct located in the south-eastern corner of Brooklyn is the largest of all
0:10.4	the New York police department's precincts.
0:13.3	Developing this morning, we are in the middle of another weekend of senseless gun violence
0:17.4	in the city.
0:18.4	More gun violence in the city this time at a deli in East New York, Brooklyn.
0:21.8	Police say a 28-year-old man wishes the precinct consistently ranks at the bottom in every
0:26.2	quality of life statistic, while ranking at the top in regard to crime.
0:31.4	Recent surge of gun violence continued Friday in the city, with six separate shootings
0:36.2	involving seven victims.
0:38.6	There was a saying in the 75th, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen here.
0:43.8	It doesn't matter, whatever is going to go wrong, it's going to go wrong in the 75th.
0:48.1	A 17-year-old girl was found shot in the lobby of a building in East New York.
0:53.0	Police say when they arrive, they found the teenager in the lobby with a gunshot wound
0:56.6	to her chest.
0:57.6	In 1990, there were 2,245 homicides in New York City.
1:02.9	The 75th precinct had 109 of those homicides.
1:06.8	Sometimes you'd be just sitting right in any memo book in a shot or off behind you.
1:11.4	There was one which year there, where someone was shot every single day of the week.
1:18.2	I'm Retired Detective Saj and Wally Zions, and you're listening to Break in the Case,
1:23.2	a true crime podcast written and produced by the New York City Police Department and
1:28.3	supported by the New York City Police Foundation.
1:31.8	This season, we look back to the 1990s when crime in New York City was at an all-time high.
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