![]() ![]() NYCHA is currently being sued for $50 million by Kimberly Ballinger, Gurley's domestic partner. They’re not cracking down on the big stuff.” I’m not naïve about the law, but if you’re not shooting nobody, you really shouldn’t be the priority. “They go after people that are not doing nothing, smoking weed or whatever. “They’re more into antagonizing people then stepping up and stopping violence,” Turner said. ![]() He’s seen more of a police presence at the Pink Houses, but has found that the police are focusing more on quality-of-life violations than serious crimes. The exterminator, he sprayed, but then more roaches come."īrown Turner, who has lived at the Pink Houses for 22 of his 26 years, also complained of deteriorating pipes in the houses, with bathrooms flooding and sinks backing up. "We keep giving them tickets to do the repairs, but nothing happens. “There’s been roaches in the apartment and everything’s falling apart,” Rogers said. Rogers told Gothamist that even though the hallways and stairwells are now better lit, many of the apartments still have major problems with plumbing and vermin. “There’s more NYPD patrols around the buildings, but they sit in their vans, not really going inside the buildings,” said Sean Rogers, 48, who has been living in the Pink Houses with his girlfriend for two years. More than a year after Gurley’s death, Officer Liang is on trial, but residents of the Pink Houses say that little has changed. ![]() The lights in the stairwell they descended were broken, and the building’s elevator was unreliable. Kasheen is well known by the NYPD, but many hip-hop fans know of him for his alleged crimes upon hip-hop's superstars including Tupac, and The Notorious B.I.G.When NYPD Officer Peter Liang shot and killed 28-year-old Akai Gurley in the stairwell of East New York’s Pink Houses in November of 2014, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called Gurley’s death an “unfortunate accident.” Yet Liang and his partner were two rookie cops patrolling an area designated by police to be among the most dangerous in the city. Kasheen is the blood brother of famed hip-hop producer, Wu-Tang Clan member and Hollywood actor, the RZA. The first episode of Infamous NYC Stick-Up Kids features Kasheen, a man regarded by the District Attorney as one of the most dangerous criminals in New York State. Each episode will blend news footage, photographs and interviews in a compelling, magazine-style format. Judgment will be passed, and amoral behavior censured. The victims of these criminals will be heard. ![]() While exploring the lives of drug dealers, murderers and thieves, each Infamous NYC Stick-up Kids episode will have a strong moral dimension. During each episode, the crimes of infamous figures, such as Famous Kasheen, King Tut and others will be put in the context of hip-hop history as we see how their actions both reflected and corrupted the urban music business. The show will explore without glorifying, and investigate these criminal-minded men, their interaction and influence with urban music icons, and how their crimes shaped the music industry both in front and behind the scenes. Infamous NYC Stick-up Kid is a television series chronicling the life and times of some of NYC's most notorious crime figures. ![]()
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