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NYPD Chief of Patrol Nicholas Estavillo (Ret.), (born March 13, 1945) is a former member of the New York Police Department who in 2002 became the first Puerto Rican and the first Hispanic in the history of the NYPD to reach the three-star rank of Chief of Patrol.
At the time, the NYPD and the New York Transit Police were separate entities. The New York City Transit Police Department was a law enforcement agency that existed from 1953 (with the creation of the New York City Transit Authority) until 1995. [5] In the early 1980s, many male transit police officers still viewed women as undesirable partners.
According to the 2010 Census, Puerto Ricans represented 8.9% of the population of New York City (32% of the city's Hispanic community) and 5.5% of that of New York State. [5] The Puerto Rican share of New York City decreased to 6.7% by 2020 as Puerto Ricans left the city and new arrivals from the island increasingly went to other destinations.
First Puerto Rican chief of patrol of the New York City Police Department. Sanford Garelik: No image available: Chief inspector: 1918–2011 1940–1979 First Jewish chief inspector of the New York City Police Department. Martin Golden: 1950– 1973–1983 Later became a member of the New York City Council and the New York State Senate. Sonny ...
Edward A. Caban (born September 8, 1967) is an American police officer who served as the New York City Police Commissioner from 2023 to 2024, having been appointed by Mayor Eric Adams, and resigning amidst federal corruption investigations into the Eric Adams administration. [1] [2] He was the first Latino to serve as Commissioner of the NYPD. [3]
Consequently, the New York City metropolitan area has witnessed a significant increase in its Nuyorican population, individuals in the region of Puerto Rican descent, increasing from 1,177,430 in 2010 to a Census-estimated 1,494,670 in 2016, [8] maintaining New York's status by a significant margin as the most important cultural and demographic ...
The 1967 New York City riot was one of many riots that occurred during the long, hot summer of 1967.The riot began after an off-duty police officer, Patrolman Anthony Cinquemani, while trying to break up a fight, shot and killed a Puerto Rican man named Renaldo Rodriquez who had a knife and lunged toward him.
Morales grew up in East Harlem.Later he attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan where he earned a degree in film studies. [1] Morales was one of the leaders of the open admissions strike against City University of New York in 1969, which protested against what was perceived as the biased admissions policy of the university, ultimately leading to CUNY becoming a majority Black-Latino ...