NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology. One device allows a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed to rattle the thief. Another application, designed for iPhones, can reveal the phone's location. Police statistics show petty crime is down in New York but anecdotal evidence ...

City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., a law-and-order Democrat who endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for re-election in 2005, said news that the 2010 police cadet class is getting cut has him reconsidering his loyalties.
“I, for one, supported the mayor because of his support of public safety, and this budget calls that into question,” Vallone said in a brief telephone interview ...

I'm in Brooklyn College, where Michael Bloomberg will deliver his State of the City speech, laying out an ambitious plan to create 400,000 jobs over amid a full-blown financial crisis. The mayor will also emphasize his goal of maintaining the city's high quality of life, even as he scales back the size of the incoming generation of ...

">The city’s Campaign Finance Board declined to offer a detailed opinion about whether they’d allow candidates to access money in a “frozen” account if, at a later date, they decide to run for higher office because an incumbent there suddenly decides to not seek re-election. The question was posed to the board by Peter Vallone Jr., who ...