You're Invited To NYPD 114 Precinct Build The Block Neighborhood Policing & Safety Meeting Friday August 30 Held For First Time On Roosevelt Island At Cornell Tech Campus - But Labor Day Weekend May Limit Attendance, Can Meeting Be Postponed To Later Date So More People Attend?

The NYPD 114th Pct announced yesterday that it will host it's Sector D Build The Block Neighborhood Policing & Safety Meeting tomorrow, Friday August 30 for the first time on Roosevelt Island at the Cornell Tech Campus.

Unfortunately, tomorrow is the Friday of Labor Day weekend which makes it unlikely many in the Roosevelt Island community and surrounding neighborhoods who might be interested in the Build The Block neighborhood meeting will be able to attend.

Yesterday, I asked the NYPD 114 precinct if possible to postpone the Roosevelt Island Build The Block to a later date when more are likely to attend but was told:

Wish I could but the Department gave us this date.

According to the NYPD:

Neighborhood Policing is changing the way the NYPD keeps your neighborhood safe. Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) are assigned to and remain in a sector, or neighborhood, for the duration of their tour. Additionally, NCOs are given the time and flexibility to make strong bonds with the community they serve.

This is a new way of doing business for the NYPD, and we need your help to make it work. We want to hear from you about what it will take to keep your neighborhood safe. Search for upcoming meetings in your neighborhood, or sector, below, and come to a Build the Block meeting to talk about neighborhood safety and to make sure your concerns are heard and your questions are answered. Join us in sharing responsibility for the neighborhood that you live in.
114 Precinct, Sector D

August 30, 2019, 6:00 PM
Cornell University Tech
2 West Loop Road
New York, NY 10044

All meeting times, dates, and locations are subject to change. Please call your local precinct and speak to a Neighborhood Coordination Officer to verify correct meeting information.

Neighborhood Coordination Officers

Rank/Name Email
PO Joseph Esposito Joseph.Esposito3@nypd.org
PO Keith Matthes Keith.Matthes@nypd.org

During the September 20, 2018 Roosevelt Island Emergency Preparedness Town Hall Meeting, Officer Keith Matthes described working with the Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department



and NYPD 114 Precinct Commander Deputy Inspector Osvaldo Nunes spoke to the Roosevelt Island community following the waterfront promenade gunshot incident last summer. Here's what he had to say.



In addition to Roosevelt Island, the NYPD 114 precinct covers Astoria, Long Island City,

Image From NYPD

Woodside and Jackson Heights.