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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH New York SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Thursday, March 7, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK New York|Public Workers Joined Ring That Stole IDs of Homeless People, D.A. Says https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/nyregion/nyc-investigation-da-employees.html * Share full article * * Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT PUBLIC WORKERS JOINED RING THAT STOLE IDS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, D.A. SAYS Eighteen people, including nine New York City public employees, were charged with joining a conspiracy that made ghost guns and defrauded a state Covid relief program. * Share full article * * * Read in app “We have street crimes and white collar crime intertwined,” the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, said, describing what he called a criminal conspiracy involving nine public employees.Credit...Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times By Christopher Maag March 7, 2024, 8:29 p.m. ET Eighteen people, including nine public employees, engaged in a broad criminal conspiracy that included the manufacture of ghost guns, burglary and defrauding a state pandemic relief program, according to four indictments filed Thursday by the Manhattan district attorney. The defendants include five employees of New York City’s Department of Homeless Services, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, a worker for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, an employee of the New York City Housing Authority and a school safety police officer. The Homeless Services workers were involved in a scheme to steal the personal information of homeless people to file for fraudulent benefits, the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, said. “This kind of conduct by our public servants is unacceptable and, we allege, criminal,” Mr. Bragg said at a news conference on Thursday. Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The investigation began in 2022 with suspicions that two people were using 3-D printers to manufacture ghost guns — untraceable firearms that can be assembled at home — in an apartment in the East Village. Evidence uncovered after the execution of a search warrant confirmed that Craig Freeman, 56, and another defendant had used eBay and Amazon to purchase machines and materials to build illegal guns in their homes. Both were employees of the Barbara Kleiman homeless shelter in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. MORE ON THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT * A Hefty Bill: New York City has paid more than $500 million in police misconduct settlements over the past six years, including nearly $115 million in 2023, according to a data analysis released by the Legal Aid Society. * Inside an N.Y.P.D. Basement: The office of the Manhattan Property Clerk is a trove of evidence and lost objects. Some of the tens of thousands of items include a samurai sword and a Nokia phone found in the rubble of the World Trade Center. * How Many Stops Act: The New York City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of the police accountability bill, which requires greater transparency by N.Y.P.D. officers about their interactions with the public. * A N.Y.P.D. Robot Retires: The Knightscope K5, which debuted amid fanfare from Adams in 2023, was meant to help patrol New York City’s subway system. It ended its run gathering dust inside an empty storefront within the Times Square station. In the summer of 2022, Mr. Freeman got a text message from a co-defendant saying, “We can make some serious bank.” Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Christopher Maag is an enterprise reporter covering the New York City region for The New York Times. More about Christopher Maag * Share full article * * * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Our best offer. Sale won’t last: $1 a week for your first year. See details -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options