Overview
- Officers responding to drag racing in Eastchester around 2:30 a.m. Sunday moved in at Hollers and Pinkney avenues and arrested four people while issuing seven summonses.
- Police said three of those arrested were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, and a fourth faces forged instrument, illegal magazine, and unlicensed driving charges.
- Witnesses reported about a dozen vehicles heading to the meet-up, but many scattered when police arrived.
- The NYPD says it is using an aggressive deterrence plan and reported seizing 20 cars and issuing more than 100 summonses during the last weekend in April.
- Following high-profile Queens takeovers that involved fires and assaults, Council Public Safety Chair Oswald Feliz scheduled a hearing with Commissioner Jessica Tisch for next month to review the response.