(re: “Biaggi: Blame Dinowitz for rape bill failure,” June 9) Optics are paramount to a politician’s success. Bad optics alone can tank any position of power. more

To the editor: (re: “Biaggi: Blame Dinowitz for rape bill failure,” June 9) Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz: please don’t mislead voters! more

A homeless Bronx man has been indicted, accused of kidnapping a woman and raping her over five days in an abandoned building in Kingsbridge. more

The rules are simple. Don’t wear your hair in a ponytail, bun or braid. Dress in clothes that are hard to remove. Stay off your cell phone while in public, and definitely don’t mindlessly dig through your purse when in a parking lot. And please, don’t be out and about before 8:30 in the morning. more