Hey guys, I live/work on Staten Island as well (as a police officer and a new realtor).

If you are one of those type of BP investor that always claim this and that country is third world, dirty, corrupt police, then better stick to invest in Ohio LOL It's a very very deregulated market. 

I just had an idea, when I realized they had moved the trash can under where the air conditioner used to be, and sure enough, under all the garbage in the trash can, my air conditioner, in pieces.I sent them a text asking them to provide a reason so I have something to tell the police.

Recently had that happen, called the police, and the the police wanted something that said I owned the appliances.

My neighbors were kind enough not to call the police, video, or send pics into the local paper, this could well have been a political nightmare.

Had he called a third time, we would have called the police.

I had a complaint against my rental after one of my tenants went crazy against someone else in the house and the police, ambulance etc were called.

Talk to the police department in the area and see if they patrol the neighborhood.

In our experience, they were fairly loose about things - they weren't really there to police anything, they just wanted to figure out how much they could tell the bank they can pay out at that time.

I called the local police and they basically said they can only help victims after they have been scammed out of money.Either way let this be a warning to others.