For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
black lives matter
Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ to NYC’s Latino Police-Reform Marchers
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‘To understand this, we have to think about the history of this relationship between African Americans and Latinos. Both communities have faced the same economic problems and have lived in the same neighborhoods.’
Coronavirus
New York’s Pandemic Rolls On, and Prison Testing is Still an Issue
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While about 20 percent of New York’s population have been tested for the coronavirus, just about 3.6 percent of people incarcerated in the state’s prisons have received tests.
Government
New York’s New Accessible Absentee Ballots Aren’t Accessible Enough, Voters Say
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New Yorkers with disabilities had mixed reactions to the accessible absentee ballot option that the state Board of Elections (BOE) implemented for the June 23 primary.
Homepage Featured
Former Young Lords Reflect on Protests, Racism and Police Violence
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What began as a gang in the area of Oldtown near the north side of Chicago in 1959 then became a Puerto Rican nationalist party that expanded to New York City with offices in the Bronx, East Harlem, and the Lower East Side.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Latinos, policías y las vidas de los afroamericanos: solidaridad y experiencias compartidas
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La policía de Nueva York tiene el doble de latinos que negros. Pero los latinos que se han unido a las protestas dicen que el problema es mucho más que porcentajes.
Budget
Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC
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Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Young Lords reflexionan sobre protestas, racismo y violencia policial en Nueva York
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‘Es básicamente todo esto que ves ahora, pero en una versión más grande, más inflada, como si tuviera esteroides.
Community Boards
How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?
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To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.
Homepage Featured
Visuals: A Weekend of Protest
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At peaceful gatherings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, the signs, scenes and shouts spoke for themselves.
Government
Who Are Those Judges You’ll See on the New York Primary Ballot?
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Judicial posts, important though they are, rarely see much campaigning or media coverage and are usually omitted from voters’ guides.