In the 83rd precinct that covers Bushwick, there were 77 murders in 1990, 44 in 1993 and 20 as recently as 2004. Last year, there were eight. This year the…
The chair of the Council’s Committee on Public Safety believes the mayor could play a more decisive role than he’s said, and could have played it much sooner, in deciding…
A judge approved a lawsuit settlement Tuesday that requires New York City to take stock of its sidewalks and curbs, and commit to a plan to upgrade all street corners…
In an otherwise productive session for progressives, efforts to reform the state’s parole system fell short in Albany in the legislative season that ended this week.
The 2019 Democratic primary for Queens district attorney is anything but drowsy, because it embodies the yawning gap between yesterday’s mainstream thinking on criminal justice and today’s.
Advocates believe the two bills under consideration would help, but say broader changes are needed to fix the system and facilitate the closure of Rikers Island.
The division between people who support the de Blasio administration plan to site a new jail in the Bronx to facilitate the closing of Rikers and those who don’t is…
