More than a hundred protesters gathered at Washington Square Park on Aug. 15, demanding justice for the 90-year-old Chinese woman who was set on fire in Brooklyn last month.
‘The protesters’ central demand—to cut at least $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget—was not met, although Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson insist on claiming otherwise. But…
Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked…
After a man stole one New Yorker’s CitiBike, the company told her to work with the cops, the cops told her to work with the company, and a $1,200 charge…
‘The NYPD—with a heavy assist from the media—is utilizing tried-and-true tactics to kneecap the defund movement and other accountability measures like making chokeholds illegal.’
‘People are asking us to address quality of life issues. People are asking us to stop the violence that’s happening out here but the police need the support of the…
‘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 final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.