CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
FOIL Law Blocks Access to List of Gunless Cops
Jarrett Murphy |
How many cops are on modified duty? We want to know. A state law says we can’t.
city planning
City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played out there.
bratton
No Backspace: The Public Relations of Counterterrorism
Josmar Trujillo |
Ted Cruz’s Islamophobia is easy to reject. But New Yorkers should also be concerned about their city’s demand for more counter-terrorism funding from the federal government.
justice
Brooklyn DA’s Logic in Letting Former Cop Avoid Prison
Jarrett Murphy |
Prosecutor Ken Thompson says the cop who killed a man in a NYCHA stairwell shouldn’t do a day behind bars because he didn’t intend to hurt anyone. More than 200 people convicted of unintentional killings are serving time in New York.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Some Facts for Understanding New York City’s ‘Stabbing Spree’
Jarrett Murphy |
New Yorkers who are murdered are more likely than murder victims elsewhere to be stabbed. And women are more likely to die from a knife attack than a gun assault. But gunshot victims are more likely to die than people who get stabbed.
Advocacy
Artists Find a Role in NYC’s Debate About Police, Race and Violence
Nekoro Gomes |
Art has been part of the response to the killing of Eric Garner and other incidents. But artists with a political message can face challenges finding space to show their work and reaching the audience that ought to see it.
Justice
Would You Know a Search Warrant if You Saw One?
Jarrett Murphy |
A report by the Civilian Complaint Review Board finds that the NYPD on several occasions has failed to follow proper procedure when entering private homes, often doing so without a rather important piece of paper.
UrbaNERD
UrbaNerd:
‘Pig’ Remark Just the Latest Episode in 5 Decade Fight Over Civilian Review
Jarrett Murphy |
Since at least 1966, police unions and city officials have been engaged in an often charged debate over who should decide whether a cop has abused his or her power.
Budget
No Backspace:
Want Real NYPD Reform? Cut its $4.9 Billion Budget
Josmar Trujillo |
An activist argues that reforms—those recently passed or currently considered—will never really end the harm that Broken Windows policing does to communities of color. What would work is to make the NYPD smaller.
Homelessness
CityViews:
How Law Enforcement Solutions Backfire on the Homeless
Norman Oder |
Sleeping on the train, putting feet up, and even public urination can’t be solved (only) by law enforcement.
