Hoping to make gun charges result in convictions earlier and more often, New York City is pursuing another experiment with specialized gun courts. But making illegal weapons charges stick is…
Since the 2014 death of Eric Garner, video has ignited an unprecedented debate about policing and race in the United States. Yet some who film the police in action have…
A panel of health care leaders considered more than 1,000 candidates for this honor before selecting Coe, CEO of Community Access, a New York City nonprofit organization
History shows that community policing funding is often rerouted to more repressive tactics, the authors write. Even when implemented, the approach asks police to do work for which they are…
From Ferguson to Freddie Gray, the past year’s headlines have driven unprecedented attention to the question of how the media covers—or fails to cover—race. The latest episode of Brooklyn Independent…
A study finds that New York State is a pretty unequal place when it comes to high-speed broadband. And behind this week’s headlines are important stories about police suicides, NYPD…
Criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter are two criminal charges that Officer Daniel Pantaleo might have faced. How does state law actually define those offenses?