Losing a place in public housing. Being barred from a job. Suffering immigration action. New York has a menu of “collateral consequences” attached to criminal convictions. Is there a consensus…
The police department’s embrace of data-driven policing, accelerated by new technology developed by the military and corporate America, is about to take a turn from tracking crime that has occurred…
Protesters hate it. De Blasio defends it. But some of the disagreement over “broken windows” policing isn’t just about whether it’s right or wrong, but what exactly it is. Where…
An artist who is postering American cities with images of raised hands says conflicting evidence about the killing of Michael Brown hasn’t changed the power of his visual protest.
The disagreement between Bill de Blasio and Pat Lynch might look like an argument between a politician and a cop. But really it’s an argument between a politician … and…
Reaction to the grand jury decision ranged from outrage to sympathy. Some called for a special prosecutor, others for the firing of the officer involved.
After years of sharp criticism of the city’s approach to discipline, the de Blasio administration will soon release details of its revised take on school safety. But youth activists aren’t…