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Hochul Wins Democratic Primary in New York
By Michelle L. Price / AP
Happy the Elephant Is Not a Person, Court Rules
By Michael Hill / AP
In New York, Eric Adams Targets Bail Reform Amid Plans to Curb Gun Violence
By Josiah Bates
A Dance Studio Fights Loneliness in Chinatown
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Community Leaders Fear Eric Adams’ Plan to End Gun Violence Is Leaving the Public Out of ‘Public Safety’
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, announced on Jan. 24 a detailed plan aiming to end gun violence in his city. Adams, a former police officer and Brooklyn borough president, made public...
By Josiah Bates
January 27, 2022
Eric Adams Wins Mayoral Race in New York City
He was elected the 110th mayor of the city Tuesday, winning the support of New Yorkers across class and racial lines
By Gregory Korte and Fola Akinnibi / Bloomberg News
November 3, 2021
The Complex Dynamic Between 'Violence Interrupters' and Police
Just off a stretch of Eastern Parkway, the highway-like street that goes through many of Brooklyn, New York’s most disenfranchised neighborhoods, is a small office in Crown Heights. What fills this small space is vital...
By Josiah Bates
October 15, 2021
Kathy Hochul Faced Childcare Struggles and Sexism at Work. Now She’s New York’s First Woman Governor
A month into New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s term, Andrew Cuomo has become a ghost. Almost nobody in the governor’s office mentions his name. In a recent hour-long interview, Hochul called him only “this past...
By Charlotte Alter
September 30, 2021
Federal Gun Task Force Yields Arrests, Conflict in New York
The VIPER task force intends to combat a recent surge of gun violence in Rochester and Buffalo, New York City
By Josiah Bates
July 28, 2021
AAPI Artists Create Vibrant Murals for Chinatown Restaurants
On Bayard Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown, artist and activist Chanel Miller created a mural to cover the outdoor dining structure at Alimama and Yin Ji Chang Fen. Along the wooden barrier, cartoon creatures feed each...
By Simmone Shah
May 14, 2021
N.Y. Legislature Opens Cuomo Impeachment Probe
Cuomo, 63, already faces a separate investigation from an outside attorney into the sexual harassment claims made by six women
By Keshia Clukey and Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg
March 11, 2021
Rochester Police Probe Pepper-Spraying of Girl During Arrest
The Rochester Police Department (RPD) is investigating the actions of several officers after a 9-year-old girl was restrained and pepper-sprayed during an arrest on Jan. 29. Around 150 people peacefully took to the city's streets...
By Josiah Bates
February 2, 2021
Family of NY Inmate Who Died After Pepper Spray Speak Out
"Momma's not stopping until that jail goes down," says Donna Mays, Jamel Floyd's mother
By Sanya Mansoor
October 13, 2020
Video Shows NYPD Forcing Teen Protester Into Unmarked Van
Distressing video shows NYPD officers tackling teen protester, forcing her into unmarked van
By Mahita Gajanan
July 29, 2020
Pro-Police Agitators and Black Lives Matter Protesters Clash in Brooklyn
The pro-police rallies came weeks after the New York City Council cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion. The cuts came in light of national calls to defund police departments in response to the killing of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people at the hands of police officers.
By Josiah Bates
July 13, 2020
17 Officers Disciplined in Trans Woman's 2019 Death
The disciplinary action comes weeks after the Bronx DA's six-month investigation found "no criminal activity"
By Sanya Mansoor
June 28, 2020
Report: Jail Officials Placed Layleen Polanco in Solitary Confinement Despite Health Concerns, Failed in Duty of Care
Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman who died in June 2019 while incarcerated at Rikers Island, was not housed in an area of the jail that was appropriately suited to her mental and physical...
By Mahita Gajanan
June 24, 2020
Two New York Dems Poised to Be First Black Gay Congressmen
Two Democratic candidates appear poised to become the first openly gay Black members of Congress. The final results of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York aren’t all in yet, as a large number of New...
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 24, 2020
ICE Detains Reported U.S. Citizen Protester in NYC
Five agents allegedly "jumped out of a van with guns drawn [and] threw him to the ground"
By Jasmine Aguilera
June 6, 2020
Buffalo Police Officers Suspended After Elderly Man Shoved
A video circulating on social media appears to show an elderly man being shoved backwards by police officers
By Amy Gunia
June 5, 2020
Lawsuit: Hundreds of Protesters Held Illegally by NYPD
The Legal Aid Society alleges at least 400 people are being detained illegally in New York City
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 3, 2020
NYPD SUVs Seen Surging Into Protesters
Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the police's actions during a press conference on Saturday
By Tara Law
May 31, 2020
Photographing New York's George Floyd Protests
"I wanted to be part of the change and fight for all the black people who have lost their lives to police brutality," says photographer Malike Sidibe
By Malike Sidibe
May 30, 2020
Defiant NY Barber Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Ulster County Department of Health urged anyone who recently received a haircut from the shop to get tested
By Josiah Bates
May 16, 2020
NYPD Will Scale Back Social Distancing Enforcement
During a Friday press conference, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the police will no longer be handing out tickets or making arrests for people who are gathered in small groups or those who are not wearing masks.
By Josiah Bates
May 15, 2020
NYPD Data Reveals Racial Discrepancies in COVID-19 Policing
'I want to see every community treated fairly,' NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says
By Josiah Bates
May 8, 2020
Watch: NYC Sandwich Shop Owner Describes Delivering Lunch to Hospital Workers on COVID-19's Front Lines
Jonathan Streep tells Katie Couric that he has been humbled to assist medical workers
By Tara Law
April 19, 2020
Campaigns, Fundraisers Work To Bail New York City Inmates Amid COVID-19 Outbreaks in Jails and Detention Centers
The city's jail population continues to be a group particularly vulnerable to the novel coronavirus
By Josiah Bates
April 17, 2020
NYC Church Mourns as Priests Recover From COVID-19
Fr. Brendan Gormley talks to TIME about how the pandemic has upended his church during the holiest week of the year for Christians
By Paul Moakley
April 12, 2020
Man Arrested for Allegedly Slashing Tires on 22 Cars Parked Outside of a New York Hospital
As medical workers left the New York hospital early Friday morning they found that tires on 22 cars had been slashed, officials said
By Madeleine Carlisle
April 11, 2020
New York's Rikers Island Jail Sees First Inmate Death From COVID-19
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to hamper the U.S. jail and prison system, an inmate at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has died after contracting the novel coronavirus. Michael Tyson, 53,...
By Josiah Bates
April 6, 2020
Bronx Zoo Tiger Tests Positive for COVID-19
The tiger was tested for the virus after several of the zoo's lions and tigers started showing signs of respiratory illness
By Tara Law and Hillary Leung
April 5, 2020
N.Y. Using Prison Labor to Make Sanitizer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced 'NYS Clean' amid a coronavirus outbreak in the state
By Josiah Bates
March 9, 2020
'I Didn't Commit Any Crimes.' Videos Showing Controversial NYC Arrest Spark Outrage
"The guy had his hands up, he looked like he was 19," Twitter user Velvet said. "He asked the cop to identify himself but he didn't."
By Josiah Bates
March 5, 2020
Everyone Has an Opinion on the Harvey Weinstein Verdict
Some call it a compromise, others a victory. The mixed verdict shows the lack of consensus on issues surrounding sexual assault long after #MeToo exploded
By Melissa Chan
February 25, 2020
Verdict May Be Split in Harvey Weinstein Case
Jurors were sent back to try to reach a unanimous verdict on all charges facing the former movie mogul
By Melissa Chan
February 21, 2020
New York City Apartment Broker Fees Return After Judge Temporarily Blocks Ban
Broker fees are back, at least for now.
By Chris Dolmetsch and Nic Querolo / Bloomberg
February 10, 2020
2 NYPD Officers Shot in 'Assassination' Attempts
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said that a suspect in at least one shooting has been taken into custody
By Tara Law
February 9, 2020
Prosecution Rests Its Case in Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Trial
Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York came closer to an end Thursday as prosecutors rested their case, following more than two weeks of emotional testimony from six women who helped collectively paint the movie...
By Melissa Chan
February 6, 2020
Woman Accused of Slapping 3 Jewish Women in New York City Charged With Federal Hate Crimes. Her Case Raises Questions for New York's Bail Reform Laws
Jewish groups allege they are being used as 'political pawns' in NY's bail reform fight
By Mahita Gajanan
January 29, 2020
NYPD Cop Charged With Murder of His 8-Year-Old Son
At the time of the boy's arrival at the hospital, his body temperature was just 76 degrees
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 25, 2020
Jury Chosen for Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial
The panel will listen to weeks of testimony in the movie mogul's rape and sexual assault trial
By Melissa Chan
January 17, 2020
NYPD Ups Presence in Jewish Communities After Attacks
Some Jewish neighborhoods of New York City will see an increase in police presence after a string of recent anti-semitic attacks.
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 27, 2019
Woman Dies After Being Hit by Debris in NYC
The 60-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene
By Mahita Gajanan
December 17, 2019
A Bronx Teen Reportedly Faked Her Own Kidnapping
Her disappearance unnerved New Yorkers after a disturbing video released by the New York City Police Department
By Josiah Bates
December 17, 2019
A Barnard Student's Stabbing Death Has Rattled NYC, a 13-Year-Old Is in Custody and a 14-Year-Old Has Been Located. Here's What to Know
'We need to support each other and remember Tess'
By Madeleine Carlisle and Mahita Gajanan
December 14, 2019
Alelia Murphy, Oldest Living American, Dies at 114
When asked for her secret to living such a long life, Murphy responded, "Trust in God and be a good person."
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 28, 2019
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Ballons Flew
Despite concerns about windy conditions, officials gave the giant helium balloons the all-clear Thursday morning
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 28, 2019
Winds May Ground NYC Thanksgiving Parade Balloons
The forecast for Thanksgiving Day predicts wind gusts as high as 38 mph
By Josiah Bates
November 25, 2019
Prosecutors to Present 'Hundreds of Hours of Video' Related to Jeffrey Epstein Death at Jail Guards' Trial
Tova Noel and Michael Thomas are scheduled to face trial on April 20.
By Sanya Mansoor
November 25, 2019
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