“When are people going to be held accountable?” asked NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha. A ProPublica review found New York has paid more than $1 billion in recent years to settle suits against officers, who are rarely punished.
NYPD vehicles parked up in a line in New York City. – New York City, USA – Circa October 2018 (Shutterstock)
By Mike Hayes, …
“When people make mistakes and then cover those mistakes up with lies upon lies, that’s when people get really hurt,” said Sherron Paige, whose 7-year-old son, Kyan, has grown up in a lead-tainted apartment in the Red Hook Houses.
The NYCHA Fulton Houses complex of apartments in Chelsea in New York – New York NY/USA-April 28, 2020 (Shutterstock)
By Greg B. Smith, THE …
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at City Hall on January 9, 2021 in New York City.
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY
New York passed one of the nation’s most comprehensive eviction moratorium bills during the Legislature’s special year-end session. But …
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Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during groundbreaking ceremony for One Madison Avenue at Madison Square Park – New York, NY – November 16, 2020 …
By Thomas Tracy, NY Daily News
It’s fitting that the year from hell should end without a celebration.
The coronavirus pandemic — in its …
High Wind Warning in effect for New York City from 6 p.m. Thursday through 9 a.m. Friday. Gusts up to 60 mph could affect the city.
By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura, NY Times
Sharon Escobar couldn’t recognize her father.
His face was so badly decomposed that she and her mother were …
Stuyvesant High School. The most selective of the specialized high schools in the NYC public school system. – New York City, New York / …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vows that New York will do a better job than all other states in the nation to get its …