While crime is still a far cry from the levels of the 1990s, the city murder rate and incidences of shootings have both risen this year, and Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to address the uptick by immediately reopening the court system and going back to jury trials as soon as possible. “We also have to restart all the pieces
The old saying “all politics is local” has special relevance for Assemblymember Joe Lentol because, as one longtime supporter notes, “No one knows the streets,
Doctors can now resume elective surgeries Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that doctors and hospitals in New York City are now eligible to resume elective
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A decades-old law that kept law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records secret in New York appeared to be headed for an overhaul
A preview of what’s to come.
The mothers of black men who died at the hands of police officers gave emotional testimony at a State Senate hearing on Thursday, as some
After years of pressure from activists and government officials, New York’s state legislature this year may finally repeal a law that shields police misconduct records
More than 50 Brooklyn police officers were hit with four or more federal civil rights lawsuits between January 2015 and June 2018, costing the city millions of dollars in settlements,