Racist Cop Added To Stop And Frisk Lawsuit
A black Staten Island man is suing a white NYPD officer for falsely accusing him of resisting arrest. From The New York Daily News: [Kendrick] G...
A black Staten Island man is suing a white NYPD officer for falsely accusing him of resisting arrest. From The New York Daily News: [Kendrick] G...
The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 05.10.2012
A report [see below] from the New York Civil Liberties Union reveals in startling new details just how disproportionately the NYPD stops and frisks mi...
The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 05.04.2012
In the latest effort by politicians to exact retribution from Walmart for allegedly bribing officials in Mexico, New York City's public advocate, Bill...
Posted 04.24.2012
The 2013 race to succeed three-term New York City Mayor Bloomberg has a frontrunner. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) has a 20 p...
AP | Posted 05.28.2012
NEW YORK -- A New York City co-op's proposed boycott against Israeli products to protest the Israeli government's policies toward Palestinians has bee...
Bill de Blasio | Posted 03.22.2012
Today marks the unfortunate two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that opened the floodgates for undisclosed spending in ...
Posted 12.27.2011
Thinking of moving? While most of us city dwellers may not be Russian billionaires purchasing $88 million penthouses, at least we can can now dig up t...
Dylan Ratigan | Posted 02.14.2012
The most critical thing Occupy Wall Street achieved is this: they lit the match that reignited a national conversation about the link between global inequality and government corruption.
The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 12.07.2011
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly broke his silence Tuesday regarding 70 pages-worth of racially charged comments by NYPD officers from the Facebook group...
Posted 11.06.2011
A city councilmember and a city aide who were detained by the NYPD during Monday's West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn say the incident never would hav...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.03.2011
This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- The top five recipients of large federal corporate tax breaks in 2009 are also among the biggest spender...
Posted 06.15.2011
The race for the next Mayor of New York is really starting to heat up. Last night Dick Grasso, former chief of The New York Stock Exchange, made a "...
AP | Posted 06.04.2011
(AP) NEW YORK -- Renters in New York City now have a leg up on lousy landlords as they peruse available apartments and houses on Craigslist. "NYC's...
Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011
Considering political campaigns as conducted on a four-year cycle, we are now in the second lap of the race to succeed Mayor Bloomberg.
Posted 05.25.2011
Mayor Bloomberg is directing $10 million to provide tutors for students who are falling behind. From Gotham Schools: Nearly six months after the cit...
Posted 05.25.2011
Public officials are calling for the NYPD to boycott gun manufacturers who produce high-capacity magazines like the one that injured Rep. Gabrielle Gi...
Posted 05.25.2011
Wal-Mart moving into New York City would cause wages to drop, according to a new report. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio says Wal-Mart setting up shop...
The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011
The Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending, spearheaded by New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (D), aims to secure promises from ...
Will Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.
Posted 05.25.2011
Voices on all sides of the debate continue to spar over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's appointment of Cathie Black to replace Joel Klein as New York City s...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Revere America is one of the biggest outside spenders this election season, dropping $2.5 million so far in an effort to "repeal, reform...
Mother Jones | Suzy Khimm | Posted 05.25.2011
The Supreme Court may have opened the floodgates for corporate campaign spending, but Bill de Blasio, New York City's public advocate, is doing his pa...
nydailynews.com | By Ben Chapman and Erin Einhorn | Posted 05.25.2011
Now they can't hide. Not Alan Fein, whose Bronx tenants live with urine-soaked hallways, crackhead squatters and filth so severe that one tenant was ...
Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011
The Charter Revision Commission voted last night to postpone by 11 years the effective date when a two-term limit would take effect, even if the voters approve it in referendum this fall.
Rey Camacho | Posted 05.25.2011
Vantage Management Services, LLC has announced two groundbreaking agreements with labor unions representing superintendents and porters in small buildings throughout Upper Manhattan and Queens.
Posted 05.14.2012