Bronx residents say they discovered multiples nooses hanging from trees in Van Cortlandt Park on Thursday night. The NYPD declined to open an investigation, claiming the knots were leftover piñata string gothamist.com/news/reports-n…
A new documentary about the 2024 student protests at Columbia University, narrated by activist and recent graduate Mahmoud Khalil, has bumped up its release date by months in response to Khalil’s detainment and will have its U.S. premiere in Manhattan on Thursday.
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At least two people were hospitalized and 29 protesters were arrested in the NYPD's crackdown on an MLK Day march Monday night. The aggressive show of force comes one month after Mayor de Blasio vowed to reform the department's policing of protests.
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A new report argues that it costs an average of $383 a night to house a family in a shelter or hotel, but only $72 a night if that family is placed in a two-bedroom apartment using a rental assistance program.
The NYPD has stopped tens of thousands of pedestrians since Mayor Adams took office — claiming someone “fit a relevant description” or "other."
Just 5% were white — an even starker disparity than the height of Mayor Bloomberg's "stop and frisk" era.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday met with organizers of Stand Up to Violence, a first-of-its-kind program in New York that has shown a nearly 60% reduction in gunshot injuries.
Library officials are blaming the air conditioning problems on $750,000 in deferred maintenance costs exacerbated by Mayor Eric Adams’ recent budget reductions, and warn that more unplanned closures are likely on the horizon.
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