On Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced support in closing Rikers Island, a jail marred with a…
Police authorities allow the cop who fatally shot unarmed Black teen to resign after a disciplinary commission found him guilty.
Glenn Martin, a former Rikers inmate and advocate for criminal justice reform, has continually made the effort to have Rikers…
According to the NYPD, there have been at least 43 bias-related attacks since the election, compared to 20 during the…
Venida Browder, the 63-year-old the mother of the late Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three horrific years being…
Erica Garner's heat comes on the heels of De Blasio's refusal to release the disciplinary records of Officer Daniel Pantaleo,…
NYC police commissioner talks about ending his tenure. He has no plans to continue past the mayor's first term in…
Just days after former President Bill Clinton used his White privilege to lecture Black Lives Matter protesters, Hillary Clinton engaged…
A group of parents and a pro-charter school organization sue New York for allowing violence to go unchecked in classrooms.…
On September 9, tennis star James Blake became the victim of racial profiling after an NYPD police officer mistook him…
Spike Lee has made quite an impact on New York City culture with his extensive film success, and now he…
When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous New…
A New York City police officer is in critical condition after being shot in the head in Queens last night.…
Bill de Blasio has absolutely no chance of becoming the next president. For starters, barring some political catastrophe, there’s no…
Chiara de Blasio, the daughter of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York First Lady Chirlaine McCray, has officially…
On one of our new favorite shows, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the special guest last night was Mayor…
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