SubPrime Mike: How Mayor Bloomberg Fought Efforts To Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Stop-and-Frisk wasn’t the only Bloomberg-era policy that harmed the black community.
The Indypendent
Theodore Hamm
Brooklyn’s Political Machine: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
With a decidedly modest amount of fanfare, the Brooklyn Democratic Party voted in a new leader on Martin Luther…
Brooklyn DA’s Office Ordered To Stop Concealing Key Witness Info
This past June, as The Indypendent reported, New York’s Court of Appeals reinstated the Brooklyn murder conviction of John…
Interview: Historian Eric Foner on Reconstruction and Who Gets to Be a Citizen Today
Who is entitled to the full rights of citizenship? And who is not? These questions are once again roiling…
Important questions surround the Working Family Party’s handling of the final stage of the Queens DA race.
NYC’s Next Socialist Wave: DSA Takes Aim at the State Assembly’s Old Guard
The Democratic Socialists of America have clearly rocked the New York City political establishment over the past two years.…
One of the NYPD’s Stupidest Arrests
On a Friday evening in late October 2016, Frankie Breton, a senior at NYU, returned from the first day…
Eric Garner’s Family Still Has Unanswered Questions Over His Death
Given its protracted prominence, it’s surprising that many crucial components of the Eric Garner case remain shrouded in mystery. …
New Revelations Emerge On Rejected Ballots In Queens DA Race
In early August, with the outcome of the Queens DA primary still up in the air, a group of…
Tiffany Cabán Concedes to Melinda Katz in Queens DA Race
In her concession speech last night in Astoria, Tiffany Cabán declared that her grassroots campaign had “completely transformed the…
