The Indypendent
New York
Prison Reformers Call For a Fully-Staffed, Diverse Parole Board. Will Gov. Cuomo Listen?
Even after Gov. Andrew Cuomo met Judith Clark and was so struck by her “exceptional strides in self-development” that…
Locked Out Meat Workers at Key Foods Say Their Employer Wants to Butcher Their Benefits
There’s a promotion for pork shoulder in the supermarket window. A photograph, blown up larger than life, shows chunks…
WATCH: Hundreds March Against Fracked-Gas Williams Pipeline in New York
Approximately 300 demonstrators gathered in lower Manhattan near City Hall and marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday, calling…
Push For Universal Rent Control Takes Root in Harlem
With just over two months left until rent laws that cover two million New York City apartment dwellers are…
Queens Prosecutors Make A Mockery of Due Process in Chanel Lewis Trial
At the outset of day four (Thursday, March 21) of the retrial of Chanel Lewis for the murder of…
Brooklyn’s Political Machine Gets Another Cog
It’s not exactly shocking when a reformer becomes a political insider, but the details still matter. Once a determined…
No Safe Harbor for Rockaway Pipeline, Opponents Say
Fractivists want fossil fuels left in the ground, not beneath the waves.
Industry City: A Green New Deal Vs. Gentrification in Sunset Park
On a clear day, looking out over the sloshing blue-gray swell of Gowanus Bay from Sunset Park’s waterfront, you…
Out of Patience: NYC Nurses Take On Hospitals For Better Staffing
How do you know when your employees are unsatisfied? When they vote by a 97 percent margin to authorize…