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. …
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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…
Who is the “Public” in Public Transportation?
One hot Saturday morning earlier this month I waited, with a few dozen others, on a New York City…
Bronxites Call on Rep. Eliot Engel to Do the ‘Obvious’ For the Climate
A small crowd of activists from Bronx Climate Justice North gathered outside Rep. Eliot Engel’s office Wednesday in Riverdale…
Sunrise Activists Call for Presidential Climate Debate
Over 50 activists gathered in the rain outside the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) New York headquarters on 43rd Street…
Spike in Traffic Deaths has Cyclists Wondering if NYC Drivers have License to Kill
When 30-year-old Em Samolewicz was killed on Brooklyn’s Third Avenue on July 29, after she was hit by a…
Fighting For Their Park, LES Residents Challenge the City’s Climate Change Plan
It was a bright Sunday afternoon in early August when Yvette Mercedes looked out over East River Park from…
It Was Slated to be a Natural Gas Terminal, Then Environmentalists Raised their Voices
Everything appeared to have been worked out. A $25,000 donation had been made to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign…
Meet the Tenants Fighting Barberry Rose Management, Landlord From Hell
New York State passed laws in June that dramatically strengthened its rent regulations, but tenants in Inwood are still…
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…
