Work Within the System? Plaza Tonatiuh Organizers Seek Legal Status
Organizers of a popular open-air market and community hub in Sunset Park are trying a new approach after being shut down by the NYPD.
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The NYPD’s Sordid History Chronicled in New Report
The Police Reform Organizing Project provides a detailed summary of the NYPD’s nefarious ways from its founding in 1845 to the present day.
The Mayor’s Irresponsible New Police-Union Contract Demands Closer Scrutiny
Massive pay hikes and continued abuse of overtime pay send cop salaries soaring while other city agencies are starved of funds.
Police Target Weekly Open-Air Market in Sunset Park
Immigrant vendors at Plaza Tonatiuh refused to back down when NYPD confronted them on Sunday morning. They have vowed to return.
Court Weighs Whether to Dump Another Dubious “Detective Smoothie” Conviction
Hector Lopez was convicted of a 1994 arson-double murder despite a lack of physical evidence tying him to the crime.
Migrants Demand Humane Housing as Adams Tries to Revive Tent City Plan
The protesting migrants have been searching for a home for months, sometime years.
Massive Evidence Storage Facility Fire Sheds Light on Sloppy NYPD Practices
The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.
‘Care Not Cuts’: Broad Coalition Objects To $2.5 Billion Budget Cuts At City Hall Press Conference
Educators, Doctors, Social Workers, and Parents protested Mayor Adams’ November financial plan, which would cut $2.5 billion from all city agencies except for the Police, Fire and Sanitation Departments, putting many of the city’s essential social services at risk.
The former Uber driver has mobilized a grassroots campaign to counter an entrenched incumbent.
Overturned Scarcella Conviction Goes to Retrial for First Time
Cracks Emerge in Prosecutors’ Case as Brooklyn DA’s Office retries Eliseo DeLeon for 1995 Murder.