Les Payne, former Newsday editor, inducted into Deadline Club Hall of Fame
Les Payne. Photo: Flickr Les Payne, a Pulitzer Prize winner whose four decades at Newsday were spent as much as a chronicler of some of the 20th century’s…
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West Africa Mud-slide: NYC Sierra Leone Immigrant Loses Six Relatives; Deserves Helping Hand
Prince Valcarcel--deserves some helping hands. Photo: Nate Adams On Monday, Sierra Leone immigrant and New York City resident Prince Valcarcel got a call from his niece, Yvette who…
South Sudan Panel Discussion: Give The Peace Deal A Chance
South Sudan's embattled President Salva Kiir. Photo--Stein Ove Korneliussen. commons.wikimedia.org Wednesday June 7, 2017, 7-9 pmWhat’s happening in South Sudan? Give the Peace Deal A Chance.Violence is escalating…
OFF DUTY NYPD ROOKIE COP KILLED IN CAR CRASH, SECOND COP BADLY INJURED
Officer Bianca Bennett courtesy of Facebook An off duty NYPD officer was killed Wednesday night when the car she was a passenger in lost control and ran off…
NYPD BOOSTS SECURITY AROUND CITY MOSQUES AFTER ATTACK IN QUEBEC
The NYPD has announced the department has directed special attention to be given to all mosque/house-of-worship locations citywide, according to police officials. Critical Response Command (CRC) personnel have…
Graham Family Demand Firing Of Haste, Officer who Killed Son as Departmental Trial Starts
De Blasio and O'Neill--family demands firing of Haste Family members of Ramarley Graham were joined by community supporters who packed the room on the first day of the…
NYPD Departmental Trial Of Haste, Officer Who Killed Ramarley Graham
Haste, the man who killed unarmed Ramarley Graham The NYPD departmental trial of Officer Richard Haste who on February 2, 2012, killed unarmed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham is on…
SOME CALLING NYPD’S POLICY TO ALLOW SIKH POLICE TO WEAR TURBANS UNAMERICAN
Last week, the NYPD announced it will allow Sikh officers to wear turbans instead of traditional caps, and grow their beards up to half an inch long for…
New York’s Minimum Wage Law Kicks In
Gov. Cuomo Statement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo No one who works full-time should be condemned to a life of poverty. In New York, we believe in a fair…
Prison For Cueva, Construction Foreman, In Worker’s Death
The construction site Wilmer Cueva, 51 has been sentenced to1-to-3 years in state prison for endangering several workers at the construction site he managed and causing the death…