In Eric Garner’s Memory, Activists Demand Passage Of Right To Know Act
Eric Garner seconds before being killed by Officer Daniel Pantaleo Eight hundred people gathered for a vigil at the site of Eric Garner's killing on Staten Island to…
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Severe Crowding Continues To Rise In NYC Housing Comptroller’s Report Shows
Comptroller Scott Stringer Bronx sees biggest jump at 74.2% from 2005 to 2013; Citywide Proportion of Severely Crowded Dwellings Up 44.8% More than one in twelve dwellings in…
De Blasio Breast Crises: Times Square Bare-Chested Women Leads To Much City Hall Activity And A Report
The price of semi-nudity: a Mayoral report The Following press release was issued by Mayor Bill de Blasio is reaction to the women who a few weeks ago…
Bluewash: Monitoring Groups Decry New NYPD Policy Without Accountability For Brutal Cops
Police Commissioner Bratton -- trying to be slick by pre-empting critical report? Independent activists groups reacted with skepticism saying without informing the public about how and how many…
Land Banks And Other Strategies To Fight Homelessness
Last night, despite a sustained economic recovery, more than 56,000 New Yorkers slept in a shelter. Among them were 23,000 children who will soon head to their first…
Touchy Issue: De Blasio’s Breast Police And White Male Hegemony
Liberal mayor De Blasio is very illiberal when it comes to women's exposed breasts The real meaning of "equality" is being tested in New York City right now…
From KATRINA to FERGUSON: America’s Message to Black People
Citywide Discussion August 28 From Katrina to Ferguson What is America's Message to Black People? WHAT: Citywide Discussion on “Lessons Learned and Which Way Forward”? WHEN: Friday, August…
NYPD’s Royster’s Promotion Makes Her Highest-ranking Black Woman In Department’s History
Kim Royster New York City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams has praised the impending promotion of New York Police Department Officer Kim Royster to Chief of the NYPD…
While Praising New York’s Recovery, Comptroller Stringer Calls For $1.2 Billion Reserve Fund Boost
Comptroller Stringer Mayor Bill de Blasio has done a good job in boosting New York City's financial reserves in case of an economic downturn, but the City should…
NY City Council Honors Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland On, Thursday, July 23rd, Council Member Inez Barron, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other Council Members will honor Misty Copeland with a proclamation. Council Member Barron states,…