NYC Public Advocate spoke out against the excuses being made for recent gun violence spike.
Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams issued the following statement in response...
New York Attorney General Letitia James today released a preliminary report into her office’s ongoing investigation into the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) response to recent...
The white woman who called NYPD on a Black man to falsely say he was threatening her will be charged with filing a false police report.
Today, the Manhattan District...
Cardinal Dolan is complaining about the criticism of NYPD--while saying very little about racist treatment of Blacks by NYPD.
This week, Timothy Cardinal Dolan complained...
Thug cop Afanador arrested and released--without bail--for choking and brutalizing yet another Black New Yorker.
A veteran NYPD officer was arrested Thursday and charged...
Lawyers Colinford King Mattis and Urooj Rahma have been denied bond, and face 45 years imprisonment, minimum, allegedly, for firebombing empty police cars. Meanwhile, murderers of Rayshard...
The NYPD brutality on Black bodies continues as Officer David Afanador choked 35-year old Ricky Bellevue, on the Rockaway Beach boardwalk Sunday.
A New York City police...
NYC Public Advocate has praised the repeal of the 50-a law which protected cops from accountability by shielding their records from the public.
Public Advocate Jumaane D....
Unknown Black woman in photo was slammed in wall by Mount Vernon Police Officer Ryan Hughes.
June 11, 2020, after several months the Westchester County District Attorney’s...
NY Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is asking for passage of Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
Today, U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...
NYPD Officer Vincent D'Andraia, who alleged assaulted Dounya Zayer during George Floyd protests in Brooklyn, could be arrested today.
An NYPD officer suspended without pay...
Police-STAT Act passed the NY Senate on Monday. It now awaits the signature of Governor Cuomo.
Monday, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) celebrated a momentous...
Peaceful George Floyd protesters arrested for minor infractions will not be prosecuted says Manhattan District Attorney.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, Jr. has...
Two Buffalo, New York, police officers have been suspended without pay after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, causing him to crack his head on the sidewalk.
The...
Last night, during the George Floyd protests in New York, two NYPD vehicles were videotaped driving vehicles through protesters.
During a press conference, New York City...
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