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NYPD Urged to Level Disciplinary Charges Against Officers in Fatal Shooting as Crucial Deadline Looms
With a pivotal deadline looming next Friday, elected officials and family members of Win Rozario are urging NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to quickly level disciplinary charges against the officers involved in the killing of the 19-year-old at his home in Queens last year. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are among […]
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Crime and Rats Down, But City Jails and Services Struggle, New Report Shows
Major crime continues to drop, rat sightings are down, and the construction of affordable housing is going up — but budget cuts last year also hurt things like cleanliness and tree planting, the annual Mayor’s Management Report, released Wednesday, shows. Mayor Eric Adams touted his administration’s wins in a video summary of the report where […]
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Casi-No: Times Square and Hudson Yards Boards Defeat Gaming Proposals
The cards are down, and two proposed casinos in Manhattan are out of the running in the first votes on projects across the region vying for up to three new state licenses. In votes Wednesday morning, local advisory committees nixed a gambling complex proposed for Times Square and another near Hudson Yards. The Avenir sought […]
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Judge Slams ICE for Overcrowding and Inhumane Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza Lockup
A federal judge Wednesday extended limits on the number of immigrants ICE can hold at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan and requirements that it provide detainees with basic humanitarian needs and access to legal representation. In an opinion published Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan sided with immigrants represented by the NYCLU, the ACLU and Make […]
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Deaths in NYPD Custody Doubled in Recent Years
Deaths in NYPD custody have surged to levels not seen in at least a decade, with 43 people dying in 2023 and 2024 combined — roughly double the toll of any two-year period since at least 2016, according to police data and officials. At least nine people have died in NYPD custody so far this […]
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