Two NYPD officers who drove their SUVs into a crowd of protesters blocking a Brooklyn street at the height of the George Floyd protests in late May 2020 have been cleared of wrongdoing by police commissioner Edward Caban, Civilian Complaint Review Board officials confirmed Friday. Caban endorsed an NYPD administrative trial judge’s recommendation that officer […]
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We Combed Through Hours of Video From 36 Cameras. What We Found Became a Scandal.
THE CITY Needs You! Donate today to keep us reporting on the issues that matter to you and your community. This piece is the fifth in a series of deep dives that will take you through THE CITY’s impact and values, give you a behind-the-scenes look at our newsroom, and introduce you to our reporters. […]
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Budget Cuts Hit Preschools, Cops, Libraries as Mayor Blames Migrants
New York City’s expansion of universal pre-k, some trash pickup, and library services have been slashed as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ “extremely painful” cuts in a newly-announced budget modification that looks to trim the city’s spending. Every agency will see 5% budget reductions this month, the mayor’s budget officials said, as the city faces […]
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What We Learned From NYPD’s Data
This piece is the second in a series of deep dives that will take you through THE CITY’s impact and values, give you a behind-the-scenes look at our newsroom, and introduce you to our reporters. We hope this series will move you to contribute to our year-end fundraising campaign. Reader donations make THE CITY’s work […]
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The Feds Move In and Eric Adams Leans Back
Show notes: Tuesday is Election Day, and there’s still time to find your ballot and voting station here, and to read THE CITY’s explainers about the judges at the bottom of your ballot and what the race is all about, and its closing day report on the handful of hot contests around the city. It’s […]
Posted inCity Government
Department of Ignored: Agencies Refuse to Heed Hundreds of DOI Recommendations
Every year, the city’s Department of Investigation issues bold and critical recommendations intended to help city government function more effectively and efficiently, as part of its agency probes. But increasingly, and especially under Mayor Eric Adams, the department is being downsized, the scale and scope of its investigative insights is diminishing and some of its […]
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For Third Time, NYPD Bows Out of Council Hearing on High-Tech Surveillance
The NYPD pulled out at the last minute from a City Council hearing set for Tuesday on whether its increased deployment of high-technology surveillance has a disparate impact on Black and Hispanic New Yorkers — the third time the police department has dodged questioning by elected officials on the subject in the last five weeks. […]
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Before Shelter Melee, Adams Aide Found Guilty of Obstructing NYPD Investigation into Domestic Incident
A top operative for Mayor Eric Adams now under investigation over allegations that he assaulted a migrant shelter security guard was once convicted by the NYPD of impeding an internal investigation of a domestic incident and placed on a list of cops with credibility issues, THE CITY has learned. Timothy Pearson, a longtime friend of […]
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What We Know About Tim Pearson, the Eric Adams Operative Under Investigation for Shelter Melee
He’s got no public schedule to speak of. He’s rarely seen in public with Eric Adams, but has the mayor’s ear across a variety of subjects. He works for a quasi-city agency, the Economic Development Corporation, but runs point for City Hall on security in migrant shelters and makes top-level decisions about the New York […]
Posted inPolitics
Palestinian New Yorkers Feel Both Targeted and Ignored
Mahmoud Kasem, 36, owner of Al Aqsa, a Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge, said he was trying his best to go through the motions, coming into the restaurant from his home in Bayside, Queens and chatting up customers. “But inside it’s boiling, it’s like a volcano,” he said, speaking outside the restaurant on a Thursday […]