New York to pay millions to protesters mistreated in 2020 George Floyd protest City settles lawsuit after hundreds of protesters were arrested, detained and subjected to excessive force in the Bronx The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2023
NYC agrees to pay up to $6 million to hundreds of protesters roughed up by the NYPD during George Floyd demonstrations New York City has agreed to pay up to $6 million to protesters roughed up by the NYPD during a George Floyd demonstration in the Bronx. Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023
Travis Scott club row 'blown out of proportion' amid claims he 'punched' sound engineer Travis Scott's team have responded after it was claimed he was involved in a physical altercation which led to costly damages to equipment at a performance in New York Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2023
Editorial: Nation needs truth on Malcolm X's assassination A lawsuit filed last week by the family of Malcolm X, on the 58th anniversary of his assassination in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom, might clear up the secrecy, lies and misinformation that still shroud the historical record. Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2023
Gators in Prospect Park — all in a day’s work for NYC Animal Care and Control field officer NEW YORK — The four-foot alligator found in Prospect Park last week amazed the city and made national headlines, but for Kevin Sexton, a 15-year veteran field manager for New York Animal Care and Control, it elicited little more than a shrug. Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023
Rapper Cardi B visits NYPD academy, speaks at ‘Girl’s Talk’ event as she fulfills community service for club attack NEW YORK — Rapper Cardi B talked and twerked with young girls at the NYPD police academy as she spent the week fulfilling court-mandated community service over a 2018 Queens strip club attack, the Daily News has learned. Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023
Cardi B: Court-ordered service 'the best thing' to happen Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B spoke to girls in a police mentorship program Friday as part of what she says has been an eye-opening and emotional week performing court-mandated community service for her role in a pair of brawls at New York City strip clubs in 2018 The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Jewish New Yorkers respond to ‘Day of Hate’ with prayers for peace NEW YORK — Threats of a national day of antisemitic hate sent Elizabeth Walsh to pray Saturday in her Upper East Side, Manhattan, synagogue. Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023
NYC mayor's brother set to leave his City Hall security job New York Mayor Eric Adams’ brother is leaving his volunteer post as a mayoral security adviser The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023
Malcom X's family is suing the CIA, FBI and NYPD Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and attorney Ben Crump talk to Morning Edition's Leila Fadel about their plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD and other government agencies. WEKU · Feb 24, 2023
Malcolm X’s daughter planning to sue CIA and FBI for his death A daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X has announced plans to sue the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death. Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2023
Teen’s subway surfing death is latest in disturbing NYC trend NEW YORK — The death of a 15-year-old subway surfer trying to ride a train across the Williamsburg Bridge is the latest in a long line of fatalities among daredevils illegally riding the rails atop train cars. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023
Malcolm X’s family, on anniversary of assassination, announce $100M ‘conspiracy’ lawsuit against NYPD NEW YORK — Exactly 58 years to the date that Malcolm X was assassinated in a hail of gunfire on a Manhattan stage, his family announced plans to file a lawsuit against the NYPD accusing cops and various government agencies of intentionally concealing evidence of his murder. Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023
Malcolm X's daughter to sue CIA and FBI for wrongful death The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X has announced plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023 NYPD captain used peephole to spy on female officers in Yankee Stadium substation's locker room, affidavit says NEW YORK — An NYPD captain who headed up the Yankee Stadium security detail had a peephole in his office that he used to spy on female officers in the women’s locker room, according to an officer who has accused him of rape.
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Malcom X’s family brings $100m lawsuit accusing CIA, FBI and NYPD of ‘plan to assassinate’ leader Two of three men convicted in assassination of activist have been exonerated
Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023 Daughter of Malcolm X to sue government agencies for alleged role in slaying Ilyasah Shabazz says that she plans to sue the NYPD and the FBI, among others, for $100m in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023 Seven-year-old girl fights for her life after being stabbed in the neck by her grandmother Grandmother, 65, is in custody pending charges, the NYPD say
Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2023 NYPD releases car stop data for first time; Black drivers stopped most often Police officers pulled vehicles over nearly 675,000 times in 2022 — on par with the number of street stops during the height of the stop-and-frisk controversy that raged more than a decade ago, according to NYPD statistics.
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 Brooklyn U-Haul driver who killed 1 and injured 8 told cops an ‘invisible object’ sparked his rampage NEW YORK — The U-Haul driver arrested after a 90-minute Brooklyn rampage claimed he was hallucinating behind the wheel before killing one victim and injuring eight more, police said Tuesday.
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 Never-released internal NYPD report cites ‘shortcomings and missteps’ in response to 2020 George Floyd protests A never-released internal NYPD report paints a damning picture of the department’s handling of the George Floyd protests in 2020 that led to days of rioting and looting across the city — finding that no single police commander was calling the shots, officers lacked “timely intelligence” in the first days…
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023 One dead, two critically hurt, and a suspect who ‘wanted to die’: What we know about the Brooklyn U-Haul ‘rampage’ ‘At this time, we have no indication that there was any terrorism involvement in this incident,’ NYPD Commissioner says
Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023 Teen accused of trying to kill police officers in NY's Times Square faces more terrorism charges NEW YORK — The Maine teenager accused of trying to murder NYPD officers on New Year’s Eve in Times Square pleaded not guilty to state terrorism charges Wednesday.
Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023 Accused killer of NYPD officer ordered held without bail NEW YORK — Shortly after fatally shooting off-duty NYPD Officer Adeed Fayaz, Randy “Popper” Jones tried to cover up evidence of the crime with a piece of tape, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 George Santos’ office vandalised with graffiti – amid sexual harassment accusations and Spider-Man lies Poll shows as many as eight in 10 New Yorkers want Santos out