It might have been a scene from post-Katrina New Orleans. U.S. Army Humvees and reservists patrolled the streets; people without homes or electricity huddled in need of food, water and blankets; residents siphoned gas from destroyed cars to power generators. Others looked at the destruction wrought from the storm and couldn’t recognize their own
This week a federal judge adjourned proceedings in one of the most significant challenges yet to stop-and-frisk in New York City, and scheduled what are sure to be impassioned closing statements for early November. The eight days of testimony at Manhattan’s federal courthouse in the Ligon v. City of New Yorklawsuit struck at one
Of all the people who showed up on Monday for the first day of hearings in the relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Facility, Mr. Godman Planet Earth stuck out. The elderly gentleman stood in front of the Tarrytown Doubletree Hotel for hours, holding a sign stating he had repeatedly dreamed a 6.8 earthquake struck the nuclear plant that is at
The frustrations and indignities of New York City’s criminal summonses system are on full display at 346 Broadway. Defendants who have received pink slips from the NYPD and other enforcement agencies wait for hours to find out where they are scheduled to appear before a judge, many for minor violations of quality-of-life laws. If they aren’t in
Lawsuits against the city’s police soared to a record 2,004 cases entering the courts in the year that ended July 1. That’s a 28 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, as recorded in the recently released Mayor’s Management Report. It indicates
Lindsey Riddick of Flatbush estimates he’s been to 346 Broadway, one of the city’s half dozen summonses courts, at least six times to pay off pink slips police officers have handed to him. Trespassing, disorderly conduct, loitering — the charges kept coming. Three years ago, he spent two days in jail after a warrant was issued for his arrest when
Virginia is for lovers, but it is also a place for gun lovers. The state known as the gun-running capital of the East Coast is once again at the top of the list of states that “export” firearms to New York. A map of the top 15 states of origin for firearms recovered by New York law enforcement last year. Click on a state to see how many guns
