An ICE agent tased a man several times while another agent tried to forcefully drag him out of his car as the man screams in pain and begs for help, …
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New York City
He Survived Japanese Occupation and Mao’s Cultural Revolution. At 93, He’s Fighting NYCHA.
Jin Tao Wu has survived Japan’s invasion of China, the rise of the Communist Party and the massacres of the Cultural Revolution. Now, thousands of miles and many decades later, …
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One detainee was found dead with 66 pills in his cell. Another lay in distress for five minutes during an apparent overdose before staff administered Narcan. A third was left …
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Hundreds of case workers, career coaches and housing specialists at two prominent nonprofits serving recently incarcerated people announced they plan to unionize on Friday morning, May Day, looking to join …
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They want to curb your dog. The New York City Council on Thursday introduced a package of bills aimed at helping the scourge of dog poop that intensified during weeks …
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This is Borrow and Steal, a monthly interview series from our partners at Vital City profiling evidence-backed urban policy ideas from around the world and the practitioners who have translated …
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New York City
Unspent State Funds for Youth At Risk of Gun Violence Are Needed Here, City Leaders Say
Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot with a handgun on a Queens playground during a water gun fight. This Monday, another 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times …
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Two contractors robbed workers of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages through kickbacks, forgery and wage theft as they renovated a playground in The Bronx, officials say. It took …
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Here’s what brown can do for you: turn commuting on the country’s pokiest buses into even more of a slog. UPS trucks were flagged more than 25,000 times last year …
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New York’s first-ever deputy mayor for economic justice says her job is to grow the economy by delivering on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s agenda for helping those who need it the …