Is ‘stop and frisk’ based on official policy?

Yesterday U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin granted class-action status to a lawsuit condemning the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices. Her decision comes in a 2008 suit filed by four men claiming their fourth amendment constitutional rights were compromised by the NYPD, and allows thousands more plaintiffs to take part in the legal challenge. The […]

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How many guns does stop and frisk uncover?

The NYPD’s controversial stop and frisk policy is failing in the very area it was designed to target — gun control — according to new analysis released by the New York Civil Liberties Union today.  The detailed interrogation of the police department’s own stop-and-frisk records indicates a record 685,724 people were stopped and frisked by […]

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Where are the Occupy barricades?

To mark May Day, Occupy Wall Street has declared today a general strike, and protests are planned for many locations in midtown and lower Manhattan. Already, we’ve seen and filed numerous reports of public parks and plazas, as well as privately owned public spaces, barricaded against public entry. Whether you’re a pedestrian, protester or both, this map will […]

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The Daily Q: Which NYC neighborhood is the most dangerous for pedestrians?

New York City pedestrians are constantly making the death dash across busy city streets, dodging cars, buses and bikes. Standing on the sidewalk is sometimes not much safer. In a three-car accident near Times Square on Saturday night, a Jaguar rear-ended a Chevy Impala, which in turn plowed into a yellow cab. The Jaguar flew up onto the […]

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What are New York’s biggest tax loopholes?

Today is everyone’s favorite day of the year, right? Tax deadline day. But according to advocacy groups in New York some corporations won’t be filing as much as they should be, and they’re costing taxpayers $350 million. Groups like New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness an the Fiscal Policy Institute are out protesting banking and hedge fund giants today […]

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What will new school lobby group demand of NYC’s next mayor?

Former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and ex-Washington, D.C., official Michelle Rhee have teamed up to launch StudentsFirstNY, a new lobbying group designed to be a counterweight to the powerful United Federation of Teachers. Advocating expansion of charter schools and wider flexibility in management of teachers, the group is setting its sights on […]

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