A joint LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter march in Manhattan on Sunday led to clashes with NYPD cops. The crowd of hundreds, some of whom carried banners against police brutality and waved …
Read More »Protesters unite to save Roosevelt statue from Natural History Museum
About 150 people demonstrated outside the Natural History Museum on Sunday in an effort to save the statue of President Teddy Roosevelt from being removed. Shouts of “Save Teddy!” and “Save our …
Read More »Governor Cuomo complains of “political heat” over deaths in nursing homes
Governor Andrew Cuomo complained Sunday of the “political heat” that he has faced from coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, claiming that the facilities are now safer for older people than staying home. …
Read More »NYC Black Lives leader Matter Hawk Newsome on activism and gentrification
No one intimidates like Hawk Newsome. Newsome, the most influential leader of the Black Lives Matter in New York, is 6 feet 6 inches and has no trouble moving inches from his …
Read More »New York student sparks COVID-19 group after returning from Florida
Governor Andrew Cuomo called state investigators on Saturday to investigate a COVID-19 group in Westchester, believed to have been caused by a student who attended a graduation ceremony in Chappaqua after returning …
Read More »272 NYPD cops apply for retirement since Floyd protests
Police officers hang their handcuffs in large quantities. The wave of finer firings began after George Floyd’s police murder on May 25, with 272 uniformed police officers filing retirement documents from then …
Read More »New York Police District Commander leaves the Bronx District for the last time
The chief of the New York police constituency who withdrew in protest this week criticized politicians for wanting to “vilify” police officers during a scandalous final strike celebration at his Bronx station …
Read More »De Blasio says “very substantial” cuts hit New York police budget
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that the NYPD’s $ 6 billion budget cuts would be “very, very substantial” amid calls to cut $ 1 billion from the department’s coffers. “We are …
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