Just as, every day, I pray for the safety of my family members who serve in the New York Police Department, now I also have to pray for safety and security of my community from the very agency that is legally bound to protect them. Recently, it has been revealed that New York’s police commissioner [...]
A New York City police officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he violated an African-American man’s civil rights by arresting him on false charges.
Michael Daragjati, an eight-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was later heard using a racial slur to brag about the arrest by investigators who were recording him.
In [...]
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the NYPD. They allege that Black officers are not promoted in the department’s intelligence division and that a “secret list” keeps the officers from climbing the ranks.
“The NYPD has chosen to cloak promotions in secrecy and give [...]
A state Supreme Court judge has put the brakes on a New York City plan to develop public housing in a Brooklyn neighborhood, a proposal she said would “perpetuate” racial segregation.
In a decision released Wednesday, Manhattan Justice Emily Jane Goodman issued a preliminary injunction halting the city’s development proposal, ruling that claims the plan would [...]
For seven decades, two African-American politicians—first Adam Clayton Powell Jr., then Charles Rangel—have represented Harlem in Congress, symbolizing the New York City neighborhood’s status as the de facto capital of black America.
Now, redistricting under way by the state legislature combined with a fast-rising Hispanic population are threatening to overturn that history. There are more Hispanics [...]
