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‘Mad as Hell’: Mayor Edits Statement By Minority Leaders, Silencing Their ‘Narrative’
Hizzoner left out two key sentences that framed the full events of Saturday night in the context of the minority community's seemingly endless fight for basic human rights.
May 31, 2020
Mayor Promises to Investigate Police Use of Deadly Force — As Police Commissioner Vows Counter Investigation Against Protesters
The mayor and NYPD move quickly to show they are taking police violence seriously — but they also blamed protesters.
May 31, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: De Blasio’s Cops Did Not De-Escalate
Another takedown of Mayor de Blasio from our editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy. This week, de Blasio in the thrall of cops.
May 31, 2020
NYPD Out of Control: Videos Depict Cops Ramming Squad Cars into Protesters
Police are using their squad cars as deadly weapons in their response on Saturday to protesters decrying police violence against people of color, most recently the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
May 30, 2020
MTA Bus Driver Refuses to Help Cops Haul off Anti-Brutality Protesters
An MTA bus driver refused to drive anti-police protesters away from their rally at the Barclays Center on Friday night after cops commandeered the Flatbush Avenue bus.
May 29, 2020
Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.
May 24, 2020
Unlicensed Driver Kills Cyclist in Staten Island; Receives Minor Charges
A Staten Island cyclist was run down by a driver on a quiet street mere feet from his home on Friday morning — and the driver was charged because he was unlicensed, police said.
May 23, 2020
Op-Ed: Fix the Flaws in the State’s E-Bike Law
Differing helmet requirements, labeling, and local edicts will confuse riders, manufacturers — and the (too often uninformed) police.
May 20, 2020
Man Crushed Between Two Trucks in Queens, According to Cops
A Queens man was crushed between two trucks on a Jamaica street on Monday morning — the first pedestrian killed since March 15*.
May 18, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD’s Racially Biased COVID-19 Enforcement Scandal
City officials keep denying that NYPD officers are systematically carrying out social distancing enforcement in a racially biased manner, but our editorial cartoonist isn't buying it.
May 13, 2020