State AG Seeks Federal Oversight for NYPD, Citing Abuse of Protesters
The lawsuit marks the first time the empire state’s AG has ever sued the city’s police force.
Kevin Deustch
Correction Officers Charged With Felonies in Parking Placard Scheme
Five people—including four Department of Correction Officers—have been indicted for using forged New York City disability parking placards, Bronx prosecutors announced Tuesday.
NYPD Crackdown in Bronx was Human Rights Violation, Says International Watchdog
“The New York City police blocked people from leaving before the curfew and then used the curfew as an excuse to beat, abuse, and arrest people who were protesting peacefully,” said Ida Sawyer, co-author of the Human Rights Watch report. “It was a planned operation with no justification that could cost New York taxpayers millions of dollars.”
As COVID Death Toll Climbs, a Grim Milestone is Reached in The Bronx
Residing in the national epicenter of the pandemic, Bronx residents account for a confirmed 30,142 coronavirus infections, with 2,719 deaths recorded here as of Monday night.
Teenage Girl Fatally Stabbed At Bronx Homeless Shelter
Enilies Calix, 19, was attacked by her 23-year-old boyfriend as the couple argued around 1 p.m. Wednesday in the HELP USA Bronx Morris community shelter on East 171st Street in Claremont, according to the NYPD.