Crime & Safety
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Report reveals New York’s prison system plagued by racialized abuse, cover-ups
A new 277-page review found racialized abuse reported at rates as high as 79% and a staged cover-up after guards killed Messiah Nantwi.
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Mamdani says NYC cannot arrest ‘war criminal’ Netanyahu
The mayor called the Israeli prime minister a “war criminal,” but conceded the city lacks authority to enforce an ICC warrant. He is urging the federal government to act instead.
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Mike Lawler kept 2012 drunk driving arrest quiet through three runs for office
The NY-17 congressman did not mention it in three prior campaigns. It surfaced as he faces the closest race of his career.
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Man in custody after setting off incendiary device outside Manhattan Federal Plaza immigration court
Two people suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out at 26 Federal Plaza Monday morning. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism.
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101 lawyers and judges file complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York
The coalition says Trump’s former personal attorney is illegally withholding Epstein files and running the DOJ to protect the president.
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New York lawmakers, organizers visit NJ ICE facility as hunger strike continues
US Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Wednesday, where roughly 300 detainees have refused food and work for five days over squalid conditions inside the facility.
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ICE ignores federal judge’s ban on immigrant courthouse arrests in NY
A federal judge banned ICE from arresting immigrants at Manhattan courthouses. The agency ignored it within 24 hours.
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Epstein survivors testify in Albany, push for bill to let victims sue his estate
For the first time, Epstein survivors testified before a state legislative body. The Senate Codes Committee advanced three bills in response, including one that would make it a felony to knowingly profit from a sex trafficking venture.
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NY AG Tish James sued to crack down on prediction markets. The feds are trying to stop her
On the same day New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to bring her case against Coinbase and Gemini back to state court, the federal government filed an injunction to stop her.
