By Marion Halftermeyer on May 13, 2014
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Cops & Courts, What's New?

An accused police impersonator faces the real law
By Rishi Iyengar on April 17, 2014
Cops & Courts

Three churches suffer fires—and the culprit is still at large
By Louise Dewast on April 15, 2014
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Cops & Courts, What's New?

Three city officials dismissed after judge found they had inflated job placement stats
By Lucia De Stefani on April 8, 2014
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Cops & Courts

A new $5 million federal program will help fund the cost
By Asha Mahadevan on March 27, 2014
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Cops & Courts, The Global City

Due to the city’s diverse population, court interpreters face challenges of dialects and cultural differences
By Sybile Penhirin on March 8, 2014
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Arts & Culture, Cops & Courts, Two New Yorks

Young parolees and ex-cons step on stage to tell their stories to make reentry into their community smoother.
By Steven Rosenbaum on March 6, 2014
Cops & Courts, What's New?

A 45-year-old schizophrenic admits to killing a psychiatrist in 2008, but his lawyers argue he is not liable.
By Shwanika Narayan on February 26, 2014
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Cops & Courts, What's New?

Jury selection opens for two men accused of conspiring to kill and eat women
By Steven Rosenbaum on February 21, 2014
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Cops & Courts, Multimedia, Politics & Policy
A local TV team filmed De Blasio’s limo speeding through stop signs—and the flap isn’t going away quietly.
By Caroline Anderson on February 13, 2014
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Cops & Courts, News

A special agent testified that Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. asked for $250,000 in exchange for using his power
By Anand Katakam on February 12, 2014
Cops & Courts, Two New Yorks

A special program educates young adults with rap sheets, helping them avoid jail sentences.
By Sandhya Subbarao on January 30, 2014
Cops & Courts, Two New Yorks

Almost 2,000 people go through the Bronx Housing Court each day to fight evictions and landlord repossessions, more than in any other borough.
By Hilary Brueck on October 14, 2013
Bronx, Cops & Courts

There’s an app for that robbery: two New Yorkers who were robbed at gunpoint Monday, Oct 7 got their phones back and helped arrest the men who targeted them, police said.