The Stop-and-Frisk Issue Isn’t Completely Resolved Yet
Police Unions filed court papers contesting De Blasio’s offer to implement reforms to the controversial NYPD practice
Politics & Policy
Don’t Horse Around, Mr. Mayor, Say Protesters
Activists remind DeBlasio of his promise to nix carriage rides
Don't Horse Around, Mr. Mayor, Say Protesters
Activists remind DeBlasio of his promise to nix carriage rides
Pedestrian Safety Gets a Push
Relatives and advocates speak out at a memorial for a young victim.
Snow? Cold? Bah! Humbug! School Went on As Usual
Mayor De Blasio kept the city’s schools open last week. While school children barely seemed to notice, not all parents were happy about it.
Candidates Solicit Staten Islanders in Last Ditch Effort for Votes
Staten Island may be at the far end of New York harbor, but on primary day, it was a stop for many candidates, like Guerriero and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and their volunteers in a last-minute effort to get votes from residents of New York’s least-populated borough.
A Vicious Circle of Low Voter Turnout in the South Bronx
It’s Primary Day, but not one campaign flyer is posted in the four-block radius of election district 50/84 in the South Bronx. A few blocks away, four campaign workers line the block in front of a polling place, but no one lines up to vote.