Under Scrutiny for New Deaths, Rikers Officials Shut Down Communication
No longer will the troubled jail system publicly report when somebody dies in custody.
No longer will the troubled jail system publicly report when somebody dies in custody.
A growing number of "First Amendment auditors" are testing the limits of what police will and will not allow them to film.
The legendary graphic designer juxtaposes 18th- and 19th-century paintings with visualizations of how much life has improved over the centuries.
A pilot proposal to levy civil fines based on income is being considered by the City Council.
While city policy dictates that 911 calls should only occur when a student poses a genuine safety threat, parents say it's become a run-of-the-mill disciplinary tactic.
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Education officials unveiled new rules on Tuesday which will mandate that city elementary schools use one of three "research-backed" reading curricula.
Opposing sides of the debate around a New York City subway homicide have found unlikely common ground.
High taxes and heavy regulations are as effective as prohibition at creating black markets.
Politicians in the last century accused pinball of being mob activity.
Enjoy a special video episode recorded live from New York City’s illustrious Comedy Cellar at the Village Underground.
Kathy Hochul isn't just waging a war on menthols. She's also floating a ban on all cigarette sales in the state.
The smell of weed in the streets is a sign of progress and tolerance, not decline.
'Digidog is out of the pound," New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared, not ominously.
The case against the former president is both morally dubious and legally shaky.
Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump has put the once-obscure position of district attorney into the national spotlight.
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The New York charges look weak, and Americans think they’re politically motivated.
Trump is charged with 34 criminal counts connected to the payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 as part of a nondisclosure agreement.
Plus: Debating whether GPT-4 actually understands language, U.S. immigration law stops a college basketball star from scoring, and more...
Taxpayers spent about $500 million to build U.S Bank stadium, which is just seven years old.
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A controversial "good cause" eviction bill that would cap rent increases could be included in a budget bill that must pass by April 1.
From delivery fees to streaming taxes, New York can’t stomach having MTA users actually pay for the system themselves.
Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg talk Remy, libertarian parodies, and their new indie film, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game.
Three years after "15 days to slow the spread," things almost look like they're back to normal. But they're not.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if the nation is indeed unraveling or if she is just one of "The Olds" now.
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The former head of the NYPD and the LAPD talks about how bad leadership creates police brutality and why he's still against pot legalization.
In just two weeks, he has learned to hunt and survive. There's a lesson there.
Mayor Eric Adams frets that COVID-19 masks are making it too easy for shoplifters to evade facial recognition.
Yes, even children should have access to an attorney.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion with former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton about the new documentary "Gotham."
By an amazing coincidence, a current property dispute is occurring at the site of a storied property law case.
An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Because the bureaucrats say so.
The 2nd Circuit reasoned that the government hasn't necessarily taken a landlord's property when it forces him or her to operate at a loss while renting to a tenant he or she never agreed to host.
Despite what you may have heard, many "recyclables" sent to recycling plants are never recycled at all.
A surveillance state is no less tyrannical when the snoops really believe it's for your own protection.
The city has not yet announced whether it will fight the order in court.
Transit officials and transit-boosting politicians in D.C., L.A., and New York City are warming to the idea of being totally dependent on taxpayer subsidies.
Somehow deaths have climbed even though the prison population has dropped.
The mayor is proposing a long list of helpful, but marginal, reforms that would speed up the city's approval processes for new housing.
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