De Blasio Orders Creation of Coronavirus Checkpoints To Interrogate Visitors to New York City
The city’s contact-tracing efforts don’t appear to be going well, so prepare for more top-down mandates with confusing justifications.
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New York Police Unions Partly Succeed in Stopping Release of Misconduct Records
A federal judge gags the New York Civil Liberties Union, but a media outlet manages to collect and publish a database of misbehaving cops.
New York City's Modest Reopening Marred by Arbitrary Guidelines
Phase 4 of city's reopening means loose rules for zoos but strict requirements for bars.
Only 4 NYPD Cops Have Been Disciplined So Far for Violence Against Protesters
Dozens of dozens of incidents were caught on video.
New York Is Having a Violent Summer, But It's Not Because of Bail Reform
The NYPD is still blaming jail releases, but the data simply doesn’t back that claim up.
A Legal Challenge to New York's Latest Rent Control Laws
Government growth and abuses are not challenged nearly enough.
Mr. de Blasio: Open Up Those Elementary Schools!
We know now that young kids aren't particularly susceptible to catch, transmit, or suffer from Covid-19. Time to give them (and their parents) a break.
Police Agencies in New York and Los Angeles Drag Their Feet over Body Camera Footage and Misconduct Records
Efforts to force sunlight into police conduct have been thwarted by noncompliance.
CDC Antibody Studies Confirm Huge Gap Between COVID-19 Infections and Known Cases
The difference implies that the virus is much less deadly than it looks, but it also makes contact tracing a daunting challenge.
As New York City Reopens, Businesses Balance Public Health and Staying Afloat
Phase 2 of Bill de Blasio's plan lets 300,000 New Yorkers start working again. But not all of them will rush back to the office.
New York Arrests and Charges First Cop for Breaking a New Ban on Chokeholds
Plus: firework conspiracy theories, jobless claims, another cop is arrested, and more...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Had a Big Night in New York's Primary. Hillary Clinton Fell Flat.
AOC smashed her primary challengers, and her endorsement of a fellow progressive upstart helped end Rep. Eliot Engel's congressional career after 16 terms.
Will the Next Eric Garner Be Killed Over Black Market Fireworks?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is creating a task force to crackdown on the sale and use of illegal fireworks.
Phased Reopenings May Be Too Little, Too Late for the Restaurant Industry
Falling demand and strict social distancing requirements are leaving many restaurants with no path to profitability.
Mask Wearing Correlates Strongly with Declining COVID-19 Transmission, Says New Study
Airborne transmission is the dominant route for the spread of COVID-19.
NYC's Official Guide to Pandemic Sex Is Awkward but Accurate
The health department correctly recognizes that abstinence doesn't work, and kissing is riskier than sex.
New York Police Are Jailing Protesters For Days Without Charging Them
A New York State Judge has ruled that the twin crises of civic unrest and coronavirus justify holding people without charge beyond the normal 24-hour limit.
Here Are 4 Policing Reforms Cities and States Are Considering Right Now
There’s a lot of work to be done to prevent future George Floyds. Here are some baby steps.
Police Brutality Protests Will Change Law Enforcement and the November Election
Americans are simultaneously joining marches and hunkering down for a long, hot summer of discontent.
I Can't Quit New York
How will residents of the City That Never Sleeps recover from being sentenced to their own apartments?
Nation's Cops Seem Determined To Demonstrate Why People Are Protesting Them in the First Place
Aggressive police tactics are likely to worsen the situation.
The New York Times Recoils at the Predictable Consequences of the Mandatory COVID-19 Precautions It Supports
When mask-wearing and social distancing rules are legally enforceable, the potential for violence cannot be avoided.
Ghost Kitchens Can Help Feed New Yorkers While the City Is a Ghost Town
Regulations are making it harder for restaurants in NYC to adapt to COVID-19.
The NYPD's Violent COVID-19 Arrests Show It Hasn't Learned Much in the 6 Years Since Eric Garner's Death
To the NYPD, everything still looks like a nail.
A New York Cop Beat Someone Up Over Social Distancing. Will NYPD Policing Finally Change Now?
The same weekend, the NYPD tweeted pictures of its officers peacefully handing out masks.
De Blasio Threatens To Arrest Hasidic Jews for Congregating To Mourn the Death of a Rabbi
On the same day Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews came out for a funeral, hundreds were gathering elsewhere in New York City to watch a military flyover.
Deeming a Lawsuit Moot, SCOTUS Passes Up a Chance to Correct Judicial Disrespect for the Second Amendment
The Court decided that New York City's revision of its restrictions on transporting guns gave the plaintiffs what they sought.
What Explains the Difference Between Estimated COVID-19 Fatality Rates in New York and California?
Are the California numbers wildly off, or is New York different in important ways?
Did Subway Riders or Motorists Do More To Spread COVID-19 in New York City?
Transit wonks are debating which mode of transportation was most responsible for the country's worst COVID-19 outbreak.
NYPD Cops, Some Without Masks, Detain Small Boy for Being Alone on Subway. His Parents Were in the Next Car.
City officials have asked NYPD to reduce arrests since there's a global pandemic happening. The commissioner said he'd do no such thing.
No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19
Plus: Vote shamers should check their privilege, little change in Biden vs. Trump poll, and more...
3 Ways New York Botched the Coronavirus Response in March
A hapless mayor and overpraised governor made false promises, gave inaccurate health information, and helped turn Gotham into the pandemic's epicenter, according to The New York Times
As More Death Data Becomes Available, COVID-19 Looks Less and Less Like the Flu
Death data from New York State demonstrates a stark difference between the two contagious viruses
To Enforce Social Distancing Rules, Cops Fined a Pennsylvania Woman Who Was Driving Alone
Not every apparent violation of a quarantine order is a risk to other people, and not all need to be (or can be) enforced equally.
How 'Price Gouging' Helps Consumers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Q&A with Duke's Michael C. Munger, who also believes that big cities will see rationing and that higher education will never be the same.
New York City Wants You To Call the Cops on People Who Fail Social Distancing
It's authoritarian—and unnecessary.
How Government Screwed Up Coronavirus Response
From masks to tests, suppression to stimulus, the Reason Roundtable podcast reviews the mistakes that got us to this precarious point.
New York City Jails Now Have at Least 75 Confirmed Coronavirus Infections
Another 300 low-level offenders set to be released, but the city’s jails house more than 5,000.
Stop Ignoring the Different Needs of Rural Areas and Cities Responding to COVID-19
A uniform national response risks doing more harm than good in a nation that’s not uniform.
The Prison Coronavirus Disaster Everybody Warned About Is Unfolding in New York City
Jail officials urge more and faster releases as the virus spreads between staff and inmates.
Understanding Ellison
In a new collection of letters, the great Invisible Man author is further revealed.
New York Bans Gatherings of 500 People Unless They Are Children Penned in Enclosed Spaces
Scientists, teachers, and parents are asking: Why is one of the most coronavirus-impacted cities keeping its schools open "at all cost"?
Coronavirus. We Got This.
Despite the slow-growing anxieties and government incompetence, expect Americans to be resilient in fighting the pandemic.
Nearly 2,800 People Quarantined in New York City To Prevent Spread of Coronavirus
Plus: Man jailed for licking ice cream that wasn't his, decriminalizing polygamy in Utah, and more...
Bloomberg Rewrites His History of Doggedly Defending Stop and Frisk
The presidential candidate's explanation of his sudden reversal on the issue is utterly implausible.
Can Senseless Gun Regulations Be Constitutional?
Under New York's rules, licensed pistol and revolver owners were not allowed to leave home with their handguns unless they were traveling to or from a shooting range.
Judge Rules Developers Must Remove Up to 20 Existing Floors From Manhattan Condo Tower
Two non-profit groups argued that developers had been improperly awarded a building permit for a 112-unit condo building on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
