New Footage Shows Bodega Clerk Trying To Avoid Deadly Fight. Will Manhattan D.A. Drop the Murder Charges?
Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.
Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.
The case of Jose Alba reminds us that progressive prosecutors don't always apply their principles when they're inconvenient.
Some states promptly eliminated subjective standards, while others refused to recognize the decision's implications.
"I don't need to have numbers," Gov. Kathy Hochul said when asked about the evidence supporting the law.
A recent college grad from the Midwest landed in the Bronx and was confused by bodega culture. This led to a social media mob, a digging up of old videos, and a firing.
The ruling against New York's carry permit policy is a rebuke to courts that routinely rubber-stamp gun restrictions.
Just a week ago, New York City convinced a federal judge not to seize control of the jail.
It’s one of many anti-cryptocurrency policies emanating from the Empire State
Protective devices incapable of offensive use are now unavailable for legal purchase by New Yorkers.
Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?
Two federal appeals courts recently concluded that such age restrictions are unconstitutional.
The answer to “Why should these people go to prison?” should not be ill-informed gibberish.
These three gun controls failed in New York, and there is little reason to think they would work elsewhere.
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Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.
In response to the Buffalo massacre, Gov. Kathy Hochul invoked a hoary analogy to justify censorship.
The vast majority do not have disqualifying records, and "universal" requirements are easily evaded.
"It's all induced by the internet," she said.
The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.
Maria Falcon doesn't have a business license. So New York police officers detained her and confiscated all of her merchandise.
A recent court decision has reinvigorated the debate around just how specific the accused has to be in asking to speak with an attorney.
The kids never came back to big-city public schools, and now districts face budgetary "Armageddon."
Creating a TSA-like experience for every single New York City subway rider is one of the worst ideas floated in the wake of yesterday's tragic shooting.
After Rochester police took her cash, Cristal Starling found out just how hard it is to challenge civil asset forfeiture in court.
The argument for loosening restrictions on armed self-defense goes beyond the measurable impact on public safety.
If approved by the New York legislature, it would be the biggest public handout in NFL history.
Bail reforms did not lead to higher crime, and in fact should be applied more uniformly, report finds.
Inmates with opioid addiction suffered severe withdrawal after the Jefferson County Correctional Facility stripped them of their medication.
The decision allows Smartmatic to proceed with its defamation lawsuit against Fox, two anchors, and Rudy Giuliani.
New York's residence restrictions for sex offenders raise the question of how irrational a policy must be to fail "rational basis" review.
Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.
Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.
A pastor and a nonprofit challenge occupational licensing rules.
Inflation-adjusted revenue per student in public schools is up 68 percent in the Empire State—and 24 percent nationally—over the past two decades. Time for School Choice.
After more than a decade of subversion, the Supreme Court has a chance to rectify this situation.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled that Governor Hochul and the health commissioner did not have the authority to mandate a masking requirement
Making booze to-go rules permanent is the right policy choice, no matter what entrenched interests claim.
Ron DeSantis killed people because Florida didn't impose tougher rules, we're told. But it's not true.
The traditional case for rent control isn't made any more convincing by a Democratic Socialists of America dance number.
The Golden State's legalization of accessory dwelling units has produced a glut of new housing. New York area policymakers are trying to replicate the success.
Last year may have been the year of the Cuomosexual, but 2021 rightly disabused people of the notion that New York's governor had their best interests at heart.