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Protestor call for the end of solitary confinement

Politics

Exclusive: Advocacy groups say ‘It’s up to Speaker Johnson now’ to end solitary confinement

Posted on December 3, 2021

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Politics

Brake the breaks: Williams, disabled rights advocates seek end to corporate parking violation fine discounts

Posted on November 29, 2021

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City Living

NYPD works to inspire at-risk girls during early Thanksgiving celebration

Posted on November 24, 2021

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New York

‘When will it end?’ Protesters denounce use of solitary confinement

Posted on November 23, 2021

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Coronavirus

Tenants rally at City Hall Park urging more programs to protect renters from mass eviction in months ahead

Posted on November 17, 2021

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Politics

City Hall protesters urge NYC prosecutors to do more to review possible wrongful conviction cases

Posted on November 16, 2021

Police commissioner Dermot Shea looks upon the memorial wall.

Remembering 9/11

End of watch: NYPD salutes heroes fallen from 9/‌11-related illnesses at somber Police Plaza ceremony

Posted on November 15, 2021

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‘They’re doing God’s work’ for sinfully low wages: Direct Support Professionals demand essential pay at Manhattan rally

Posted on November 9, 2021

Protestor call for the end of solitary confinement

Politics

‘Rescind your deadly order’: Activists blast de Blasio for apparent return to solitary confinement in NYC jails

Posted on November 8, 2021

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Manhattan

Serial Lower Manhattan thief threatens to kill victims for their MetroCards: cops

Posted on November 6, 2021

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Coronavirus

SEE IT: New York’s Halloween parade returns to the Village in spooktacular style

Posted on November 1, 2021

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Politics

New York City Council passes Safety in Our Shelters Act, protecting those guarding homeless centers

Posted on October 7, 2021

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Politics

Can’t buy freedom: Pols, justice activists call on DAs to end cash bail system for low-level offenders

Posted on October 6, 2021

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Manhattan

City doubles investment in reconstruction of charred Chinatown building

Posted on October 5, 2021

Politics

‘Rikers equals death’: Street demonstration symbolic of growing public pressure on city to close jail for good

Posted on October 3, 2021

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Manhattan

Subway creep sought for groping woman on Q train in Lower Manhattan

Posted on October 3, 2021

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Environment

Tree-hugging activists chain themselves at City Hall to protest East River coastal resiliency project

Posted on September 28, 2021

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Brooklyn

Running on: Tunnel to Towers back in full stride with annual 5K honoring 9/11 first responders

Posted on September 26, 2021

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Politics

‘Torture island’: Calls grow louder for mayor to shutter Rikers, address inhumane conditions

Posted on September 22, 2021

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Coronavirus

‘Housing should be for New Yorkers’: City Council hears push to end illegal hotels

Posted on September 13, 2021

Union workers join the HEART 9/11 commemoration march honoring first responders who helped with the 9/11 cleanup and recovery.

Remembering 9/11

A march with HEART: Unions honor workers who toiled during 9/11 recovery at Ground Zero

Posted on September 12, 2021

20th anniversary of September 11 attacks

Remembering 9/11

PHOTOS: Tears of grief and remembrance at 9/11 memorial on 20th anniversary of attacks

Posted on September 11, 2021

9/11 photo of World Trade Center on fire

The Villager

A day of infamy: These images recall the horror and heroism of 9/‌11

Posted on September 10, 2021

Martine Materasso speaks on the counter-terrorism efforts in place this year.

Remembering 9/11

NYPD counterterrorism officers outline safety plan for 9/‌11

Posted on September 8, 2021

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Coronavirus

Rikers wrath: Families, advocates demand mayor immediately reduce prison population

Posted on August 31, 2021

The Metropolitan Correctional Center, the location of the death of Jeffrey Epstein is photographed in New York City

Manhattan

U.S. government to close New York jail where Epstein found hanged – NYT

Posted on August 27, 2021

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City Living

PICTURES: Tropical Storm Henri spares brunt, but leaves Big Apple soggy

Posted on August 22, 2021

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Business

Activists call for Wall Street to fund anti-gun violence programs

Posted on August 11, 2021

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Politics

Voting rights supporters cheer Cuomo’s resignation, then call for Congress to protect democracy across America

Posted on August 10, 2021

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Health

East River Park Action protests Mayor’s plan to steamroll through ESCR plan

Posted on August 10, 2021

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The Villager

Lower Manhattan shows high demand for residential properties near office buildings, report finds

Posted on August 10, 2021

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Coronavirus

Trump-supporting anti-vaxxers rally against vaccine mandate at City Hall

Posted on August 9, 2021

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Dog squad: A pair of furry NYPD detectives graduate at One Police Plaza

Posted on August 5, 2021

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City Living

NYPD celebrates annual National Night Out Against Crime throughout city

Posted on August 4, 2021

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Politics

‘The mayor lied to us’: Criminal justice activists in NYC demand new way to end solitary confinement

Posted on August 3, 2021

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Politics

Locked out: Manhattan criminal justice protesters say they’re blocked from stop-and-frisk reform

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Coronavirus

City Hall protest over NYC homeless relocations leads to 11 arrests

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Take a free interactive soundwalk through Lower Manhattan with Arts Brookfield’s ‘Current’

Posted on July 23, 2021

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Coronavirus

Activists call on New York State to make Excluded Workers Fund more accessible

Posted on July 12, 2021

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Coronavirus

Elected officials and drivers rally for affordable commuter van insurance

Posted on July 8, 2021

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Coronavirus

Housing advocates make one last stand before the FY 2022 budget vote

Posted on June 29, 2021

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Activists continue calls to defund the police amid surge in citywide shootings

Posted on June 29, 2021

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Coronavirus

CBOs fight for COVID-19 recovery funding in NYC’s low-income communities

Posted on June 28, 2021

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City Living

Whose park is it anyway? Inside the Washington Square showdown pitting the young against the restless

Posted on June 17, 2021

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Coronavirus

Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept

Posted on June 16, 2021

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Manhattan

City unveils Lower Manhattan bus lanes to speed up Staten Island-bound commutes

Posted on June 10, 2021

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New York

Families hold tearful memorial service in Lower Manhattan for those who died in solitary confinement

Posted on June 7, 2021

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The Villager

Wage strike ends with protesters cuffed in Lower Manhattan

Posted on May 26, 2021

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Mamdani and supporters rally in Highbridge around future rent freeze

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint and stole the car she was trying to sell him in Fresh Meadows.

Crook steals car at gunpoint in Fresh Meadows from victim who tried to sell it to him: NYPD

Cultural Institutions Group Announcement

‘A generational investment’: NYC Cultural Institutions Group adds five, including BRIC, in historic expansion

First row, second from right: Here Queer Sober co-founder and roundup chair Logan Slaughter.

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