Manhattan’s Criminal Courts Building, at 100 Centre Street, is short on charm: circled in scaffolding, lit like an aging cafeteria and, in recent months, neighbor to a colossal pile of rubble, the remains of the Manhattan Detention Complex, which is being demolished. Yet come Monday, it will be the pulsing center of a swirling mass […]
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Anti-Violence Activist Says N.Y.P.D. Leaders Defamed Her Over Criticism
For years, Dana Rachlin, an anti-violence activist from Brooklyn, was included in high-level meetings with top officials in the New York Police Department. She attended galas and fund-raising events with Jeffrey Maddrey, now the chief of the department, and won the praise of Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, for her efforts to strengthen […]
Read MoreArrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
For years, New York City has employed a two-pronged approach to reducing gun violence, relying on the police and on the publicly funded conflict mediators known as violence interrupters, who try to defuse disputes before they escalate, including into gunfire. But the February arrests of two interrupters has caused simmering tensions with the police to […]
Read MoreNew York to Pay $17.5 Million for Forcing Removal of Hijabs in Mug Shots
New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two women who said their rights were violated when they were forced to remove their hijabs before the police took their arrest photographs. The financial settlement filed on Friday, which still requires approval by Judge Analisa Torres of U.S. District […]
Read MoreMan Charged With Killing Officer Was Seen With Gun Beforehand, D.A. Says
A police officer saw the man accused of killing Detective Jonathan Diller carrying what appeared to be a gun before the confrontation that led to the fatal shooting last week, according to new details released by the Queens district attorney. The officer, who was on patrol in the Far Rockaway section of Queens and has […]
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