By RAHMAN A group of New York State library administrators testified on Thursday that many libraries in poor, vulnerable areas were facing permanent closure due to state budget cuts prompted…
Bar Assn. Tackles Matters of Black & Blue
By IVAN MORROBEL The New York City Bar Association was ready to put police reform at the forefront of the agenda, according to comments at a virtual panel on Thursday…
Bill Clinton Praises Biden’s Housing Plans
By BOBBIE BELL Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday gave a thumb's up to President-elect Joe Biden plan to tackle the affordable housing crisis among Black Americans. “The Black community…
City Officials Tout Drop in Crime, But…
By MARIE FIERO Crime in New York City has continued its downward trend according to statistics touted by Mayor Bill de Blasio and new Police Commissioner Dermot Shea at a…
Nordstrom Store Faces Animal Rights Protest
By MICHELLE VELEZ Animal rights supporters covered in fake blood stood outside of luxury retailer in Midtown on Thursday to call an end to sales of the winter coat brand…
Middleweights Face Off at News Conference
By KEVIN LIMITI Middleweight contender Dennis Hogan did not seem like the epitome of confidence at a press conference with WBA Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo, who by contrast, spoke a…
Activist ‘Dreamer’ Has His Day in Court
By NASRA ABDALLA KHAMIS Immigration activist and undocumented immigrant Marco Saavedra's told an immigration judge at his asylum hearing on Thursday that he feared for his life if he were…
Former Banker Admits Receiving Millions in Bribes
By FRITZNER NEPTUNE Former Credit Suisse banker, Surjan Singh, testified to a jury in Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday that he had accepted millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks…
Gory Testimony on Halloween Murder Trial
By JODI-ANN MALARBE & DANIELLE KOGAN Nine pieces. Nine body parts is what the defendant reduced the victim to,” a prosecutor said during one of many graphic and gory details…
Subway Sex Predator Gets 10 Years in Slammer
By JODI-ANN MALARBE A convicted sex offender with a long rap sheet for subway lewdness was sentenced to ten years in prison and ten years probation in Brooklyn Supreme Court…