By KEVIN LIMITI Passions raged as CUNY funding and tuition were the targets of a rally and a subsequent state Senate committee hearing on higher education. Around 50 protesters rallied…
Jury Selection in Grisly Brooklyn Murder Case
By JODI-ANN MALARBE Jury selection continued on Thursday in the trial of a reputed pimp, who was charged for murder after his girlfriend's head, hands and feet turned up in his…
Activists to MTA: Don’t fight Fare-Beaters, Improve Service
By MAKEET FINCH Transit advocates From The Riders Alliance Group joined forces with 39 straphanger groups who rallied on Thursday against the MTA’s plan to hire 500 transit cops while…
Local Pols Push for ‘Rank Voting’
By KEVIN LIMITI A group of local politicians pushed on Thursday to implement rank voting in local elections, an electoral overhaul that would allow voters to rank their preferred candidates,…
CUNY Group Advises Aspiring Citizens
By FRITZNER NEPTUNE Officials connected to a CUNY-led effort to ease the path to citizenship urged aspiring citizens to apply quickly before the federal government changes fee waiver rules. New…
Bed-Stuy Residents Shake Their Heads at 11-Year-Old Slash Suspect
By NICHOLAS WILLIAMS Residents near a Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School were shocked on Thursday to hear that an 11-year-old boy slashed a 13-year-old boy in the face Wednesday morning. Around…
John Jay College Program Honors Two “Justice Trailblazers”
By Edward King The Center on Media, Crime, and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice has honored two leaders of criminal justice media, Sarah Koenig of the Serial…
Nigerian-American, Said to Have Royal Background, is Sentenced to 3 Years Probation for Bilking Job Seekers
By Austin Santiago Osmond Eweka, who is of Nigerian descent and from a royal background, was sentenced to three years probation on criminal fraud changes on Thursday in Manhattan…
Mayor Speaks out Against Anti-Semitic Attacks
By Brianna Mikes and Austin Santiago Mayor de Blasio addressed the residents of the city at a rally at the Kingsway Jewish Center earlier on Thursday. The topic was anti-semitism…
Make the Road, the Immigrant Group in Queens, is Building a New Office, Just Down the Road
By María Venegas Make the Road NY, a non-profit organization that provides services to the immigrant community in Queens, is putting up a new building, at 104-19 Roosevelt Ave.…