Council Panel Considers Funds for Grandparent Caregivers
By DESIREE JACKSON A City Council committee held an oversight hearing on Tuesday to consider allocating more money for local caregivers, including a growing number …[read more]
‘New Abolitionists’ Focus on Sex Slavery
By Stephanie Lovelle A coalition of New York State leaders from government, industry, arts, media, and human rights groups joined with two survivors of sex …[read more]
NYU Grad Workers Demand Raise
By SAMAIRAH KHAN The Union for Graduate Employees at New York University protested in Washington Square Park on Tuesday, demanding a “fair contract” for graduate …[read more]
Who Knew? The Main Post Office Has a Chimney
By JENNIFER SZULMAN Who says Santa Claus isn’t real? Not the kids from P.S. 33 who filled the resonant rooms of the James A. Farley …[read more]
Refurbishing Glenwood Playground
By JULIAN CANTRES A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday to mark the ongoing renovation of Glenwood Playground in Brooklyn. Speaking to a small crowd in …[read more]
City Council Panel Hears Plan for Elder Housing Near Garbage Dump
By SANDRA ALMONTE Community health officials on Tuesday proposed to develop an affordable housing development for the elderly blocks away from a garbage dump. If …[read more]
Jury Still Out in Brooklyn Brutal Drug Gang Case
By MARCO POGGIO & ELIZABETH KELLY Two Brooklyn gang bangers who allegedly tortured and killed six victims in the East New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bushwick …[read more]
Alleged Naked Killer Said to Fake Insanity
By LOVASHNI KHALIKAPRASAD & SINDY NANCLARES A psychological expert testified in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday that the man accused of killing two of his …[read more]
A Cautionary Toy Story
By JENNIFER SZULMAN You better watch out and public officials are telling you why. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a letter on Tuesday urging a …[read more]
Announce Pact on Astoria Cove
BY MARCO POGGIO City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other elected officials announced Tuesday an agreement with the developers of the controversial waterfront project called …[read more]