Epileptic Matricide Case Adjourned for a Month
By KATIE MILANI The case against the 20-year-old Fordham student charged with beating his mother to death during an epileptic fit in 2010 was adjourned …[read more]
Cabbie Accused of Rape Nixes Plea Deal
By JOAN MARTINEZ The New York City cabbie charged with raping a woman in 2012 declined the offer of a plea from the Brooklyn District …[read more]
Radio CIty Bringing More Lights
In An Intimate Press Event, Reporter Amanda Rodriguez Met With A Few Of The Makers of Radio City Music Hall’s Newest Work, Heart & Lights.
Queens Schools Celebrate $2.5 Million Tech Grant
By CRAIG ROGERS Nelson Mandela might have died recently but his spirit pervaded the halls of the Golden Maple Academy in Queens on Tuesday when …[read more]
Plan to Provide Lawyers to Immigrants Facing Deportation
By CHARISSE HILL Immigrant advocates on Tuesday voiced their support for the New York Immigration Family Unity Project, the nation’s first public defender program for …[read more]
Faculty Union and CUNY Administrators Clash Over Transfer Plan
By PAOLO CREMIDIS & MICHELLE MARUS Faculty union activists and CUNY administrators clashed Tuesday at a City Hall hearing over faculty governance and graduation requirements …[read more]
Bill Keeps Pushing Pre-K, Saying City is Ready
By Zina Paschal, Rebeca Ibarra & Conor Syracuse Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday stepped up his campaign to fast-track his universal pre-K plan by …[read more]
Con Man Sentenced for Defrauding Chinese Immigrants
By MACKENZIE GANTER A Chinese-born man who pleaded guilty to scamming dozens of Chinese immigrants and illegally collecting money from government assistance programs on Tuesday …[read more]
Hoffman Drug Pal Tells Court He’s an Addict, Not a Perp
By MACKENZIE GANTER Jazz musician and suspected drug dealer to Philip Seymour Hoffman, pleaded not guilty on two counts of drug possession with intent to …[read more]
Mayor Wants to Blow the Whistle on Pedestrian Deaths
By JOAN MARTINEZ and REBECCA IBARRA More red light cameras and reducing the citywide speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph were the chief …[read more]