Get Tough On Sex Offenders, Councilmembers Urge
By AVRIL REGIS City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other officials proposed Tuesday a plan to increase jail time and toughen laws for sexual predators. …[read more]
Madoff Aides Indicted on More Fraud Charges
By RYAN SIT Additional charges, some dating back to the 1970’s, were brought against longtime employees of Bernard Madoff in Manhattan Federal Court on Tuesday, …[read more]
Quinn Moves to Boost Local Small Businesses
By NAKIA COPELAND City Council speaker Christine Quinn and the Bloomberg Administration announced Tuesday several measures to boost local small businesses, including abolishing automatic fines …[read more]
Pain Pill Abuse on the Rise in Long Island, Officials Say
By CONOR FEBOS A recovering heroin addict told stories Tuesday of pain pill abuse that nearly took her life, as officials focused on the growing …[read more]
NYCLU Charges Prisoners Put in Solitary for Minor Offenses
By STEPHANIE BERZON The New York Civil Liberties Union today accused the state Department of Corrections of overusing solitary confinement in New York prisons even …[read more]
Survivor of Brooklyn Gang Shooting Says He Chose Snitching Over Murder
By GILBERTE SAINT-PRIEUX & AVRIL REGIS The surviving victim of a gang shooting three years ago testified Tuesday in a Brooklyn courthouse that he did …[read more]
They Still Remember
By YVONNE JURIS No politicians orated nor famous cellists played at the eleventh anniversary Tuesday of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but that did not dissuade …[read more]
Mourners of Slain Bodega Clerk Say Shooting Was Not an Accident
Victim’s brother Jimmy Cuevas. By RYAN SIT Friends and family of Reynaldo Cuevas, the bodega clerk who was fatally shot by a police officer in …[read more]
A Tree Grows at Ground Zero
The pear tree. By MELANIE GOLDBERG As death rained down on the World Trade Center plaza 11 years ago, a small green thing survived. It …[read more]
Accused Killer Wants Protection in Jail
By Conor Febos & Ryan Sit One of the two alleged killers in the brutal murder of a Chelsea businessman in March was granted protective …[read more]