Posted inHousing
Landlords in Deadly Inwood Blaze Cited for Blocked Fire Escapes
Prosecutors have charged a building resident with criminally negligent homicide in the May 4 blaze that killed three people.
Criminal Justice
Posted inJails and Prisons
City To Renew Rikers Phone Deal Amid AI Surveillance Concerns
Advocates warn the Securus system could funnel intimate detainee call details into the company’s AI tools.
Posted inJails and Prisons
They Overdosed in Plain View on Rikers Island. NYC Will Pay $5.2 Million
The estates of two men who died of methadone overdoses received large settlements amid a surge in Rikers-related payouts.
Posted inLabor
Staff at Justice-Focused Nonprofits Launch Union Push
Workers at the Fortune Society and the Osborne Association want better wages and health benefits. The organizations help formerly incarcerated people rejoin society.
Posted inPublic Safety
Unspent State Funds for Youth At Risk of Gun Violence Are Needed Here, City Leaders Say
As youth gun violence in the city remains elevated from its pre-pandemic levels, a state program has left hundreds of millions unspent — and kept any of that money from coming here.
Posted inCriminal Justice
How the NYPD Slow-Walked and Shot Down Gang Database Reforms
The number of people in the police gang database has fallen by half in recent years. A lawsuit says it targets Black and Hispanic youth.
Posted inPublic Safety
Mamdani Vetoes School Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
A separate protest bill affecting houses of worship has a veto-proof majority in the City Council.
Posted inJails and Prisons
Mamdani’s New ‘Rikers Czar’ Helped Design Plan to Close Jail Complex
Dana Kaplan will be the mayor’s point person on opening new jails to replace crumbling facilities on Rikers Island, sources told THE CITY.
Posted inZohran Mamdani
Mamdani Allies Want Veto for Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
A bill keeping demonstrators away from houses of worship is veto-proof, but critics want the mayor to reject a similar measure targeting educational facilities.
Posted inImmigration
Outside NYC’s ‘Sanctuary City,’ Local Police Routinely Collude With ICE
A review of federal court documents by THE CITY reveals three dozen cases in which local law enforcement allegedly cooperated with ICE agents.