Criminal Justice
Posted inJails and Prisons
Only three of nine new jail units promised in 2016 are operating. That’s raised concerns the city won’t complete the other six by its 2020 deadline.
Posted inCity Life
Developers Donate Big to Queens DA Candidate Who Vows Construction Crackdown
Melinda Katz says she sees no conflict between promise to prosecute dangerous builders and $250k-plus in real estate campaign contributions.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Man Charged in Detective’s Death Says He Wanted to Commit ‘Suicide by Cop’
Christopher Ransom, who says he’s battled mental illness, faces murder charges in the friendly fire death of Queens Det. Brian Simonsen.
Posted inCity Life
High-Flying Cy: How Manhattan DA Vance Spent $250K on Travel and Food
The prosecutor has tapped a little-scrutinized fund for pricey work trips to London, Paris and elsewhere over the past five years, records show.
Posted inStaten Island
GOP Is MIA: Staten Island’s Democratic DA Will Run Unchallenged
Republican officials in the only borough that voted Trump couldn’t field anyone to face incumbent Michael McMahon, who is likely to coast to victory.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health, NYPD, Public Safety
The NYPD’s Mental Illness Response Breakdown
As 911 calls reporting emotionally disturbed people doubled in a decade, training lags and a key response team has been kept out of the loop.
Posted inJails and Prisons
City Seeks to Move Mentally Ill Inmates to Hospitals
A new possibility in plans to close Rikers Island jails: relocation of mentally ill and medically needy to secure hospital facilities
Posted inJails and Prisons
Sprint to Eliminate Cash Bail Raises Tough Choices
Lawmakers finalizing a bill to ban bail resist demands from DAs to jail defendants deemed dangerous
Posted inJails and Prisons
CITY JAILS SUED OVER BROOKLYN MAN’S UNTREATED HEALTH WOES
When Lloyd Haynes arrived at a city jail more than a year ago, he warned an intake doctor that he has a rare medical condition requiring special care.
Posted inCriminal Justice
20 Years After the NYPD Killing of Amadou Diallo, His Mom Asks: What’s Changed?
The Feb. 4, 1999, Bronx shooting of the unarmed African immigrant sparked demands for reform. But has there been progress over the past two decades?

