Criminal Justice
Posted inCity Life
AOC inspires another challenge to the party machine: A lawyer who just moved from the Bronx to Queens to seek a seat on Civil Court bench.
Posted inManhattan
City Tries to Sink La Marina Reopening Plan
The owners of the embattled Inwood hotspot hope to return by Memorial Day. But in bankruptcy court, city lawyers say they want them gone for good.
Posted inCity Life
Public Defender’s Bumpy Insurgent Campaign to Become Queens’ Next DA
After internal chaos, veteran advisors step in to reshape Tiffany Cabán’s bid to pull the seven-candidate Democratic primary race to the left.
Posted inHousing
Homeless Families Win Beds on Upper West Side as Judge Tosses Shelter Suit
Opponents of a plan to fully convert a prewar West 94th Street hotel into 110 apartments for the homeless saw their lawsuit dismissed on Monday.
Posted inJails and Prisons
The City’s New Post-Rikers Island Jails Will Be Smaller
The de Blasio administration aims to shrink its four planned new lockups, thanks to a bigger, faster reduction of the inmate population than expected.
Posted inCity Council
The City Council’s Sexual Harassment Fight – Against the City
Even as lawmakers tackle allegations against two members, the Council avoids a city audit and exempts itself from the city’s reporting system.
Posted inHousing
Brooklyn Foreclosures Must Stick, City Lawyers Argue
City housing agency says Third Party Transfer property transfers were done by the book. But some advocates and pols say the program is flawed.
Posted inPublic Safety
Challenge to NYPD Use of Sealed Arrest Records Can Proceed, Judge Rules
The NYPD has been using sealed arrest records in its investigations – flouting state law, a class-action lawsuit alleges.
Posted inHousing
Judge Tosses Challenge to ‘Billionaires’ Row’ Homeless Shelter
The W. 58th Street men’s facility has been stalled since neighbors sued in July. City Hall plans to build 90 new homeless shelters across the city.
Posted inThe Bronx
How a Bronx Man was Killed by Police After Dueling 911 Calls
Kawaski Trawick called for help after getting locked out of his apartment. Others called the NYPD on him. His grief-stricken father wants answers.

