Utica, NY Cops’ Dash Camera Caught Them Allegedly Planting Evidence in Driver’s Car

by Jorge Rivas on January 3 2012, 2:32PM

Video of a Utica police officer allegedly planting evidence in a black driver’s car has sparked a number of similar reports from the city’s black residents.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Now

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Nearly All Student Arrests in NYC Public Schools Target Black and Latino Males

by Jorge Rivas on November 30 2011, 11:27AM

During the summer and fall, police officers in New York City public schools made 63 arrests. All but four of them were of black or Latino students.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Black and Latino Parents Lose Child Custody Over Marijuana Charges

by Jorge Rivas on August 18 2011, 1:05PM

The New York Times reports on a startling trend that’s seeing black and Latino parents lose their children because of minor drug possession, even though whites use drugs more often.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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New York Suspends Participation in Embattled Secure Communities

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 2 2011, 9:00AM

The move comes after months of pressure from advocates to get the governor to terminate the program.

Topics: Immigration

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The Nuclear Industry’s Astroturf Movement in Communities of Color

by Brian Palmer on May 26 2011, 9:13AM

Entergy, the nation’s second largest nuclear power generator, is pitting black and brown people against New York’s green movement.

Topics: Environment

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Gov. Paterson’s Mixed Messages on New York Deportations

by Seth Freed Wessler on December 8 2010, 11:41AM

His symbolic pardons point to the deportation dragnet’s problems, but at the same time he’s welcomed its expansion in his state.

Topics: Immigration

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Report: New York’s Truancy Policies That Punish Parents Don’t Work

by Julianne Hing on November 30 2010, 1:02PM

Schools should spend their resources on better data collection and proactively supportive, instead of punitive, outreach.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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The Rent is Too Damn High! Really, Though, Jimmy’s Got a Point

by Kai Wright, Hatty Lee on October 20 2010, 10:12AM

Here are the numbers to back up Jimmy McMillan’s now-famous rant.

Topics: 2010 Elections

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Sean Bell’s Widow May Run for Queens City Council

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on September 2 2010, 1:50PM

Nicole Paultre-Bell’s reportedly got most of the borough in her corner.

Topics: Politics

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Miss USA Rima Fakih Thinks Cordoba House Should Move

by Julianne Hing on August 20 2010, 3:35PM

Says tragedy trumps religion.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Tempers Explode Over Ground Zero Islamic Center

by Michelle Chen on July 15 2010, 11:01AM

How did an otherwise mundane hearing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission disintegrate into a Muslim-bashing fest?

Topics: Mosque Mania

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There’s an App For That: A Look at Income Demographics, Rents and the Lack of Affordable Housing in New York City

by Jorge Rivas on December 7 2009, 12:07PM

The Envisioning Development Toolkit provides beautiful infographics of the not-so-beautiful lack of affordable housing in New York City. The Toolkit is a set of teaching tools designed to help experts and community folks communicate. Advocates, policy wonks (not us!), community…

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New York’s Elections Mostly Blah, with a Little Chutzpah

by Michelle Chen on November 4 2009, 11:43PM

The reaction of many New Yorkers to Tuesday’s election results was probably something along the lines of, “eh.” Billionaire Michael Bloomberg predictably snared a third term as Mayor—hardly surprising, following his astronomical spending blitz and an unpopular (some say…

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