Arrest of 30 Leads Youths to Organize in Brooklyn
Leave your thoughtsThe hue and cry over the arrests of about 30 students on the way to a friend’s wake in Bushwick,…
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Council Passes Bill Enabling City to Fix Worst Buildings
Leave your thoughtsThe City Council passed a bill yesterday giving the city broad new powers to go after landlords with histories of…
Small Incidents Are Creating a Big Problem With the N.Y.P.D.
Leave your thoughtsThese are small incidents, but they are accumulating by the tens of thousands, and someday New Yorkers are going to…
Arrested While Grieving
Leave your thoughtsNo one is paying much attention, but parts of New York City are like a police state for young men,…
Young People Arrested When They Gathered to Attend a Wake Ask for an Apology
Leave your thoughtsThe arrests of about 30 young people on the way to a friend’s wake on Monday have set off a…
Mayor Revises Some Points of School Budget Proposal
Leave your thoughtsCeding ground to the city teachers’ union, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced changes yesterday to his plan for a new…
City to Seek Broader Power Over Buildings
Leave your thoughtsThe legislation that is now known as the Safe Housing Act was spearheaded by Make the Road by Walking, City…
Parents Disrupt Panel to Attack School Changes
Leave your thoughtsShouting respect the parents and put the public back in public education, about 100 demonstrators (including members of Make the…
Hoping to Quiet Critics, Bloomberg Picks a Parent in Chief for the Citys Schools
Leave your thoughtsFaced with mounting criticism from parents over recent changes in school bus routes and plans to reorganize the city school…
Long Treated as Volunteers, Tips-Only Supermarket Baggers Take Up Fight for Hourly Wage
Leave your thoughtsThey are a fixture across New York City, giving shoppers a welcoming smile and a helping hand as they assist…