“Police chokeholds are already banned under NYPD rules, but the senseless death of Eric Garner made clear that these guidelines are not working to deter use of this dangerous maneuver,” said Lancman in a statement to the Eagle.
Read MoreThe 27-year-old victim was riding on the escalator at the Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer subway station on Thursday, Sept. 27 at around 8:30 p.m. when an unidentified suspect challenged her to a fight.
Read MoreFuneral arrangements were announced for a beloved Brooklyn-born rapper who was gunned down in front of a Woodhaven nightclub earlier this month.
Read MoreJessica Ramos, the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for the 13th District of the New York State Senate announced on Monday the launch of Visioning Sessions: two-hour long gatherings that will give District 13 residents the opportunity to voice their concerns.
Read MoreThe first woman ever to serve as campus security director at a senior City University of New York college was recently appointed at Queens College.
Read MoreA feud has broken out over a growing civil rights group tactic to reform the criminal justice system in New York City.
Read MoreThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that it would close Lot P4 at LaGuardia Airport effective Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s latest anti-immigrant policy proposal could get hit close to home for New Yorkers.
Read MoreIt takes a village to raise an AirTrain.
Read MoreCity Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer was on his morning jog along Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside on Oct. 7 when he was faced with a sign telling New Yorkers in bold capital letters that it is their "civic duty to report any and all illegal aliens.”
Read MoreAs attorneys for the alleged drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as “El Chapo,” continue to push to delay the start of his trial, the Brooklyn federal court judge in charge of the case warned one of his attorneys to stop texting government witnesses.
Read MoreAn Corona man was charged in Queens Criminal Court Thursday for sexually molesting two girls, 10 and 13,in East Elmhurst, prosecutors said.
Read MoreElected officials are taking a closer look at the “birth tourism” industry after a Flushing nanny accused of stabbing three infants and two adults inside a daycare center for Chinese immigrants.
Read MoreFive doctors, a pharmacist and three medical assistants in New York have been charged with illegally prescribing millions of oxycodone pills.
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