Queens cop suspended for chokehold on Rockaway Beach boardwalk
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“The horrifying encounter captures exactly the behavior that we have marched into streets these recent weeks to reform.”
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Council passes bill compelling NYPD to share surveillance strategies
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The measure would require the NYPD to publish its surveillance technologies and strategies.
Read MoreCouncil will vote on bill forcing NYPD to explain surveillance strategies
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“New Yorkers deserve to know the type of surveillance that the NYPD uses and its impacts on communities.”
Read MoreRepeal of 50-a may prompt release of district attorneys’ problem cop lists
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“District attorneys, the city and law enforcement agencies can no longer hide behind Police Secrecy Law 50-a.”
Read MoreBogus Corona ‘loot-out’ warning spurred swarm of cops and exposed divide among pols
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Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, State Sen. Jessica Ramos and Councilmember Francisco Moya say they regret the warning.
Read MoreNYC expands Cure Violence model in Jamaica amid effort to end over-policing
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“We are involved in a human justice initiative where people at the center of the work that we do.”
Read More'We should have responded differently' — An open letter to the Jackson Heights and Corona community
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Catalina Cruz addresses the preemptive response to an alleged “loot-out” that never happened.
Read MoreState lawmakers vote to repeal 50-a with support from all seven Queens senators
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“It’s time we start listening to those who are closest to the pain.”
Read MoreWith grand juries on hold, New York City courts move to preliminary hearings
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There have been at least 19 preliminary hearings in Queens.
Read MoreDozens of protestors arrested in the Bronx were abruptly shipped to Queens
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About 60 people arrested while protesting police violence in the Bronx were sent to Queens Central Booking.
Read MoreEx-Queens Councilman Dan Halloran freed from federal prison amid COVID spread
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“I came home to a world that's not quite the way it was when I left it.”
Read More'Whitestone Wolverine' charged with attempted murder after attack on Black Lives Matter protestors
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The bizarre incident was caught on multiple cell phone videos.
Read MoreThe state legislature may repeal 50-a. Here’s what that means.
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The law shields police disciplinary records from review.
Read MoreMan with knives strapped to arm threatens to kill George Floyd protestors in Whitestone
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“I’ll kill you. You’re in the wrong neighborhood. You’re in the wrong neighborhood, bitch.”
Read MoreQueens DA urges state to repeal 'walking while trans' ban
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The statute is “often used to arrest and harass people based on their gender or appearance.”
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