NYPD addresses Mott Haven public safety concerns
Community Board 1 finally got the public meeting it has been urging the City for since early last year: a Zoom with local law enforcement to hear how NYPD is…
Mayoral hopeful Donovan talks reforms with criminal justice activists
Calls to defund the police, best approaches to gun violence and whether police should be in city schools headed the discussion Wednesday at a roundtable on criminal justice reform hosted…
Grassroots group demands NYPD accountability for June 4 ‘kettling,’ assault on protesters
Some 50 protesters marched from 136th Street and Brook Avenue to the 40th Precinct station house on Alexander Avenue on Sunday, Jan. 17, demanding accountability for the NYPD’s brutal crackdown…
NY attorney general sues NYPD for violence against Mott Haven protesters last summer
The New York State Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for making false arrests of peaceful protesters in Mott Haven last summer. AG Letitia James contends…
City’s Department of Investigation issues scathing report on NYPD actions during Mott Haven, other city protests over killing of George Floyd
The city’s Department of Investigation has released a report slamming the NYPD for its heavy handed approach toward participants in protests around the city during the first week in June,…
As frustration over bail reform grows, NYPD asks city for budget increase
Several Mott Haven residents and police officials in the 40th Precinct blamed a recent precinct-wide increase in crime on new state bail reforms during their monthly precinct community council meeting…
Community Board 1 Land Use committee votes down jail plan
At its monthly meeting on May 15, Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee voted 13-0 to reject the city’s proposal to build a new jail on the site of an…
Horizon correction officers say they lack resources for dangerous new inmates
Brawl between detainees leads to 20 injuries to officers Advocates for correction officers were joined are demanding that the city rethink its decision to move dangerous young offenders from Rikers…