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No BackSpace: Clinton and Trump vs. the Truth—Stop & Frisk Isn’t Over
Josmar Trujillo |
Stop and frisk in the city isn’t over. But you might not know it if you watched national headlines last week.
Video
Video: Black Lives Matter, Beyond the Hashtag
Jarrett Murphy |
In the aftermath of high-profile killings of and by police officers, City Limits teamed with journalists from Colorlines, The Root, NewsOne and The Nation to discuss the impact and nuances of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Investigations
An Illegal Gun on the Streets is no Slam Dunk in Court
Jarrett Murphy |
Hoping to make gun charges result in convictions earlier and more often, New York City is pursuing another experiment with specialized gun courts. But making illegal weapons charges stick is harder than it sounds.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Bratton’s Departure Means De Blasio Owns NYC Policing Policy Outright
Jarrett Murphy |
It always seemed like the veteran lawman co-signed the mayor’s original lease on the NYPD. Now de Blasio is sole possessor.
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No BackSpace: Civilian Complaint Review Board Staggers On
Josmar Trujillo |
The mayor tabs a civil-rights lawyer to head the Civilian Complaint Review Board. The police unions cry out. The sequence suggests bold change is afoot. The record suggests otherwise, this author says.
Justice
Video: Cops, Citizens and the Right to Record
Jarrett Murphy |
Since the 2014 death of Eric Garner, video has ignited an unprecedented debate about policing and race in the United States. Yet some who film the police in action have faced arrest.
abuse
Open Letter to the Mayor: NIMBY Needn’t Block Plans to Replace Rikers with Jails that Work
David A. Fullard |
A former corrections captain maps out a planning process that to create the community detention facilities New York needs.
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Jane Jacobs, Broken Windows and the Battle Over Public Space
Josmar Trujillo |
Both conservative law-and-order and liberal-minded urban planning leave poor communities of color in the crosshairs. Public spaces, a theoretically shared space, become battlefields.
campaign 2016
CityViews: Open Letter to Hillary Clinton on Counter-Terror Funds
Tara Tabassi |
Like most NY pols, the former secretary of state wants more counter-terrorism funding for New York City. Here’s why one member of the War Resisters League doesn’t.
city planning
City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played out there.
