Protesters blocked New York’s Queensboro, Triborough, Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and the Holland and Queens-Midtown tunnels May 7 to express outrage at the acquittal of three police detectives in the fatal 50-bullet shooting of unarmed Sean Bell at his his… Read moreSean Bell protesters block Manhattan arteries
In 1994, the first year of Rudolph Giuliani’s initial term as mayor of New York, 3,400 people were arrested for marijuana possession in the city’s five boroughs. By 2000, that number had swelled to 51,500. This period and the ensuing… Read moreNYC marijuana busts racist —surprise!
Tompkins Square anarchists ride again New York Press, AM New York, The Villager/Downtown Express and the NO! Art blog were among the media that turned out for a press conference on the steps of New York’s City Hall April 3,… Read moreNYC: Tompkins Square activists demand surveillance-free zone
WHAT ABOUT KRISTEN? New York Sex Worker Organizations Respond to Spitzer Scandal New York, NY – In the last few days, Governor Eliot Spitzer has publicly admitted to being associated with an escort agency and is considering resignation. As sex… Read moreNew York sex workers speak on Spitzer scandal
A small bomb caused minor damage to New York’s Times Square military recruiting station before dawn March 7, and police are searching for a hooded bicyclist observed pedaling away on a surveillance video. The blast left a hole in the… Read moreAdventurist yahoo (or police provocateur?) attacks Times Square recruiting station
From Newsday, Nov. 26: Tour bus runs over woman in Chinatown A New York City sightseeing tour bus ran over a woman on a Chinatown street yesterday, sending her to the hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. The… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Children exposed to World Trade Center dust are at much higher risk for respiratory problems, according to a New York City Health Department survey. The survey of the 3,100 children who are enrolled in the city’s World Trade Center Health… Read moreNYC: 9-11 dust takes toll on children
Politicians and labor leaders held a rally at Ground Zero Sept. 8 in support of efforts to get federal funding for first responders, construction workers, volunteers, residents, and students exposed to health risks in the 9-11 attacks and their aftermath…. Read moreNYC: battle goes on for 9-11’s political legacy
The Indo-Asian News Service is justly proud of Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance in this Sept. 5 account. New York City is fast becoming a laboratory for the new surveillance state, and the heroic taxi drivers… Read moreNYC: taxi drivers resist Big Brother
After last month’s deadly Con Ed blast, another eerie sense of deja vu for jittery New Yorkers—this one cutting even closer to home. From AP via Newsday, Aug. 20: Investigators probe cause in fire that killed 2 NYC firefighters NEW… Read moreNYC: new health threat at Ground Zero
The carcinogen asbestos has been found in dust and debris hurled into midtown Manhattan by an evening rush-hour Con Edison steam pipe explosion July 18. The blast at 41st Street and Lexington Ave. opened a 25-foot car-swallowing crater in the… Read moreCon Ed brings terror to NYC —again
This reminds us of an old R. Cobb cartoon. From the New York Times, July 9: New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown By the end of this year, police officials say, more than 100 cameras will have begun monitoring… Read moreNYC: “surveillance veil” for Lower Manhattan
