We have a new winner for the dubious honor of most cynical exploitation of 9-11: Newsday columnist Ellis Henican has it right when he writes that New York development mogul Donald Trump “towers in tackiness.” He used the final episode… Read moreTrump mouths off on Ground Zero debacle
CNN reports May 5: New York – Two “improvised explosive devices” made from “novelty-type grenades” have exploded in front of the building that houses the British Consulate in New York City, police and officials said. The early Thursday morning blasts… Read moreNYC: “improvised grenades” go off at UK consulate; activists face scrutiny
Its back to the drawing board yet again for the fractious fraternity of moguls and bureaucrats charged with overseeing redevelopment of Lower Manhattan’s Ground Zero, site of the 9-11 disaster, which still sits empty (but for a new trans-Hudson rail… Read moreNYC gets second chance: Don’t rebuild it!
From the New York Times, April 30 (condensed): At Least 18 Arrests Made in Tense Night of a Monthly Cycling Protest Under tense circumstances, the monthly Critical Mass bicycle ride set out last night from multiple locations in Manhattan, in… Read moreNYC Critical Mass crackdown escalates
The City of New York has reached an agreement in a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the Ya-Ya Network, a youth advocacy group. Ya-Ya activists had been threatened with arrest for handing out… Read moreNYC: Ya-Ya Network in First Amendment victory
Traditional Friday jum’ah prayers led by a woman at a mixed-gender service, hailed as an historic first for Islam, were held March 18 at the Synod House of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, a progressive Episcopal institution in… Read moreWoman-led Muslim prayers held in NYC
The planned March 18 woman-led traditional Friday prayers—hailed as an historic first for Islam—have been moved from a Soho art gallery to an undisclosed location where they will be open to an invitation-only list following a slate of death threats…. Read moreNYC: pro-woman Muslims face death threats
Linden Corrica, an immigrant father and husband from Guyana living in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, pleaded guilty to selling ten dollars worth of marijuana in exchange for a 20-day sentence in September 2003. But after serving his time at NYC’s Rikers… Read moreDeportation for a dime bag
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn while engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities. They have been falsely charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, assault on a police officer… Read moreCopwatch activists arrested in Bed-Stuy
Yemeni cleric Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, 56, faces up to 75 years behind bars after a Brooklyn federal jury found him guilty of five charges stemming from a conspiracy to support al-Qaeda and Hamas. ¨Today’s convictions mark another important step… Read moreYemeni sheikh convicted in NYC
In an event organized by the progressive Islamic organization Muslim Wake Up!, the traditional Friday prayers will be led March 18 by a woman, Amina Wadud, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Hailed as an historic first for Islam, the… Read moreManhattan’s Soho stages historic breakthrough for Islam
The anarchist scare that has hit New York since the January vandalism at two army recuiting stations has just escalated with the visit of two FBI agents to the home of a Brooklyn activist. The activist, Charles Post, reports on… Read moreFBI harasses NYC activist
