Buffalo Adops Policing Changes After Protester Is Hurt
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo will replace its police Emergency Response Team with a new “Public Protection Unit” following the suspension and arrest of two ERT members seen on vide...
Meet the Jewish Day School Teacher Who Wagered $18 on ‘Jeopardy!’ and Won $50,000
NEW YORK (JTA) - Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish bona fides.
There was th...
UJA-federation Of New York Announces 54 Layoffs As CEO Forgoes Pay
NEW YORK (JTA) - In the past few months, UJA-Federation of New York has awarded millions of dollars in emergency grants to help organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now...
Stocks End Mostly Lower, Even As Nasdaq Tops 10,000 Points
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks closed a choppy day on Wall Street with broad losses Wednesday, despite fresh assurances from the Federal Reserve that it would keep interest rates low throu...
New York Passes Bill To Unveil Police Discipline Records
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state lawmakers repealed a decades-old law Tuesday that has kept law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records secret, spurred by the national uproar ...
OP-ED: Governor Cuomo: Please Allow Sleepaway Camps To Open
NEW YORK (VINnews/Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer) — Although my wife and I are proud residents of the great New York City urban wonder, we realize that our children desperately need a chan...
VIDEO: NYPD Officer On Modified Duty For Opening Car Door On Protester
BROOKLYN, NY (VINnews) - An NYPD officer has been placed on modified duty after a video circulating on social media shows him drive by demonstrators on Classon Ave in Brooklyn and ...
NYPD Officer Charged With Assault After He Was Recorded Knocking Down A Protester In Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was caught on video violently shoving a woman to the ground during a recent protest over the death of George Floyd is facing crim...
New Video Shows Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa Attacked By Looters at Manhattan Foot Locker
NEW YORK (VINnews)- New video has surfaced showing volunteer organization of unarmed citizens Guardian Angles founder Curtis Sliwa in a confrontation with looters throwing objects ...
New York Poised To Lift Veil On Police Disciplinary Files
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As protesters of police brutality demand accountability, New York lawmakers are poised to overhaul a decades-old law that has kept officers’ disciplinary record...
Officials: Dozen Of New Covid Cases Linked To Jersey Shore Beach Parties
PHILADELPHIA — A dozen new coronavirus cases in the Philadelphia area have been traced to someone who attended gatherings at beach houses at the Jersey Shore, health officials said...
Report: NYC Police Misconduct Often Involves Minority Youths
NEW YORK (AP) — The vast majority of complaints about New York City police officers' mistreatment of youths stemmed from encounters with black and Hispanic children, according to a...
‘All Eyes’ On New York: Reopening Tests City Torn By Crises
NEW YORK (AP) — The city that never sleeps had a curfew for much of last week. Famous stores were boarded up after days of unrest. The lights are out on Broadway theaters, and the ...
NY Times Editorial Page Editor Resigns Amid Fury Over Op-Ed
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times’ editorial page editor resigned Sunday after the newspaper disowned an opinion piece by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton that advocated using federal troops ...
Thousands March In NYC As Curfew Ends And Peace Prevails
NEW YORK (AP) — Police moved barricades Sunday so protesters could approach the Trump International Hotel and Tower in midtown Manhattan as thousands continued to march against pol...
Officials Urge Floyd Protesters To Get Coronavirus Tests
NEW YORK (AP) — As New York City prepared to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was put in place amid protests of pol...
New York City Curfew Lifts Early Following Peaceful Protests
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is lifting its curfew spurred by protests against police brutality ahead of schedule, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday morning.
The 8 p.m. cit...
Prosecutor: 2 Buffalo Police Charged With Assault In Shoving
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester in recent demonstra...
For Orthodox Jews, George Floyd Protests Stir Complicated Feelings
NEW YORK (JTA) - On Sunday night, Richard Altabe marched arm in arm with two black politicians protesting police brutality at a demonstration in Far Rockaway.
The next morning,...
Photos – Protests Continue In NYC Amid Lingering Tensions Over Curfew
NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrations over the death of George Floyd continued in New York City on Saturday with thousands taking to the streets and parks to protest police brutality, as ...