Mayor De Blasio Forms Illegal Fireworks Task Force To Go After Suppliers In 'Huge Sting Operation'
New York City neighborhoods have been rocked by the blasts for days, and the number of 311 calls has skyrocketed.
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New York City neighborhoods have been rocked by the blasts for days, and the number of 311 calls has skyrocketed.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Council Member Robert Cornegy are calling on the city to allocate resources to address the rise in illegal fireworks being set off.
Six shootings happened in the Bronx, and four took place in Brooklyn. There were two more in Queens and one in Manhattan.
Assemblyman Jose Rivera and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams toured the South of France restaurant on Westchester Avenue.
Thousands marched through Brooklyn on Friday in celebration of Juneteenth and to continue the calls for change.
The NYC Commission on Human Rights opened an investigation into an incident in Central Park in which a white woman called 911 claiming an African-American man was threatening her after he asked her to leash her dog.
The outcry is coming after several videos showing people of color in violent confrontations with police.
"We cannot police ourselves out of this pandemic. Instead, we need to give people the knowledge and the ability to keep people safe," Eric Gonzalez said.
The insurmountable death toll caused by the coronavirus has some funeral homes handling what would be a month's worth of work in one week.
Right now there's no plan and one top official is warning it could lead to a dramatic spike in crime.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that trend line of coronavirus cases is improving, but reopening the economy and a "new normal" in society won't be possible until there's a massive increase in testing.
Some say family members living in New York nursing homes are like prisoners being held in captivity.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are on the hot seat facing calls to do more to protect minority communities and share a racial breakdown of those sickened by COVID-19 as evidence mounts that the economically-disadvantaged are the hardest hit.
"It is frustrating when I hear anyone say this does not discriminate because it erases the racially disparate impact of the coronavirus outbreak," Councilman Ritchie Torres said.
Rikers Island and other local jails have been hit especially hard by the coronavirus outbreak.
Adams joined CBSN New York's political reporter Marcia Kramer for this week's episode of "The Point."
Adams says that under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg it was used improperly.
There is a new campaign to help Brooklyn residents save for a rainy day. The goal isn't to save astronomical amounts of cash. Instead, the idea is to start off small.
There have been reports the mayor is trying to strike a deal to win the support of current borough president Eric Adams.
Breastfeeding mothers in the NYPD are taking a stand and pursuing a class-action lawsuit alleging the department is not providing proper accommodations to female officers to pump.
City officials are backing a plan to allow drones to inspect buildings. The move comes after an architect was tragically killed last week by falling facade from a building in Midtown.
Community leaders say the hate has to stop.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams says he's in the final stages of considering a run for mayor.
Partnering with the Department of Education, the goal is to expand the program to serve all middle and high schools beginning in January.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for an NYPD officer to be taken off the street after cellphone video shows the officer punching at least two teenagers.
