NYC To Lift Ban On Student Cellphones In Schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio is lifting a longtime ban that prevented children from having cellphones in New York City public schools.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is lifting a longtime ban that prevented children from having cellphones in New York City public schools.
City Council introduced a resolution on Wednesday calling on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who grew ill working at ground zero.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo eulogized his father by saying he was steadfast in his beliefs and sought a career in government to do good for New Yorkers who had been neglected by the system.
De Blasio, speaking at 1 Police Plaza, took reporters' questions Monday for the first time in about two weeks.
One bill, with the majority of members as co-sponsors, would criminalize chokeholds.
Ramos and NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu were killed as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street last Saturday.
The mayor, along with his wife, Chirlane, stood silent before placing a bouquet of flowers at the memorial site for Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.
Demonstrators gathered at City Hall in support of the NYPD Friday evening, but they were met right away with a rival demonstration by critics of police policies.
New York City has ended its longstanding practice of sending 16- and 17-year-old inmates to solitary confinement for breaking rules.
Scores of defense attorneys in New York City and elsewhere protested the criminal justice system's handling of police killings of unarmed black men by participating in marches and die-ins Wednesday.
The spike in calls was driven by more people reporting possible gas leaks in the wake of March's building explosion in East Harlem, Fire Commissioner Nigro said.
Exterior and interior lighting issues are expected to come up at the City Council hearing Tuesday morning.
De Blasio was on the defensive again Monday against accusation by police unions that he is anti-cop, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported.
On the steps of City Hall just before a New York City Council hearing on the issue, Elizabeth Holtzman, former congresswoman and Brooklyn district attorney, said the department has made little progress over the past few decades.
The couple crossed the memorial plaza in pouring rain and wind, William holding an umbrella.
A man wielding a knife who stabbed an Israeli student inside a Brooklyn synagogue was fatally shot by police early Tuesday morning when he refused to drop the knife, police said.
Protesters angry about the Eric Garner grand jury decision turned out Monday evening at the Barclays Center, as Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, attended the Brooklyn Nets' game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The New York City Council is considering bill Monday that would ban horse-drawn carriage rides in the city. Supporters and opponents, meanwhile, were staging rallies on the steps of City Hall.
Demonstrators are expected to gather in Union Square Friday afternoon, a day after an estimated 10,000 people marched across New York City on Thursday.
New York City is rolling out its pilot program that will equip police officers with body cameras.
The commissioner said he anticipates the grand jury will begin deliberations this week.
De Blasio said the city had its safest August to November period since at least 1994.
Spurred by the Ferguson shooting and anti-police protests in New York and around the country, President Barack Obama on Monday announced new initiatives to bridge police mistrust.
Protests continue over a grand jury's decision last week not to charge the police offer who fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
A new report shows that more and more people are coming to the doors of New York City's 1,100 soup kitchens and food pantries.
