Justice

Jails

Family Visits for Inmates at City Jails Gearing Up for Return After a Lost Year

March 18, 2021, 8:48 p.m.March 18, 2021, 8:50 p.m.

Jail supervisors have begun training staff at Rikers Island and other local lockups on updated pandemic protocols. Some families can’t wait: “My son keeps saying he just wants to give his dad a million hugs.”

Andrew Cuomo

FBI Cuomo Probe Seeks Details on Deal to Shield Nursing Homes from COVID Lawsuits

March 18, 2021, 5:47 p.m.March 18, 2021, 6:15 p.m.

Federal investigators knock on Albany doors to ask about how a health care industry demand to protect nursing home operators made it into the state budget at the height of the pandemic, sources say.

Justice

A Brooklyn Grandmother Wants Cuomo to Free the Man Imprisoned for Shooting Her in the Head. Not Even Her Husband Agrees

Feb. 4, 2021, 7:57 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:52 a.m.

Carolyn Jones survived the 1996 incident outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant church. But she says she can’t fully heal unless the governor springs David Herion. “I want him home yesterday,” she said.

Police Brutality

Attorney General James’ NYPD Suit Points Another Finger at Top Cop for Protest Crackdowns

Jan. 14, 2021, 8:40 p.m.Jan. 14, 2021, 8:40 p.m.

Chief of Department Terence Monahan has been dogged by accusations of directing police offers to violate demonstrators’ civil rights since at least 2004, when dozens were arrested during protests of the Republican National Convention.

Justice

For New Yorkers Brutalized in Black Lives Matter Marches, Response at Capitol Brings Disbelief and Bitterness

Jan. 6, 2021, 10:06 p.m.Jan. 7, 2021, 12:13 a.m.

“Where were the rubber bullets? Where were the mass arrests?” asked a woman hospitalized after an NYPD cop pushed her to the ground last year.

Prisons

Prisoners Hoping for Mercy Place Little Faith in Cuomo

Dec. 22, 2020, 10:03 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:47 a.m.

Despite the governor’s promise of a progressive overhaul of the clemency process, very few people have made the cut. Cuomo’s 24 commutations in his term don’t match the pace of his father. Meanwhile, the pandemic has upped the stakes.

Crime

Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines

Dec. 21, 2020, 7:35 p.m.Dec. 22, 2020, 3:28 p.m.

A mother who lost a son, a cop, a violence interrupter and an academic weigh in on the murder spike that’s accompanied the pandemic — and talk about how to drive the violence back down.

Justice

Many New York Judges Spend Their Way Toward Seats on the Bench. And It’s Perfectly Legal

Dec. 9, 2020, 10:00 p.m.Dec. 9, 2020, 10:00 p.m.

An investigation by New York Focus found most of the city’s state Supreme Court candidates who won in November have donated to Democratic county parties and leaders. Some have spent thousands, thanks to a widely used loophole in ethics rules.

Solitary Confinement

De Blasio Promised Nearly Six Months Ago to End Solitary Confinement. So Where’s the Plan?

Dec. 6, 2020, 7:19 p.m.Dec. 6, 2020, 9:35 p.m.

The Board of Correction now says a proposal, spurred by the death of Layleen Polanco at Rikers Island, will be out this month. But the City Council could beat them to it with a law.

Prisons

‘Hundreds’ of Prisoners Approved for Early Release Stuck Behind Bars as COVID Spikes

Nov. 24, 2020, 8:59 p.m.Nov. 24, 2020, 8:59 p.m.

Richard Ramos, who has been behind bars for the past two years, fears he’ll never see his father alive again. Ramos, 56, is eligible for early release from Wallkill Correctional Facility based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s spring initiative to reduce the state prison population to cut down on COVID-19 spread. In 2018, the Staten Island […]

Justice

Family Visits for Inmates at City Jails Gearing Up for Return After a Lost Year

FBI Cuomo Probe Seeks Details on Deal to Shield Nursing Homes from COVID Lawsuits

A Brooklyn Grandmother Wants Cuomo to Free the Man Imprisoned for Shooting Her in the Head. Not Even Her Husband Agrees

Attorney General James’ NYPD Suit Points Another Finger at Top Cop for Protest Crackdowns

For New Yorkers Brutalized in Black Lives Matter Marches, Response at Capitol Brings Disbelief and Bitterness

Prisoners Hoping for Mercy Place Little Faith in Cuomo

Why Are Shootings Up in New York City? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines

Many New York Judges Spend Their Way Toward Seats on the Bench. And It’s Perfectly Legal

De Blasio Promised Nearly Six Months Ago to End Solitary Confinement. So Where’s the Plan?

‘Hundreds’ of Prisoners Approved for Early Release Stuck Behind Bars as COVID Spikes

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