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NYC owes $8 million to George Floyd protesters. Here’s how to claim your share.
On June 4, 2020, in the Bronx neighborhood of Mott Haven, hundreds of people were kettled during a peaceful protest in response to the killing of George Floyd. Earlier this year, it was announced that a class action lawsuit had been settled with the city for the pre-planned attack on protesters orchestrated by the NYPD…
Everything you need to know about the NYC primary results
Primary elections don’t normally receive large turnouts and this one was no different. Still, these primaries have set the stage for an exciting November general election. This week we enlisted civics reporter Felipe De La Hoz to help us understand the results and what they mean. Epicenter: What are some of the key takeaways from…
The 4 types of New Yorkers who greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
At 7:30 a.m. on June 21, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first state visit to the United States (and sixth U.S. trip since his travel ban was overturned in 2014), expounded on the benefits of yoga at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Outside the gates of the U.N., at the…
Everything you need to know about NYC’s participatory budgeting process
Did you know that you can, right now, vote on how city funds could be allocated to community-focused projects in your neighborhood, and you don’t even have to stand in line or mail out a ballot to do it? Try it, it’s right here. It’ll take you five minutes, and I guarantee you’ll feel a…
NYPD’s first female commissioner resigns
Keechant Sewell, an outsider at the New York Police Department until the very end, has abruptly resigned as commissioner of the nation’s largest police force. The former chief of detectives of the Nassau County Police Department, a native of Long Island City, lasted just about a year and a half on the job after an ascent…
How should Rikers Island be remembered?
Rikers Island will no longer exist after 2027. By law, New York City will close Rikers and replace it with four also controversial borough-based jails. Some will remember Rikers by its headlines — dead inmates, failed attempts at reform, negligence. Anna Pastoressa, who had a son incarcerated for six years, remembers bed sheet scraps. Her…
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