The family of Mohamed Bah, a Harlem man who was shot to death by police in 2012, will receive $1.9 million in a settlement of their civil lawsuit against the City of New York and the NYPD, a city Law Department spokesman confirmed.Continue reading
Today, Mayor de Blasio held hearings for and signed three pieces of legislation to protect workers in the commercial hauling industry: Intro. 1329-A gives BIC the authority to register unions operating in the trade waste industry; Intro. Continue reading
The NYPD is trying to identify two men who lit a fire in a Harlem apartment building by lighting and throwing a Molotov cocktail, police said.Continue reading
City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez statement regarding NYPD officer shooting: "I'm saddened to learn of the death of an on-duty NYPD officer this evening in Jamaica, Queens. Continue reading
A Harlem city council member who was taken to a hospital last week after police were called to his house pegged his erratic behavior on health issues, according to reports.Continue reading
Harlem City Councilman Bill Perkins, a mainstay in the neighborhood's political set for two decades, was taken brought in for evaluations Thursday and transported to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, police sources said.Continue reading
Today the City Council unanimously passed Council Member Helen Rosenthal's legislation mandating long-term, detailed reporting from the City on domestic violence across the five boroughs, and how the City is addressing the needs of survivors.Continue reading