NEW YORK (AP) — An undercover police detective was arrested as fallout from a burst of motorcyclist mayhem reached a new level, with investigators saying the officer was shown on video hitting and kicking an SUV before bikers attacked its driver. Wojciech Braszczok, who was off-duty when he joined a motorcycle rally that spiraled into […]
Drake‘s new album is causing a stir in more places than just Twitter. An alleged fight broke out at the New York City location…
According to the New York Daily News, city officials cancelled the final day of the Electric Zoo dance music festival on Randall’s Island after…
Hip-Hop producer Scott Storch got a surly greeting when he got to New York City earlier today (August 20). Upon arriving in the Big…
NEW YORK (AP) — In the years of debate over New York City’s stop-and-frisk tactic, the idea of putting tiny cameras on police officers to record their interaction with the public was never seriously considered. It came up almost by accident during an unscripted moment in the months-long civil rights trial over stop-and-frisk, when the […]
Everyday you turn on the news, you’re reminded of what a sick and twisted world we’re trying to navigate. A woman riding the New York…
Professional bloggers, social media mavens, and speakers from all over the country packed the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture this past Friday and Saturday,…
NEW YORK (AP) — No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation’s largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn discussed details of a proposed […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Eateries from corner delis to movie concession stands have gotten a last-minute reprieve from the nation’s first ban on big sugary drinks. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging them to shrink their cups and bottles, anyway. Hours after a judge struck down the 16-ounce size limit for sodas and some other […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The father-and-son owners of a New York City building where five people died in a 2010 fire have been indicted on charges including manslaughter and reckless endangerment. The indictment charges that the tenants could not escape the fire because the owners had set up illegal partitions that blocked their way out […]
