Criminal Justice

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

May 3, 2023, 6:05 p.m.May 3, 2023, 10:52 p.m.

The subway rider was strangled by a fellow straphanger while seemingly in the throes of a mental health crisis. Police and prosecutors have released little information.

Criminal Justice

Bishop Lamor Whitehead Accused of Deed Theft at Brooklyn Church He Evicted

May 1, 2023, 7:32 p.m.May 1, 2023, 7:32 p.m.

The lawsuit filed last week, which Whitehead calls ‘frivolous,’ is the latest legal challenge facing the longtime mentee and friend of Mayor Eric Adams.

Courts

Bronx Judge About To Be Removed From Criminal Cases After Bail Blowback, Sources Say

April 20, 2023, 3:09 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Court s refused to comment on the future role of Justice Naita Semaj-Williams, who drew tabloid and law enforcement ire after releasing a man accused of manslaughter without bail.

Civilian Complaint Review Board

Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick Should be Fired, His Parents Say Before Trial

April 12, 2023, 7:09 p.m.April 12, 2023, 7:11 p.m.

Trawick’s parents and ers are calling for the termination of officers Brendan Thompson and Herbert Davis — as has happened to only one officer, based on a probe by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, since 2012.

NYPD

Brooklyn Boys Who Say Ex-Cop Menaced Them With Gun Speak Out on Hot 97

April 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:04 a.m.

Retired officer Kruythoff Forrester was arrested and sprung within hours after NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey showed up at the precinct. The three boys Forrester chased say they’ve felt like no one in power has believed them.

Criminal Justice

Most New Yorkers Don’t Get the Trump Treatment at Arraignment

April 4, 2023, 5:59 p.m.April 4, 2023, 6:28 p.m.

The 31,000 people arraigned for felonies in New York each year have very different experiences in court than the former president.

Criminal Justice

Cartoonish Partisan Circus Greets Trump’s Arrest in Downtown Manhattan

April 4, 2023, 3:22 p.m.April 4, 2023, 3:50 p.m.

While pro- and anti-Trump protesters screamed past each other, there were few signs of actual violence — so far.

Trump istration

Trump Lawyer Joe Tacopina Has a History of Clients Who Claimed He Betrayed Them

April 3, 2023, 8:29 p.m.April 4, 2023, 9:22 a.m.

Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik is not the only client who sued the outspoken attorney, alleging he put his interests above theirs.

Criminal Justice

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

March 31, 2023, 7:12 p.m.April 1, 2023, 1:34 p.m.

A raft of proposals that progressive and anti-incarceration activists have been pushing for will likely have to wait until next year.

Racism

Four Queens Prosecutors Who Discriminated Against Minority Jurors Are Still On the Job

March 21, 2023, 10:36 a.m.March 21, 2023, 10:36 a.m.

A group of law professors has filed new complaints to the state’s grievance committee based on findings by appeals judges that the prosecutors broke the law.

Criminal Justice

Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely

Bishop Lamor Whitehead Accused of Deed Theft at Brooklyn Church He Evicted

Bronx Judge About To Be Removed From Criminal Cases After Bail Blowback, Sources Say

Cops Who Killed Kawaski Trawick Should be Fired, His Parents Say Before Trial

Brooklyn Boys Who Say Ex-Cop Menaced Them With Gun Speak Out on Hot 97

Most New Yorkers Don’t Get the Trump Treatment at Arraignment

Cartoonish Partisan Circus Greets Trump’s Arrest in Downtown Manhattan

Trump Lawyer Joe Tacopina Has a History of Clients Who Claimed He Betrayed Them

Justice Reforms Not Expected to Make It Out of Albany Budget Talks

Four Queens Prosecutors Who Discriminated Against Minority Jurors Are Still On the Job

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