Justice

Lawyers for former prisoner Matthew Raymond filed a lawsuit after he says he was waterboarded by a guard at Auburn Correctional Facility.

Courts

Nearly Decade After Brutal Beating by Prison Guards, Man Gets $1.2 Million Settlement

April 7, 2025, 4:55 a.m.April 6, 2025, 11:32 a.m.

“I know what it's like to be on a f-ing table, chained up, immobilized and to be beaten nonstop,” Matthew Raymond told THE CITY. “It’s not OK. It ruined my life.”

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Foley Square to protest the detention by immigration officials of pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Trump istration

Palestinian Activist ‘Undaunted’ Ahead of Judicial Hearing Amid Trump Deportation Push

March 11, 2025, 4:35 p.m.March 11, 2025, 7:41 p.m.

Mahmoud Khalil’s case heads to a hearing Wednesday morning. The recent Columbia graduate is being detained in Louisiana and is not expected to appear in court.

Then-Conviction Review Unit head Charles Linehan speaks in court as Sheldon Thomas is exonerated.

Courts

Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Chief Heading to Private Practice

Feb. 10, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Feb. 12, 2025, 4:51 p.m.

Charles Linehan is teaming up with Karen Newirth, a onetime defense attorney, to launch a firm focused on wrongful conviction cases.

A picture of Detective Louis Scarcella at his desk

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Investigating the Detective

April 13, 2024, 4:31 p.m.April 15, 2024, 1:40 p.m.

In the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle, journalist Steve Fishman talks with Harry about his his new podcast, The Burden, where he speaks with and digs into the history of former NYPD super-cop Louis Scarcella, the detective who locked up New York’s baddest guys back in the city’s “bad old days” — and […]

City Government

Department of Ignored: Agencies Refuse to Heed Hundreds of DOI Recommendations

Nov. 1, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 1, 2023, 9:03 a.m.

Nearly 500 Department of Investigation suggestions for improving agencies and protecting civil rights over the past decade got “accepted” but never implemented, its records show.

NYPD

No Discipline Recommended for Cops in Killing of Kawaski Trawick

Sept. 25, 2023, 4:42 p.m.Jan. 31, 2024, 3:41 p.m.

A draft decision by an NYPD istrative judge argues a late filing by the Civilian Complaint Review Board meant misconduct charges against officers who killed the 32-year-old Bronx man are “moot.”

Justice

She Disagrees With Roe v. Wade. Brooklyn Dems Just Picked Her for Supreme Court.

Aug. 17, 2023, 2:57 p.m.Aug. 17, 2023, 5:52 p.m.

Acting Justice Rachel Freier won the party’s nod in a nominating process for judges that also saw accusations of misogyny, racism, bullying and antisemitism.

Rikers Island

Jail Monitor Slams ‘Haphazard’ Management as Receivership Hearing Looms

Aug. 7, 2023, 2:54 p.m.Aug. 7, 2023, 4:43 p.m.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain will hear arguments Thursday for a Rikers takeover, informed by a report that finds ‘little progress’ on recommended reforms.