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‘As If His Life Holds No Value’: Guard Sentenced in Beating Death of Robert Brooks
Following a violent assault that has sparked outrage and demands for sweeping reform, former state correction officer Christopher Walrath was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for his role in the beatdown death of handcuffed inmate Robert Brooks inside a prison medical ward last year. Walrath, 36, pleaded guilty to first‑degree manslaughter in May, […]
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Cuomo Rolls Out Public Safety Plan That Would Expand Controversial NYPD Unit
Andrew Cuomo rolled out a new campaign logo and his new public safety proposal Monday, including boosting police officer pay and other recruitment initiatives. He also proposed expanding a specialty unit his main rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, wants to disband. The former governor, who is running for mayor as an independent in November after losing […]
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LISTEN: Mamdani Looks Mayoral While the Centrists Seem Small
Hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel dig into a stunning Midtown shooting — the second in seven months in which a gunman traveling to New York City to murder businesspeople — and how the mayoral candidates responded to that. Plus, Katie goes deep on one simple trick for getting free drinks in a bar: Finding […]
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Summer Jobs Program Heist Likely Had Hacker Help, Say ATM Experts
Early in July, two young workers in the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) told their supervisor, an employee of a Bronx nonprofit, that strangers had approached them on the street offering goods or cash in exchange for a debit card issued by SYEP. “In one instance it was, ‘Hey, I can get you a […]
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Cinema Village Union Clipped by Firings Following Strike Vote
A freshly formed union at one of New York City’s oldest movie theaters is reeling after the firing of four of its original members amid contract negotiations. The Cinema Village Union, which falls under UAW Local 2179, is now down to seven members working at the historic 62-year-old movie house on East 12th Street in […]
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