bill de blasio

Rikers Island To Close Thanks To Advocacy Of Victims And Survivors

Thanks to its own survivors.
10/18/2019

Here’s What The Night-Two Democratic Candidates Said About The Country’s Racial Divide And Criminal Justice Reform

Kirsten Gillibrand addressed her own white privilege.
08/01/2019
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Erica Garner to Mayor de Blasio: 'Just Cause You Love Black P***y, Don't Mean You Love Black Lives'

Mayor de Blasio declined to comment on Garner's tweets.
09/09/2016

Pandemonium Breaks Out in NYC Outside of Cancelled Kanye West Show

This thing was not properly organized AT ALL.
06/06/2016
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That Awkward Moment When...Comfortable Politicians Try It

Sometimes an off-color joke can go all the way left.
04/12/2016

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Partners Up With Warby Parker

The initiative will give free glasses to students in need.
06/29/2015

Larry Wilmore Asks Bill de Blasio to Give Pot Smokers a Break

Nightly Show host also talks police brutality with mayor.
03/03/2015

NYC Mayor Takes New Tact After Latest Grand Jury Decision

Mayor Bill de Blasio may be trying to keep peace with NYPD.
02/17/2015

NYPD Arrests Drop 66 Percent in Wake of Officers Shooting Deaths

Also, citations for traffic violations plummeted 94 percent.
12/31/2014

Obama Welcomes African Leaders for Unusual Dinner

A one-of-a-kind affair put on for a one-of-a-kind gathering.
08/06/2014

Central Park Five Reach a $40 Million Settlement With New York City

The five men were teenagers when convicted in 1989.
06/20/2014