Most People Who Are Processed in the Courts are Black and Latino, but Few...
A new statewide report on judicial demographics reveals stark disparities between the demographic composition of the bench and the rest of New York State.In 2019, only 15% of the population in New York...
View ArticleThere Are Only Two Black Male Prosecutors For All Of Long Island
According to statistics collected by the courts, more than a third of all criminal defendants on Long Island are Black men. However, there are only two Black male assistant district attorneys for all...
View ArticleFederal Watchdog Raises Concerns About Elite Unit Abusing Detainees In NYC...
An elite squad of “hyper-confrontational and unprofessional” correction officers is exacerbating staff-on-inmate violence, according to a new report from the federal monitor tasked with investigating...
View ArticleHow NYPD ‘Kettled’ the Spirit of Reform
New Yorkers reacted to George Floyd’s murder with mass protests demanding police accountability. NYPD met them with targeted violence and abuse. On June 4, 2020, a few hundred people gathered in the...
View ArticlePlans For Homeless Shelter On Billionaire's Row Can Move Forward After Court...
The city can move forward with plans for a men’s homeless shelter at the Park Savoy Hotel near Manhattan’s Billionaire’s Row after a state appellate court rejected a lawsuit opposing the shelter. In a...
View ArticleA Supreme Court End-Of-Session Preview
Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice and legal editor at WNYC, previews the final month of the Supreme Court's term, plus talks about some of the hot-button cases they will take up next fall.
View ArticleBronx DA's Office Struggles With Attrition And Low Pay
The Bronx DA's Trial Division recently lost forty-two prosecutors and nine supervisors, according to an internal email.
View ArticleNew Project Looks at "24 Minutes in Mott Haven" on One-Year Anniversary of...
On June 4, 2020, protesters gathered in Mott Haven, in the South Bronx, to protest the murder of George Floyd. But on this night, police responded with unprecedented force. WNYC's Race & Justice...
View Article24 Minutes In Mott Haven
On June 4, 2020, protesters gathered at 149th Street and 3rd Avenue, in Mott Haven. They met at the Hub — the civic and cultural center of the South Bronx — to listen to speakers, pass around water and...
View ArticleA New Report Examines the Growing Indian-American Population
The Indian-American community has grown considerably over the last twenty years and is now the second-largest immigrant group in the country, after Mexican-Americans. It also has the highest median...
View ArticlePolice Commissioner Dermot Shea Looks Back On NYPD's Crackdown In Mott Haven
The nature of policing — the very essence of the job — has changed dramatically over the course of the last year. After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, Americans poured...
View ArticleBlack-Asian Relations Present Frictions and New Possibilities
Shino Tanikawa, 58, has become an impassioned advocate for school desegregation, committed to battling anti-Blackness in society. So a recent and growing narrative that many of the attacks against...
View ArticleLegal Aid Society Says It Is Here To Stop Gun Violence, Too
At a time of rising shootings, the public defenders argue their organization should not just be seen as a group that defends criminal cases.
View ArticlePolice Commissioner Dermot Shea Sits Down with WNYC's Race & Justice Senior...
Jami Floyd sits down with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea to ask him about the murder of George Floyd, the defund the police movement, and structural racism.
View ArticleSCOTUS Roundup: Obamacare Survives
Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice and legal editor at WNYC, ticks through the latest round of Supreme Court decisions.
View ArticleShe Spent Years Trying To Spread The Word About Juneteenth. Now, She's...
This year, Juneteenth is being officially recognized in New York and New Jersey as both a federal and state holiday. The day commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston,...
View ArticlePolice Watchdog Recommends Discipline for 39 NYPD Officers Over Alleged...
The Civilian Complaint Review Board, New York City’s independent police watchdog, is recommending that the NYPD discipline 39 of its officers for misconduct at last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests.
View ArticleThe Latest Supreme Court Decisions: The 'Cussin' Cheerleader' and 'Hot Pursuit'
Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice and legal editor at WNYC, talks about the latest decisions issued by the Supreme Court as it wraps up its term, including a free speech case involving a...
View ArticleIdentifying The Network Clusters of NYPD Officers Repeatedly Accused Of...
With the help of independent data journalist EJ Fox, WNYC created a network map using civilian complaints data obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request.
View ArticleThe Supreme Court on Voting Rights and More Legal News
The Supreme Court issued its final decisions today and Jami Floyd, senior editor for race and justice and legal editor at WNYC, offers her analysis of the 6-3 opinion by Justice Alito (and a strong...
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