Family & friends gathered in East Flatbush last night to remember a father fatally shot by NYPD.

In attendance was Carol Gray, whose 16 y/o son Kimani was shot & killed by police one block away.

“We can’t keep repeating this,” she said.

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LATEST from The City University of New York: the previously public Board of Trustees Public Hearing, which was moved online on Thursday, will NOT be public. Only board members and speakers who registered before Friday at noon will be able to attend.

“It’s funny, because men love their moms more than their wives, so they always order ahead of time for Mother’s Day, but they always ask me for Valentine’s Day stuff last-minute.” haidee chu with a gorgeous portrait of a changing NYC neighborhood thecity.nyc/2024/05/10/mot…

'The shot appears to have hit a glass doorway. The NYPD said the bullet struck a wall.' An inside look into the planning of the Hamilton Hall takeover at Columbia by brittany.kriegstein
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In love with haidee chu's opus to Chelsea's wilting flower district, ahead of Mother's Day.

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Speaking of NYPD's reluctance to provide basic info, like the reason they started chasing a driver that ran later into woman in a crosswalk killing her.

'The driver make an unspecified traffic violation, cop sources said, declining to go into detail.'

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“We see a lot of bad landlords, but I have to say that rarely do we see a landlord acting as entitled to ignore the law as we’re seeing now with these universities”

My latest on Columbia for Gothamist with support from the great David Brand

News you can use City Limits!

Now that we have the reasonableness threshold for NYC rent increases under Good Cause (8.82%) we've made a nifty calculator tool.

There are a lot of ifs and buts here. That said, we hope this helps you get situated:

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The CCRB says it’s investigating misconduct claims against nearly 40 police officers following a crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters

Story by Samantha Max for Gothamist-WNYC 🎙 gothamist.com/news/almost-40…

The NYPD barred Win Rozario's family from entering their apartment for 2 days, even to feed their cat, and chatted about their weekends while driving the family to the precinct. They'd just seen Win shot five times, Yoav Gonen and Reuven Blau report.
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For Hell Gate *subscribe today!*, I spoke with migrants caught up in the NYPD's fare evasion crackdown—where migrants struggle to navigate the courts system and ever-shifting rules below ground.

Many are scared to come to court, because of rumors on Whatsapp.

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'Please don't shoot my mom!' Body camera footage shows rapidly escalating moments before officers killed Win Rozario, w Reuven Blau

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More info on the shooting inside Hamilton Hall during the NYPD raid of Columbia on Tuesday, which NYPD officials conceded today they were in 'no rush’ to disclose.

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More details related to the 'accidental discharge' that occurred during the NYPD's raid of Columbia University earlier this week first reported by THE CITY.

NEW: The city is abruptly transferring migrant families with children in DHS facilites out of shelters they have lived in for years — sometimes with only 24 to 48 hour notice.

These were the scenes on Wednesday outside a Park Slope shelter as Angelica and her family from

Meanwhile, still no body camera footage of NYPD killing 19-year-old Win Rozario, Reuven Blau + Yoav Gonen report.

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