New York City’s Summers May Heat Up

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 24, 2013 Cities are liable to heat up much more than open countryside as the climate warms, and in the case of New York City, this could mean a big increase in heat-related deaths. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NYPD Accused of Hospitalizing, Handcuffing Brooklyn Woman

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 13, 2013 A Brooklyn landlord says New York City cops broke her leg and shackled her to a hospital bed for 17 days amid a wrongful arrest in her apartment building, the New York Post reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

UPDATE: New York City Marathon Canceled

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 2, 2012 The initial decision to go on with the event as scheduled did not sit well with some elected officials, first responders, runners and others. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Twitter Hands Over Occupy Messages

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 16, 2012 Twitter has bowed to threats of substantial fines and released messages sent by Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris relating to the arrest of roughly 700 people at a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge in October 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tornado Touches Down in NYC

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 8, 2012 A tornado struck a beachfront neighborhood in New York City on Saturday, making a general mess of the area and knocking out power but reportedly causing no deaths or injuries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Postgrad Elites Control Political Debates

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2012 Trying to sort out the status of Obamacare can be tricky thanks to our dysfunctional leadership class; Republican state Sen. Marty Golden wants to teach Brooklyn's women "the art of feminine presence"; meanwhile, a group of Mormons quits the church in a mass ceremony in Utah. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Maurice Sendak, Children’s Book Author, Dies at 83

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 Maurice Sendak, a man whose imagination helped generations of children discover their own, “who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche,” has died at 83 of complications from a recent stroke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Occupy Our Homes Makes a Move

Staff / Truthdig Dec 10, 2011 The Occupy Our Homes campaign kicked off last Tuesday when hundreds of people, including activists, neighborhood residents and a couple of City Council members, marched through a neglected Brooklyn neighborhood to open a foreclosed house to a homeless family. Last Tuesday, Occupy Wall Street moved Alfredo Carrasquillo and his family into a vacant home in Brooklyn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Wall Street Bares Its Soul

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2011 As the biography on his website reads, funk/soul/R&B singer and songwriter Charles Bradley is “no stranger to hard times.” Raised on the streets of Brooklyn, Bradley lived much of his life as an itinerant cook and part-time musician before suffering the death of his brother by gunshot. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York’s Finest Are Neither Amused Nor Inspired

Staff / Truthdig Oct 5, 2011 In the battle protesters are waging against U.S. corporations in lower Manhattan, appeals to NYPD officers' sense of class solidarity have so far failed to shake them from their traditional role. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hundreds of ‘Occupy’ Protesters Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2011 Top-ranked New York police commanders helped arrest more than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters Saturday when demonstrators left the sidewalks during a march and tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on the street, blocking traffic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facing Hurricane Irene, NYC Officials Order Evacuations

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2011 With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, New York City and state officials have ordered a mandatory evacuation of 250,000 people in flood-susceptible communities and announced plans to shut down much of the coastal region's transit system, including subways, by noon Saturday. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )