Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigAug 5, 2019
Officer Daniel Pantaleo has gone all but unpunished for killing Eric Garner. This is what happens when American imperialism comes home. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS / The Associated PressMar 14, 2019
The body of Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, 53, is discovered at his Staten Island home. Police say that no arrests have been made. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 4, 2016
After the presence of police frightened the gang away, 16-year-old Dayshen McKenzie collapsed in the Staten Island heat in what may have been an asthma attack. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 28, 2015
Amid a decade’s worth of New Yorker articles about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath collected ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the natural disaster, the magazine published a short video report on the effort to incentivize residents of Staten Island, a place hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, into leaving parts of the disaster-prone borough. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigJul 11, 2015
A new book asks its readers to understand that the homeless in America need homes and serious social and public health services, not arrests, prosecution, police harassment and the continuing criminalization of the poor. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 9, 2014
President Obama's observation that racism is "deeply rooted" in U.S. society is an understatement. Racism is as American as the Fourth of July, and ignoring this fact doesn't make it go away. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigDec 4, 2014
Michael Brown's death at the hands of a policeman was preceded last summer by Eric Garner's tragically similar case in Staten Island, N.Y. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 2, 2014
A medical examiner ruled that a police officer's chokehold on unarmed New York City resident Eric Garner last month caused the 43-year-old man's death. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 5, 2013
Foreclosures in New York City rose 19 percent last year as filings fell nationally by 3 points, a new report says. Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a meager $1.9 million settlement with a robosigning giant, reports Catherine Curan at the New York Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 14, 2012
Members of New York City’s Occupy movement are waging an expanding relief effort for tens of thousands of people who remain without heat, power or hot water in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Observers are calling it Occupy’s finest hour. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigNov 4, 2012
Even the world’s largest marathon was no match for the chorus of objections that erupted after it was revealed the race would go on despite the continued storm rescue and recovery efforts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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